In the 1980s, The Starck Club was where everyone—gay, straight, nservative and liberal—went to be themselv and to break the l. Wh the release of an eponymo documentary, the history of the club is fally beg told.
Contents:
- BT GAY CLUBS DALLAS
- DALLAS GAY DISTRICT: OAK LAWN
- THROUGH THE YEARS: DALLAS' GAY CULTURE
- THE BT GAY BARS DALLAS
- THE 10 BT GAY BARS DALLAS-FORT WORTH
- NORTH TEXAS GAY BARS HAVE PROVID MUNY FOR MANY. HERE ARE THEIR STORI
- ARLGTON’S ONLY GAY BAR IS REOPENG AFTER CLOSG LAST MONTH BEE OF THE COVID-19 PANMIC
- DALLAS' OAK LAWN 'GAYBORHOOD' BE FIRST TEXAS TO GET STATE HISTORIL MARKER
- WHERE DID FORT WORTH GAY BARS GO?
- THE BEST DALLAS GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS DALLAS
BT GAY CLUBS DALLAS
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Opened 1984 a nverted warehoe jt north of downtown, the nightclub attracted oil-and-gas scns, Southern social, gay and cross-drsg men, and boldface nam like Rob Lowe, Gee W.
DALLAS GAY DISTRICT: OAK LAWN
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”Ca said that the Starck Club, the first “mixed club” the cy that appealed equally to gay and straight patrons, beme the ultimate symbol of all of those chang and cultural first attend the Starck Club 1985 when his then-girliend’s brother, who had heard about the place om his hairdrser Arkansas, was visg Dallas and sisted they check out.
THROUGH THE YEARS: DALLAS' GAY CULTURE
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Photo urty of Don't Tell Supper ClubCaterg to gay, straight and everythg -between is Don't Tell Supper Club, a hip rtrant and nightclub venue featurg sharable gourmet eats, whimsil cktails and over-the-top entertament.
THE BT GAY BARS DALLAS
Anyone who spent even one night at a guy bar n tell you this one simple tth: No place parti like a gay bar parti. The are the 10 bt DFW. * old dallas gay bars *
Gog strong for over three s, JR's draws an eclectic crew of gay, lbian, straight folk and the like for s iendly atmosphere and packed party lendar of events, verg everythg om DJ nights and drag shows to stume ntts, pool tournaments and album release parti.
THE 10 BT GAY BARS DALLAS-FORT WORTH
More than 75 people rpond to a Dallas Morng News and KERA survey about the state of gay and lbian bars North Texas. You n take the survey, too. * old dallas gay bars *
Voted bt straight bar by Dallas' leadg gay publitn and bt gay bar by one of Dallas' straight magaz, The Grapeve Bar is everythg you'd want a zy waterg hole/dive to be and more: The booze is ridiculoly cheap (the specialty is ozen beverag ma wh Everclear); the crowd is rehgly iendly, and the bar throws some of the bt happy hours town.
NORTH TEXAS GAY BARS HAVE PROVID MUNY FOR MANY. HERE ARE THEIR STORI
The 1851 Club means a lot to Dalton Hayn. He and his iends were regulars, and about two years ago he started an LGBTQ poker night at Arlgton’s only gay... * old dallas gay bars *
Photo urty of Statn 4Easily one of the cy's bt and biggt gay dance clubs, Statn 4 (or S4 as lols ll ) boasts late-night hoe and hip hop madns Thursday through Sunday, pl awome drag shows and pageants the Rose Room upstairs.
ARLGTON’S ONLY GAY BAR IS REOPENG AFTER CLOSG LAST MONTH BEE OF THE COVID-19 PANMIC
Cuttg-edge DJs and a host of regular events, om gay bgo to stume ntts--make this a hot spot for a mostly gay (and young) crowd, but 's jt as welg to anyone who's lookg for a good time.
DALLAS' OAK LAWN 'GAYBORHOOD' BE FIRST TEXAS TO GET STATE HISTORIL MARKER
Oakcliff has unrgone major renovatns the past startg wh the rtoratn of the Belmont Hotel, now the area is almost fifty percent gay-owned and s ma street is has bee a send gay strip Dallas.
… Gay clubs, om Cedar Sprgs to Mockgbird Lane to Fort Worth, clu the Snake P, Bentley’s, Tarrant County Mg Company, High Country, Contemporary Country, 4001, The Unirn, Tex’s Ranch and Lifter’s. GIRL BAND DOES GOOD: In the fall of 1989, John L’s, which for years was a popular gay piano bar, hosted a newly formed untry-bluegrass lol girl group lled the Dixie Chicks (pre Natalie Ma). November • The publisher of the Plano Star-Courier warns an employee about wrg up gay and lbian listgs the future after the staffer clus a listg for Out Tak Dallas, the new gay film ftival.
WHERE DID FORT WORTH GAY BARS GO?
… Dallas-bred gay playwright Doug Wright ws the Tony Award for bt play for "I Am My Own Wife, " about a transsexual who survived the Holot, addg the acla to the Pulzer Prize he received earlier the year. … The natnal tour of a sign language versn of "Big River" opens, wh gay actor and Tony nomee Michael McElroy as Jim; McElroy will be back town May 2009 playg Colls the natnal tour of "Rent. … Stephan Pyl, the acclaimed gay chef who helped found the Southwtern cuise movement the 1980s, opens Stephan Pyl Rtrant downtown, his first venture years, and retablish his reputatn.
2006 March • The Dallas CVB lnch a gay-specific Web se, … Dallas’ Doug Wright choos to attend the Dallas but of his play "I Am My Own Wife" rather than appear at the Off-Broadway openg of his new mil, "Grey Garns. … The Dallas Theater Center nam Kev Moriarty, an openly gay director and arts admistrator, to lead the group to s new digs the Downtown Arts DIstrict when the new Wyly Theatre opens the fall of 2009.
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The openly gay bar is a relatively new addn to the social space scene, and beme que mon que quickly, perhaps, some say, too, most straight folks have ltle fear of homosexualy, and gay bars bee their jot du jour--to the horror of many men and women who wish they still had their sacred space ee of bachelorette parti (read Drew Droege's take on this phenomenon).