Letter om the Dallas Gay Alliance to This Week Texas showg appreciatn for those that have supportg the anizatn's se agast Parkland Hospal.
Contents:
- MOVG TO LGBT DALLAS, TEXAS? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
- DALLAS GAY DISTRICT: OAK LAWN
- DALLAS' OAK LAWN 'GAYBORHOOD' BE FIRST TEXAS TO GET STATE HISTORIL MARKER
- THROUGH THE YEARS: DALLAS' GAY CULTURE
- DALLAS GAY DANCE CLUBS
- A YEAR GAY BARS
- [LETTER: DALLAS GAY ALLIANCE TO THIS WEEK TEXAS]
MOVG TO LGBT DALLAS, TEXAS? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
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Dpe the predomantly nservative polil spe of Texas, s pal cy of Dallas is home to a vibrant gay muny which is not only active, but also embraced.
DALLAS GAY DISTRICT: OAK LAWN
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Most of gay Dallas is centered around the Oak Lawn neighborhood, wh the majory of gay bars, gay clubs, and gay rtrants found on Cedar Sprgs Road and Oak Lawn Avenue. ‘The Strip’ on Cedar Sprgs Road is arguably the heart of Dallas’ gayborhood, and is a great place to start if you’re a first-timer to the cy. If you happen to vis Dallas September, you may be lucky enough to experience Dallas gay Pri, which is a fun-filled celebratn that tak place along Cedar Sprgs Road.
DALLAS' OAK LAWN 'GAYBORHOOD' BE FIRST TEXAS TO GET STATE HISTORIL MARKER
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As wh most ci the USA, Dallas also has s own Woody’s gay bar, and s terpretatn of the cult name is pretty cent.
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THROUGH THE YEARS: DALLAS' GAY CULTURE
Hidn In Pla Sight: Let's Take A Look Back At The History of Dallas' Gay Bars of the 1970s Through Photos From That Era. * dallas gay life *
Loted the heart of the gayborhood and spanng over 24, 000 square feet of space, the two-story nightclub boasts a bone-chillg sound system and world-class light and laser show. #1 Nightlife DtatnKnown as the gay mec for LGBTQ+ partiers worldwi, S4 is the hotspot to tch popular lol and ternatnally renowned DJs and even some A-List celebry sightgs.
"I first learned of the former Club Reno — "the first gay bar all of Texas, " acrdg to Karen Wisely's Universy of North Texas master of arts this — om the bronzed narrative that will appear on a historil marker set to be planted 7 p.
DALLAS GAY DANCE CLUBS
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It will make Dallas the first cy the state wh an official Texas Historil Commissn subject marker acknowledgg a longstandg gay and lbian muny. " For a relatively new cy, Dallas has a lot of ancient history memorated 1991, when this photo was taken, the crossroads of Dallas' gayborhood was the tersectn of Cedar Sprgs Road and Throckmorton, where Crossroads Market and Unn Jack were loted.
We know as the gayborhood, or what's left of — the Rource Center, JR's, Sue Ellen's, Statn 4 and the Round-Up Saloon. The tersectn had been known as The Crossroads sce the late 1960s, but s legacy was forever cemented 1980 wh the openg of the namake market there that beme the muny's bookstore and meetg puttg the marker there, Emery said, "we hope n still some pri young people — all people, gay and non-gay, to know the cy which they live has bravely been forward standg up for s.
The young generatn hand all of the rights, we hope they will stop and enjoy reflectg on the brave people who chose to intify as early as the 1950s, " when gay men were picted this very newspaper as "sex perverts" out "rptg the morals of dozens of Dallas teenagers.
A YEAR GAY BARS
"To get the marker, Chilrs wrote about how the 1930s, gay men would meet the shadow of the Magnolia Petrolm Buildg at Commerce and Akard streets — "Maggie's Corner, " as was known.
[LETTER: DALLAS GAY ALLIANCE TO THIS WEEK TEXAS]
Ervay St., on Wood Street jt across om what is now the central years, downtown was filled wh wk-and-nod clubs bee was illegal to be gay Dallas. "Over time, the gay muny found a home out the open along Cedar Sprgs — amid the "bohemian atmosphere and picturque archecture, " scribed on the historic Police Chief U. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)The days, the gayborhood is begng to disappear, on the verge of beg a long stretch of big-box apartments and cha eateri dottg Cedar Sprgs Road.
Complete text of the historil marker:THE CROSSROADSDESPITE DALLAS'S REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE STATE'S MORE CONSERVATIVE CITIES, ITS LGBTQ (LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER) COMMUNITY WAS AMONG THE FIRST IN TEXAS TO ORGANIZE POLITICALLY AND SOCIALLY. IN 1947, THE CITY BECAME HOME TO ONE OF THE FIRST GAY BARS IN TEXAS, CLUB RENO, AND IN 1972 WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST GAY PRIDE PARADE IN TEXAS. IN 1980, THE PRIDE PARADE MOVED FROM DOWNTOWN TO CEDAR SPRINGS AREA SURROUNDING THE INTERSECTION OF THROCKMORTON STREET AND CEDAR SPRINGS ROAD HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THE CENTER OF THE DALLAS LGBTQ COMMUNITY SINCE THE EARLY 1970s AND IS KNOWN AS "THE GAY CROSSROADS" OR "THE CROSSROADS.