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.
Contents:
- GAY AND LBIAN NIGHTLIFE DALLAS FORT WORTH
- ON BEG BLACK AND GAY
- BT GAY CLUBS DALLAS
- THE BT GAY BARS DALLAS
- DALLAS GAY SNAS
GAY AND LBIAN NIGHTLIFE DALLAS FORT WORTH
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ON BEG BLACK AND GAY
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BT GAY CLUBS DALLAS
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THE BT GAY BARS DALLAS
Before the mid-2000s, gay travel wrers stuck to the ual queer hnts — Hollywood, San Francis, New York, Washgton, D. Around 2004, the Dallas Tavern Guild, the group of gay bar owners who throw the annual Dallas Pri celebratn and pose one of the cy's most fluential queer anizatns, ved the gay travel prs to tour Dallas.
DALLAS GAY SNAS
The guild set up viss to gay bars.
Michael Doughman, executive director of the guild, says the travel prs explored the fantasi they had of Texas through a gay lens.
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