Eureka Sprgs is the Gay Capal of the Ozarks
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In 2022, NWA Pri celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Miss Gay Arkansas and Miss Gay Ameri pageants, heavily rooted Arkansas’ Queer history. Jon has touched the liv of thoands of LGBTQ+ Arkansans and untls others across the untry as Miss Gay Arkansas 1972, Miss Gay Ameri 1973, and as owner of one of the largt and longt-nng LGBTQ+ nightclubs Arkansas and the south. The first Pri Para rolled down Dickson Street 2004, but groups of lol cizens anized ralli, march, piics, and celebratns to une the LGBTQ muny and promote acceptance for years – all the way back to the 1975 Miss Gay Fayetteville Arkansas Ameri pageant hosted at Gee's Majtic Boyle, Joney Harper, and Norman Hadley found NWA Pri, Inc.
Regular events clud the All Out June Pri Ftival, Whe Party-Northwt Arkansas, Dickson Street Divas Bgo, the Mister & Miss NWA Gay Pri Pageant, the Pri Piic, the Pri Pub Crawl, and many 2015, NWA Pri, Inc. Northwt Arkansas Equaly is a nonprof anizatn providg programmg, tn, and advocy to serve, nnect, and empower the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) muny.
Gray had done all, or close to , his 60-pl years – the ary veteran has been a hairdrser, puter programmer, award-wng AIDS advote, and drag queen (he performed as Patti Le Plae Safe, a Miss Gay Ameri wner). Now he mans the ont sk at a motel-turned-LGBTQ-iendly rort, the Wanroo Lodge, owned by a gay uple who recently settled Eureka themselv.