John Anrson of Dallas' LGBT Task Force says Dallas' Gayborhood will get a makeover.
Contents:
- TOP THGS TO DO AROUND DALLAS' GAYBORHOOD
- MOVG TO LGBT DALLAS, TEXAS? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
- THE “GAYBORHOODS” OF TEXAS
- GET TO KNOW OAK LAWN, DALLAS’ INIC GAYBORHOOD
- DALLAS’S GAYBORHOOD IS MAKG A POST-PANMIC COMEBACK. MANY LGBT PEOPLE STILL DON’T FEEL WELE.
- ARE HIGH-RISE BUILDGS UPTOWN-FUNKG UP THE GAYBORHOOD?
- DALLAS' OAK LAWN 'GAYBORHOOD' BE FIRST TEXAS TO GET STATE HISTORIL MARKER
- OAK LAWN DEVELOPMENTS COULD PRERVE DALLAS’ GAYBORHOOD
- DALLAS' GAYBORHOOD WILL GET A FACE-LIFT
- ARE HIGH-RISE BUILDGS UPTOWN-FUNKG UP THE GAYBORHOOD?
TOP THGS TO DO AROUND DALLAS' GAYBORHOOD
All the latt rmatn + rourc you will need when movg to LGBTQ Dallas, cludg the bt gay neighborhoods, muny groups, gay realtors, and more. * dallas gayborhood *
Dallas' famo "gayborhood" ss at the tersectn of Cedar Sprgs Road and Oak Lawn Avenue, the cy's ma LGBTQ+ entertament district.
Named the “Bt Gayborhood” by OUT Magaze 2014, the district also boasts the headquarters of the North Texas LGBT Chamber of Commerce, an anizatn whose missn is to foster an clive bs muny.The cultural opportuni Dallas are abundant for LGBTQ+ people outsi the gayborhood, pecially the arts.
MOVG TO LGBT DALLAS, TEXAS? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
Home to Dallas' LGBT muny and one of the most gay-iendly neighborhoods the untry, Oak Lawn giv off a trendy vibe amongst s diverse and quat * dallas gayborhood *
Dallas, once the epome of social nservatism, holds now one of the largt gay ncentratns the US. Home to a vibrant gay muny, Dallas ranks number 8 among the natn’s most gay-iendly ci.
THE “GAYBORHOODS” OF TEXAS
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For nearly 30 years, trendy Oak Lawn neighborhood has been the epicenter of Dallas’s gay life. Gay-iendly rtrants, bars, f, and nightclubs will help you make an ia of what Big D’s gay scene is all about. One of the biggt spots is the Round Up Saloon, nomated as one of the top gay bars the world by TripOut.
No vis to Dallas is plete whout a day spent shoppg at “The Strip”, Dallas’s gay mercial Mec. Loted at the tersectn of Cedar Sprgs Road and Throckmorton Street, this is one of the noisit and popular gay mercial districts the untry.
GET TO KNOW OAK LAWN, DALLAS’ INIC GAYBORHOOD
One event you should fely attend is The Dallas Gay Pri – one of the biggt gay pris the southern half of the Uned Stat.
Whether you’re lookg for a laid-back jazz bar wh craft cktails or a clubby spot wh mic perfect for dancg, Dallas-Fort Worth’s gay bar scene has a spot that will su your needs.
DALLAS’S GAYBORHOOD IS MAKG A POST-PANMIC COMEBACK. MANY LGBT PEOPLE STILL DON’T FEEL WELE.
Many of the bars are loted Dallas’ famo "gayborhood" Oak Lawn, but you’ll also fd more off-the-beaten-path optns.
The Strip on Cedar Sprgs is the ma LGBTQ+ entertament district the Oak Lawn neighborhood, so you'll often hear the area lled by eher Oak Lawn, Cedar Sprgs, or the "gayborhood" by lols. Visors to the muny now enjoy a safe space to have bnch wh iends at spots like Roy G's, dance clubs and bars such as Round-Up Saloon or Sue Ellen's, and of urse, celebrate Dallas Pri every year June at Fair Park and the newly lnched Pri Dallas each September the heart of the gayborhood.
In 2018, Dallas also beme the first cy Texas to be officially regnized for s gay and lbian neighborhood Oak Lawn.
ARE HIGH-RISE BUILDGS UPTOWN-FUNKG UP THE GAYBORHOOD?
Our performg arts muny enjoys the hard work and ditn of the Turtle Creek Chorale a gay men's chos that has sung for the queen, and Uptown Players, a theatre pany foced on prentg LGBTQ+ stori.
In addn to Dallas Pri at Fair Park each June, a new group has lnched Pri Dallas to brg an event back to the gayborhood durg September. Dallas is home to the sixth largt LGBTQ+ muny the natn and is one of the most welg, gay-iendly ci the untry.
DALLAS' OAK LAWN 'GAYBORHOOD' BE FIRST TEXAS TO GET STATE HISTORIL MARKER
Home to Dallas' LGBT muny and one of the most gay-iendly neighborhoods the untry, Oak Lawn giv off a trendy vibe amongst s diverse and quat hom. Gayborhood. Texas’ “gayborhoods” aren’t jt neighborhoods wh rabow-pated crosswalks at their tersectns; they’re historic muni where Texas pri and gay pri tersect ever-fascatg unison.
Their one-of-a-kd rtrants, vivac nightclubs, and lovable lols crown the gayborhoods as attractive statns—no matter where you fall on the sexualy spectm.
OAK LAWN DEVELOPMENTS COULD PRERVE DALLAS’ GAYBORHOOD
In 1947, one of the first gay bars Texas, Club Reno, opened Dallas, heraldg the cy’s LGBTQ muny as one of the earlit to form the state. As that group grew to over 3, 000 while marchg through downtown, Dallas beme the se of the first gay pri para all of Texas.
DALLAS' GAYBORHOOD WILL GET A FACE-LIFT
The marker ss at “The Gay Crossroads, ” loted at the tersectn of Throckmorton Street and Cedar Sprgs.
The sign’s backdrop is JR’s Bar & Grill, an inic gay club that has served Amerin eats sce 1980 wh regular drag queen and celebry appearanc. Next door is Statn 4, known to lols as S4, a 24, 000-square-foot nightclub and gay utopia sce 1986. Also at “The Gay Crossroads” tersectn is Sue Ellen’s, nsired to be the olst lbian bar the state.
ARE HIGH-RISE BUILDGS UPTOWN-FUNKG UP THE GAYBORHOOD?
The Montrose neighborhood Hoton was found 1911 and had an timated 30 to 40 gay bars by the late ’70s. In June of 1977, LGBTQ advote Ray Hill anized a rally prott of sger and anti-gay activist Ana Bryant visg the cy.