The “Gayborhoods” of Texas

Contents:

• THE “GAYBORHOODS” OF TEXAS
• GAY PRI CALENDAR
• TRANSGENR GROUP NOT HAPPY WH DALLAS PRI PARA'S MOVE TO FAIR PARK PUBLISHED JUNE 2, 2019 NEWS FOX 4 NEWS DALLAS-FORT WORTH SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD IMAGE 1 OF 2 ▼ DALLAS - THE 36TH ANNUAL DALLAS PRI PARA KICKED OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON A NEW LOTN FOR THE FIRST TIME. PRI ANIZERS SAY THEY MA THE CISN TO MOVE THE FTIVAL AND PARA TO FAIR PARK BEE OF STS, SPACE, AND A NSTCTN PROJECT ALONG CEDAR SPRGS RD. OAK LAWN, WHICH IS WHERE THE PARA TYPILLY IS EVERY YEAR. IN RPONSE, TRANSGENR PRI OF DALLAS HELD A SEPARATE MARCH DOWNTOWN, WHERE ANIZERS BELIEVE THEIR MSAGE IS MORE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. ORGANIZERS SAY WH THE EVENT GROWG EACH YEAR AND A NSTCTN PROJECT DISPTG THE OAK LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE FTIVI UALLY TAKE PLACE, THE MOVE TO FAIR PARK MA SENSE FOR THIS YEAR'S PRI. “I THK WAS AN AMAZG CISN,” SAID JAKE BALLGER, DIRECTOR OF THE UMBRELLA PROGRAM. “THE VENUE WAS CREDIBLE, BEG DOORS WAS THE BT CISN THEY ULD'VE MA BEE WAS POURG DOWN RA SO EVERYBODY WAS STILL ABLE TO E SI AND ENJOY THE FTIVI.” BUT MOVG THE PARA OVER TO FAIR PARK HAD SOME NCERNED ABOUT HOW WILL AFFECT THE MUNY'S VISIBILY AND THE ABILY TO SPREAD THEIR CLIVE MSAGE TO THE PUBLIC. “I WOULD PREFER BE OUT THE CY STREETS JT LIKE IS ALL THE OTHER LARGE CI. AT, HOTON, SAN ANTON, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR PRI PARAS DOWNTOWN,” SAID HEATHER HOWARD, WH TRANSGENR PRI OF DALLAS. “I FEEL LIKE THE PARA SHOULD BE OUT THE PUBLIC. WE'RE ONLY GOG TO CHANGE HEARTS AND MDS BY BEG OUT AND THE PUBLIC. HAVG THE PARA SI THE FTIVAL, WE'RE REALLY JT CHEERG FOR OURSELV,” ETHAN AVANZO, WH TRANSGENR PRI OF DALLAS, ADD. TRANSGENR PRI OF DALLAS HOSTED A SEPARATE MARCH OM DALLAS CY HALL TO FAIR PARK BEFORE THE PRI PARA TO FIGHT FOR TRANS’ RIGHTS TO BASIC NEEDS, LIKE HEALTH RE AND SHELTER. “WE'RE NOT HERE TO HURT ANYONE, WE DON'T WANT ANY RIGHTS ANYONE ELSE DON'T HAVE. WE JT WANT TO BE TREATED AS EQUALS,” HOWARD SAID. WH EACH STEP, SPREADG THEIR MSAGE TO THE PUBLIC ALONG THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS. “WE ARE TRANSGENR PEOPLE, WE ARE HERE. WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE ARE YOUR WORKERS. WE ARE YOUR IENDS, AND WE'RE JT HERE FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE,” AVANZO ADD. “I JT WANT TO LEND SUPPORT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GAY TO BE IENDS WH GAY PEOPLE, TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS, TO SUPPORT TRANSGENR RIGHTS, 'S NORMAL, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PART OF ,” LGBTQ SUPPORTER NATALYA EOS SAID. DALLAS PRI OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVEN'T MA A CISN ON IF THE FTIVAL AND PARA WILL MOVE BACK TO OAK LAWN NEXT YEAR. TRENDG NOW FLOWER MOUND FENTANYL TRAFFICKER KNOWN AS 'STEVE-O' SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 8 YEARS PRISON AT&T STADIUM TO GET $180M RENOVATN AHEAD OF 2026 WORLD CUP 60 POUNDS OF METH FOUND DURG COLL COUNTY TRAFFIC STOP TEMPERATUR H 107 AT DFW ON THURSDAY, BREAKG RERD-HIGH MAN’S BODY FOUND GARLAND PUBLIC PARK DAILY NEWSLETTER

THE “GAYBORHOODS” OF TEXAS

Primary re servic clu annual physils and treatment for chronic ndns, diabet, genr-affirmg treatment, HIV and STI treatment, hypertensn, immunizatns, ternal medice, PrEP accs and wellns & preventn, Provis acceptg and affirmative re for the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer/qutng, tersex, asexual and more (LGBTQIA+) and allied populatn North Texas. Castro when was a btlg gayborhood, full to the brim wh LGBTQ bars and LGBTQ-owned bs and all the many different LGBTQ people who lived or vised there. So I wanted to do somethg to make sure our gayborhood stayed strong, to see our muny thrivg aga by dog somethg to brg a Pri para back to Cedar Sprgs and the heart of our muny.

But Ware said the new Pri In Dallas board is “dog exceptnally well, I thk, ” when to fundg this new versn of the old gayborhood-based para. A stylish statn for shoppg, dg, and the arts, Dallas hosts one of the untry's top Gay Pri celebratns, which tak place early June 2024.

GAY PRI CALENDAR

Oak Lawn: The Hub of LGBTQ DallasThere are few neighborhoods North Ameri wh a more lively and visible LGBTQ scene than Oak Lawn Dallas, an attractive mix of rintial and mercial blocks wh a nvenient lotn near Uptown, the swanky Turtle Creek and Highland Park districts, the trendy Dign District, and Dallas Love Field, which is the regn’s hub for flights on Southwt five blocks of Cedar Sprgs Road between Oak Lawn Avenue and Wycliff Avenue teem wh fun gay bars, hip rtrants, and stylish shops—and visors n even overnight at one of the cy’s most elegant historic acmodatns, the Warwick Melrose Hotel Dallas, a grand 1920s stunner that’s popular as well for LGBTQ weddgs, and also simply for relaxg the famo Library baret and cktail more on what to see and do this vibrant cy, have a look at the excellent webse of Vis Dallas, where you’ll also fd a very eful sectn geared toward LGBTQ LGBTQ Pri 2024A signature event for the LGBTQ muny and for the cy as a whole sce 1983, Dallas Gay Pri had for years taken place Oak Lawn September, but a few years ago moved to early June, and the ftivi—cludg the tradnal Alan Ross Texas Freedom Para—now take place downtown’s Fair Park, near Deep Ellem. Planng to attend some of the other great Pri events Texas and nearby stat, such as Hoton, At, Galvton, and New Orleans Gay Pri? Check out our 2023-2024 Texas LGBTQ Pri Gay Bars Oak Lawn and BeyondAs the number of gay bars has ntued to fall steadily most ci around the untry, Dallas ntu to have one of the hight numbers of LGBTQ tablishments anywhere, part bee most of the bar owners here have work together to support each other and the muny through their membership the Dallas Tavern Cedar Sprgs Road, and pecially on the uple of blocks between Reagan and Knight Streets, you’ll fd some of the most popular gay bars the cy, if even all of Texas—standouts like JR’s Bar and Grill (fun for people- and vio-watchg), Sue Ellen’s (a world-class lbian bar), Statn 4 (a massive dance club wh wildly entertag drag shows), the Mg Company (a long-nng drkery wh a large terrace and pool tabl si), Round-Up Saloon (your go-to for untry-wtern two-step and le dancg and also a rehgly iendly all-genrs-iendly hangout), Mr.

TRANSGENR GROUP NOT HAPPY WH DALLAS PRI PARA'S MOVE TO FAIR PARK PUBLISHED JUNE 2, 2019 NEWS FOX 4 NEWS DALLAS-FORT WORTH SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD IMAGE 1 OF 2 ▼ DALLAS - THE 36TH ANNUAL DALLAS PRI PARA KICKED OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON A NEW LOTN FOR THE FIRST TIME. PRI ANIZERS SAY THEY MA THE CISN TO MOVE THE FTIVAL AND PARA TO FAIR PARK BEE OF STS, SPACE, AND A NSTCTN PROJECT ALONG CEDAR SPRGS RD. OAK LAWN, WHICH IS WHERE THE PARA TYPILLY IS EVERY YEAR. IN RPONSE, TRANSGENR PRI OF DALLAS HELD A SEPARATE MARCH DOWNTOWN, WHERE ANIZERS BELIEVE THEIR MSAGE IS MORE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. ORGANIZERS SAY WH THE EVENT GROWG EACH YEAR AND A NSTCTN PROJECT DISPTG THE OAK LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE FTIVI UALLY TAKE PLACE, THE MOVE TO FAIR PARK MA SENSE FOR THIS YEAR'S PRI. “I THK WAS AN AMAZG CISN,” SAID JAKE BALLGER, DIRECTOR OF THE UMBRELLA PROGRAM. “THE VENUE WAS CREDIBLE, BEG DOORS WAS THE BT CISN THEY ULD'VE MA BEE WAS POURG DOWN RA SO EVERYBODY WAS STILL ABLE TO E SI AND ENJOY THE FTIVI.” BUT MOVG THE PARA OVER TO FAIR PARK HAD SOME NCERNED ABOUT HOW WILL AFFECT THE MUNY'S VISIBILY AND THE ABILY TO SPREAD THEIR CLIVE MSAGE TO THE PUBLIC. “I WOULD PREFER BE OUT THE CY STREETS JT LIKE IS ALL THE OTHER LARGE CI. AT, HOTON, SAN ANTON, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR PRI PARAS DOWNTOWN,” SAID HEATHER HOWARD, WH TRANSGENR PRI OF DALLAS. “I FEEL LIKE THE PARA SHOULD BE OUT THE PUBLIC. WE'RE ONLY GOG TO CHANGE HEARTS AND MDS BY BEG OUT AND THE PUBLIC. HAVG THE PARA SI THE FTIVAL, WE'RE REALLY JT CHEERG FOR OURSELV,” ETHAN AVANZO, WH TRANSGENR PRI OF DALLAS, ADD. TRANSGENR PRI OF DALLAS HOSTED A SEPARATE MARCH OM DALLAS CY HALL TO FAIR PARK BEFORE THE PRI PARA TO FIGHT FOR TRANS’ RIGHTS TO BASIC NEEDS, LIKE HEALTH RE AND SHELTER. “WE'RE NOT HERE TO HURT ANYONE, WE DON'T WANT ANY RIGHTS ANYONE ELSE DON'T HAVE. WE JT WANT TO BE TREATED AS EQUALS,” HOWARD SAID. WH EACH STEP, SPREADG THEIR MSAGE TO THE PUBLIC ALONG THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS. “WE ARE TRANSGENR PEOPLE, WE ARE HERE. WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE ARE YOUR WORKERS. WE ARE YOUR IENDS, AND WE'RE JT HERE FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE,” AVANZO ADD. “I JT WANT TO LEND SUPPORT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GAY TO BE IENDS WH GAY PEOPLE, TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS, TO SUPPORT TRANSGENR RIGHTS, 'S NORMAL, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PART OF ,” LGBTQ SUPPORTER NATALYA EOS SAID. DALLAS PRI OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVEN'T MA A CISN ON IF THE FTIVAL AND PARA WILL MOVE BACK TO OAK LAWN NEXT YEAR. TRENDG NOW FLOWER MOUND FENTANYL TRAFFICKER KNOWN AS 'STEVE-O' SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 8 YEARS PRISON AT&T STADIUM TO GET $180M RENOVATN AHEAD OF 2026 WORLD CUP 60 POUNDS OF METH FOUND DURG COLL COUNTY TRAFFIC STOP TEMPERATUR H 107 AT DFW ON THURSDAY, BREAKG RERD-HIGH MAN’S BODY FOUND GARLAND PUBLIC PARK DAILY NEWSLETTER

Misster (wh drag bnch, creative cktails, and fun dancg), Havana (another popular optn for dancg), Alexandre’s (a iendly, classy lounge wh first-rate live-mic acts and fe cktails), and Dallas Woody’s (a cheerful neighborhood spot) beyond this strip along Cedar Sprgs Road, you’ll fd a number of other very lively and popular gay bars—such as the Hidn Door (a iendly, long-nng neighborhood bar) and Kaliente (a beloved queer Lato dance club)—many other parts of the Oak Lawn district, and a few other to Stay DallasWhether you’re visg durg Pri or another time of year, you’ll fd a wealth of appealg LGBTQ-welg hotels Dallas, om ultra-swanky ntemporary roosts popular wh visg actors and micians to historic landmarks, such as the aforementned Warwick Melrose Hotel Dallas, the heart of Oak Lawn, wh s 184 handsomely appoted rooms and su, many wh expansive stg areas and all wh roomy bathrooms accented wh marble and chy beddg. Taylor held s third Pri event Cedar Park and Leanr Pri event one month after a Starbucks Cedar Park nceled a drag event bee received threateng msag and after the slayg of Akira Ross, who was shotat a Cedar Park gas statn by a man who lled her a gay Eddleman, a volunteer wh the anizatns, said the events showed the anizers how important is to host clive, tnal events and that more work needs to be done to ensure that LGBTQ+ members are safe and accepted.