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LGBT culture in Dallas–Fort Worth

January 01, 1970

Throughout Dallas–Fort Worth, there is a large lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Since 2005, DFW has constituted one of the largest LGBT communities in Texas.[1][2][3][4]

History edit

The first pro-LGBT event in DFW occurred in 1972; it was an unorganized march in Downtown Dallas.[5] The first official gay pride parade took place in June 1980.[6] Since then, both the Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan divisions of the Metroplex have held their own separate gay pride festivals.[7]

Geography edit

The Oak Lawn/Cedar Springs Road area serves as North Texas' largest gayborhood and is home to Dallas' vibrant gay nightlife.[8] The first LGBT-oriented business to open there was Union Jack, a clothing store operated by an expatriate from the United Kingdom,[9] Richard Longstaff. It opened in 1971 and moved to Cedar Springs Road around 1972.[10] It announced that it was closing in 2014.[9] It was open for 42 years.[11] Bishop Arts is the other known gayborhood in Dallas. There's a notable number of gay residents, along with a few popular gay-centric/gay-friendly establishments.[12] Tallywackers, a male version of Hooter's,[13] opened on May 30, 2015, and closed in 2016 in the city of Dallas. It was owned by Rodney Duke.[14] Its customer base included homosexual men and straight women.[15] In Fort Worth, there is also a large LGBT community spread throughout the city.

Institutions edit

In 1994 Community Center established the Phil Johnson Historic Archives and Research Library. The University of North Texas Libraries acquired this facility in 2012.[16] This library holds archival information related the DFW LGBT community. The producers of the Dallas Buyers Club film used this archive.[17]

The Stonewall Democrats of Dallas is an LGBT political club in the area.[18] Gay for Good also has a Dallas–Fort Worth chapter.[19]

The Resource Center opened its 20,000-square-foot building in 2016; the $8.7 million project is located in Oaklawn and is one of the largest LGBT community centers in the nation.[20][21]

Due to the high HIV/AIDS infection rate among young black gay men in Dallas County, the University of California, San Francisco researchers in partnership with original project coordinators Venton Jones, Terrance Anderson, and community organizer Chaaz Quigley decided to establish the United Black Ellument in Dallas.[22] United Black Ellument (UBE), which had a cost of $1.6 million, is aimed at lowering infection rates in the Black LGBT community in Dallas. Researchers and Black LGBT community leaders study and promote safer sex habits in the Black LGBT community. The program includes social coffee hours every week, discussion panels, worship services, fashion shows, safer sex promotions, support groups, and picnics. Over 500 black gay and bisexual men have been participants.[22] UBE is based near Downtown Dallas.[23]

Politics and activism edit

In 2002 the Dallas City Council passed an anti-discrimination ordinance protecting LGBT persons.[24] As of 2014 the city of Dallas pays an inferior pension to same-sex couples relative to its pension for opposite sex couples.[25] John Wright, a former editor of the Dallas Voice,[26] stated that the city is not complying with its own anti-discrimination ordinance and that "It’s unbelievable to me that in 2014, the city of Dallas is still treating its LGBT employees unequally when it comes to basic benefits like pensions, family medical leave and transgender health insurance."[24]

In 2004 Lupe Valdez, a Latina lesbian, was elected as the sheriff of Dallas; she was the first woman, Latina, and gay person to hold this position.[27]

After she began her first term in the Dallas City Council in 2007,[28] Vonciel Jones-Hill, who is also a Methodist preacher,[29] stated that she would not and never will attend the gay pride parade; she argued that God does not approve of homosexuality. The Dallas Voice criticized her because of her stance.[29] In 2009 she was the only member of the Dallas City Council to not attend.[30]

Around 2009 the city of Dallas formed an LGBT task force.[26] Delia Jasso, a member of the Dallas City Council, had created this taskforce.[24]

In early 2013 Scott Griggs, a member of the Dallas City Council, announced that he was writing a pro-LGBT resolution;[31] the resolution asked to allow same-sex couples to have the same marriage rights as opposite sex couples.[32] By April he had filed the resolution,[33] and he stated that it had enough votes to pass. The city council vote was scheduled for June 12 of that year.[34] Mayor of Dallas Mike Rawlings criticized the proposal, arguing that because the city has no political power to enact gay marriage, it would be a "waste of time" to vote on this bill; Rawlings stated that he supports same sex marriage.[32] Kingston argued that Dallas may be "left behind" if it does not pass this resolution.[35] Rawlings quashed this resolution.[26]

By June 2013 the Dallas County Health and Human Services put up a billboard, titled "Check Your Status", that asks men who have sex with men to get HIV tested. This billboard, intended to combat HIV infections in African-American men, depicts two men in a relationship. In response,[36] Jones-Hill stated that the billboard presents same-sex conduct among African-American men as acceptable as long as they safeguard their health.[37]

By February 2014 a committee of the Dallas city council voted to adopt a "comprehensive statement of support" for LGBT Dallasites and city government employees.[26] Rawlings supported this measure,[38] and the council passed it in March of that year.[39] Wright argued that the resolution does not go far enough.[24]

Established in 1982, the Black Tie Dinner has become one of the largest fundraiser events in the nation for the LGBT community. The event raises funds for the LGBT supportive organizations serving North Texas through a premier event of empowerment, education and entertainment in partnership with the community. To date, Black Tie Dinner has distributed nearly $20 million.[40] The event is held every fall.

In 2016 John P. McCall, who had been featured in the Dallas Voice and the Wall Street Journal for his legal work with LGBTQ family law in Dallas, was appointed as the first openly gay Justice of the Peace in Texas in Dallas' Precinct 5, Place 1.[41]

Media edit

The Dallas Voice is the LGBT newspaper of Dallas. Dallas Voice first published in May 1984.

A gay reality series based in Dallas named The A-List: Dallas premiered on Logo TV in fall 2011.

Education edit

Jose Plata, an openly gay Dallas Independent School District (DISD) board member, and Pat Stone, the president of the Dallas Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), advocated for adding LGBT students to the DISD anti-discrimination ordinance. In 1996 the DISD board of education voted to add LGBT individuals to the ordinance, and by 1997 the district had created a pamphlet for LGBT students.[42]

In 1997,[43] the Walt Whitman Community School, a private alternative high school catering to those who identify as LGBT, opened in Dallas.[44] It was the United States's first LGBT-oriented private school.[43] The school closed in 2004.

The Oak Lawn Library in Oak Lawn, Dallas has a 1,729-item collection of LGBT-related literature; it had a circulation of 3,748 as of 2012, and that year Angie Bartula, the branch manager, stated that it was one of the largest LGBT-related collections in the United States.[45]

Recreation edit

There are two gay pride parades held in Dallas: the Alan Ross Freedom Parade or Dallas Pride, and the parade by QueerBomb Dallas.[46] The first official Dallas Pride was held in June 1980.[6] In 1983 the Tavern Guild took control of Dallas Pride. That year, the Tavern Guild moved the celebration from June to the third Sunday of September in honor of Baker v. Wade. The celebration moved back to June in 2019.[47]

The annual Purple Party is one of the largest circuit parties in the world. The event raises funds to assist those living with HIV/AIDS.[48]

In 2014 QueerBomb Dallas criticized Dallas Pride for accepting sponsorship from Heineken; Heineken has no protections for transgender employees, and Barry Andrews, the owner of Heineken, had hosted a fundraiser for Dan Patrick, a politician who took anti-LGBT stances.[46] QueerBomb Dallas organizes their own Pride rally, march and party on the last weekend in June.

Around 1981 a drag queen established the annual Tarrant County Pride (Fort Worth and Arlington) event. Originally it was held on Jennings Street but in 2011 the venue changed to Downtown Fort Worth. Thomas Anable helped move the parade to its current location.[49] In 2011 Mayor of Fort Worth Betsy Price served as the Grand Marshal.[50] Also the Fort Worth (Tarrant County) gay community established an annual gay & lesbian film festival (QCinema), gay rodeo, and eight gay bars/clubs.[51]

The Out Takes Dallas Lesbian & Gay Film Festival occurs in Dallas.[52]

The PlayPride LGBT Festival, an annual playwright competition held by the TeCo Theatrical Productions, held its first event in 2014.[53]

In 1980, the Turtle Creek Chorale was founded. It has become the largest and most prominent predominately gay men chorus in Texas. In 1989, Dallas' first predominately lesbian chorus was formed called The Women's Chorus of Dallas.[54]

Since its opening in 1989, Sue Ellen's has been one of the largest and most popular lesbian bars in the nation. In 2014, Sue Ellen's was ranked as one of the Top 10 lesbian bars in the nation by BuzzFeed LGBT.[55]

The Texas Bear Round-Up (TBRU) is one of the largest annual Bear community events in the world and the largest in Texas. It began in 1995.[56][57]

1996 marked the first year of Dallas Black Pride. The celebratory event has grown to be the largest of its kind in Texas and continues to be held every fall.

The Texas Latino Gay Pride event began in 2014 and is held annually every early October in the Oaklawn district. It is the first event of its kind in Texas.[58]

Religion edit

As of 2023 the Cathedral of Hope, a Dallas United Church of Christ (UCC), an LGBT-friendly church, has 3,000 members, making it one of the largest UCC in the United States. Cathedral of Hope, UCC is the largest LGBT church in the world.

See also edit

References edit

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Further reading edit

  • Auping, Alicia. "Eleven Dallas LGBT Movers and Shakers" (). Dallas Observer. Friday July 19, 2013.
  • Formby, Brandon. "Detailed stats aid Dallas County HIV/AIDS fight, but ignorance, stigma hinder success" (). The Dallas Morning News. March 15, 2013.

External links edit

  • LGBTQBlog - The Dallas Morning News
  • Dallas PRIDE
  • Stonewall Democrats of Dallas (LGBT political club)
  • The Dallas Way ("A GLBT History Project")
  • North Texas LGBT Chamber of Commerce
  • Tarrant County Gay Pride Week Association

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Throughout Dallas Fort Worth there is a large lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community Since 2005 DFW has constituted one of the largest LGBT communities in Texas 1 2 3 4 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Institutions 4 Politics and activism 5 Media 6 Education 7 Recreation 8 Religion 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External linksHistory editThe first pro LGBT event in DFW occurred in 1972 it was an unorganized march in Downtown Dallas 5 The first official gay pride parade took place in June 1980 6 Since then both the Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan divisions of the Metroplex have held their own separate gay pride festivals 7 Geography editThe Oak Lawn Cedar Springs Road area serves as North Texas largest gayborhood and is home to Dallas vibrant gay nightlife 8 The first LGBT oriented business to open there was Union Jack a clothing store operated by an expatriate from the United Kingdom 9 Richard Longstaff It opened in 1971 and moved to Cedar Springs Road around 1972 10 It announced that it was closing in 2014 9 It was open for 42 years 11 Bishop Arts is the other known gayborhood in Dallas There s a notable number of gay residents along with a few popular gay centric gay friendly establishments 12 Tallywackers a male version of Hooter s 13 opened on May 30 2015 and closed in 2016 in the city of Dallas It was owned by Rodney Duke 14 Its customer base included homosexual men and straight women 15 In Fort Worth there is also a large LGBT community spread throughout the city Institutions editIn 1994 Community Center established the Phil Johnson Historic Archives and Research Library The University of North Texas Libraries acquired this facility in 2012 16 This library holds archival information related the DFW LGBT community The producers of the Dallas Buyers Club film used this archive 17 The Stonewall Democrats of Dallas is an LGBT political club in the area 18 Gay for Good also has a Dallas Fort Worth chapter 19 The Resource Center opened its 20 000 square foot building in 2016 the 8 7 million project is located in Oaklawn and is one of the largest LGBT community centers in the nation 20 21 Due to the high HIV AIDS infection rate among young black gay men in Dallas County the University of California San Francisco researchers in partnership with original project coordinators Venton Jones Terrance Anderson and community organizer Chaaz Quigley decided to establish the United Black Ellument in Dallas 22 United Black Ellument UBE which had a cost of 1 6 million is aimed at lowering infection rates in the Black LGBT community in Dallas Researchers and Black LGBT community leaders study and promote safer sex habits in the Black LGBT community The program includes social coffee hours every week discussion panels worship services fashion shows safer sex promotions support groups and picnics Over 500 black gay and bisexual men have been participants 22 UBE is based near Downtown Dallas 23 Politics and activism editIn 2002 the Dallas City Council passed an anti discrimination ordinance protecting LGBT persons 24 As of 2014 the city of Dallas pays an inferior pension to same sex couples relative to its pension for opposite sex couples 25 John Wright a former editor of the Dallas Voice 26 stated that the city is not complying with its own anti discrimination ordinance and that It s unbelievable to me that in 2014 the city of Dallas is still treating its LGBT employees unequally when it comes to basic benefits like pensions family medical leave and transgender health insurance 24 In 2004 Lupe Valdez a Latina lesbian was elected as the sheriff of Dallas she was the first woman Latina and gay person to hold this position 27 After she began her first term in the Dallas City Council in 2007 28 Vonciel Jones Hill who is also a Methodist preacher 29 stated that she would not and never will attend the gay pride parade she argued that God does not approve of homosexuality The Dallas Voice criticized her because of her stance 29 In 2009 she was the only member of the Dallas City Council to not attend 30 Around 2009 the city of Dallas formed an LGBT task force 26 Delia Jasso a member of the Dallas City Council had created this taskforce 24 In early 2013 Scott Griggs a member of the Dallas City Council announced that he was writing a pro LGBT resolution 31 the resolution asked to allow same sex couples to have the same marriage rights as opposite sex couples 32 By April he had filed the resolution 33 and he stated that it had enough votes to pass The city council vote was scheduled for June 12 of that year 34 Mayor of Dallas Mike Rawlings criticized the proposal arguing that because the city has no political power to enact gay marriage it would be a waste of time to vote on this bill Rawlings stated that he supports same sex marriage 32 Kingston argued that Dallas may be left behind if it does not pass this resolution 35 Rawlings quashed this resolution 26 By June 2013 the Dallas County Health and Human Services put up a billboard titled Check Your Status that asks men who have sex with men to get HIV tested This billboard intended to combat HIV infections in African American men depicts two men in a relationship In response 36 Jones Hill stated that the billboard presents same sex conduct among African American men as acceptable as long as they safeguard their health 37 By February 2014 a committee of the Dallas city council voted to adopt a comprehensive statement of support for LGBT Dallasites and city government employees 26 Rawlings supported this measure 38 and the council passed it in March of that year 39 Wright argued that the resolution does not go far enough 24 Established in 1982 the Black Tie Dinner has become one of the largest fundraiser events in the nation for the LGBT community The event raises funds for the LGBT supportive organizations serving North Texas through a premier event of empowerment education and entertainment in partnership with the community To date Black Tie Dinner has distributed nearly 20 million 40 The event is held every fall In 2016 John P McCall who had been featured in the Dallas Voice and the Wall Street Journal for his legal work with LGBTQ family law in Dallas was appointed as the first openly gay Justice of the Peace in Texas in Dallas Precinct 5 Place 1 41 Media editThe Dallas Voice is the LGBT newspaper of Dallas Dallas Voice first published in May 1984 A gay reality series based in Dallas named The A List Dallas premiered on Logo TV in fall 2011 Education editJose Plata an openly gay Dallas Independent School District DISD board member and Pat Stone the president of the Dallas Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays PFLAG advocated for adding LGBT students to the DISD anti discrimination ordinance In 1996 the DISD board of education voted to add LGBT individuals to the ordinance and by 1997 the district had created a pamphlet for LGBT students 42 In 1997 43 the Walt Whitman Community School a private alternative high school catering to those who identify as LGBT opened in Dallas 44 It was the United States s first LGBT oriented private school 43 The school closed in 2004 The Oak Lawn Library in Oak Lawn Dallas has a 1 729 item collection of LGBT related literature it had a circulation of 3 748 as of 2012 and that year Angie Bartula the branch manager stated that it was one of the largest LGBT related collections in the United States 45 Recreation editThere are two gay pride parades held in Dallas the Alan Ross Freedom Parade or Dallas Pride and the parade by QueerBomb Dallas 46 The first official Dallas Pride was held in June 1980 6 In 1983 the Tavern Guild took control of Dallas Pride That year the Tavern Guild moved the celebration from June to the third Sunday of September in honor of Baker v Wade The celebration moved back to June in 2019 47 The annual Purple Party is one of the largest circuit parties in the world The event raises funds to assist those living with HIV AIDS 48 In 2014 QueerBomb Dallas criticized Dallas Pride for accepting sponsorship from Heineken Heineken has no protections for transgender employees and Barry Andrews the owner of Heineken had hosted a fundraiser for Dan Patrick a politician who took anti LGBT stances 46 QueerBomb Dallas organizes their own Pride rally march and party on the last weekend in June Around 1981 a drag queen established the annual Tarrant County Pride Fort Worth and Arlington event Originally it was held on Jennings Street but in 2011 the venue changed to Downtown Fort Worth Thomas Anable helped move the parade to its current location 49 In 2011 Mayor of Fort Worth Betsy Price served as the Grand Marshal 50 Also the Fort Worth Tarrant County gay community established an annual gay amp lesbian film festival QCinema gay rodeo and eight gay bars clubs 51 The Out Takes Dallas Lesbian amp Gay Film Festival occurs in Dallas 52 The PlayPride LGBT Festival an annual playwright competition held by the TeCo Theatrical Productions held its first event in 2014 53 In 1980 the Turtle Creek Chorale was founded It has become the largest and most prominent predominately gay men chorus in Texas In 1989 Dallas first predominately lesbian chorus was formed called The Women s Chorus of Dallas 54 Since its opening in 1989 Sue Ellen s has been one of the largest and most popular lesbian bars in the nation In 2014 Sue Ellen s was ranked as one of the Top 10 lesbian bars in the nation by BuzzFeed LGBT 55 The Texas Bear Round Up TBRU is one of the largest annual Bear community events in the world and the largest in Texas It began in 1995 56 57 1996 marked the first year of Dallas Black Pride The celebratory event has grown to be the largest of its kind in Texas and continues to be held every fall The Texas Latino Gay Pride event began in 2014 and is held annually every early October in the Oaklawn district It is the first event of its kind in Texas 58 Religion editAs of 2023 the Cathedral of Hope a Dallas United Church of Christ UCC an LGBT friendly church has 3 000 members making it one of the largest UCC in the United States Cathedral of Hope UCC is the largest LGBT church in the world See also editLGBT rights in Texas Demographics of Dallas Fort WorthReferences edit LGBT LGBT Retrieved 2020 06 19 Dallas LGBT Fact Sheet www smu edu Same sex Couples and the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Population New Estimates from the American Community Survey PDF 2015 02 05 Archived PDF from the original on 2015 02 05 Retrieved 2020 06 29 A historic win North Texas leaders LGBTQ organizations react to landmark Supreme Court discrimination ruling wfaa com June 15 2020 Retrieved 2020 06 29 Price Maddox Dallas Pride survival guide Parking bathrooms and what to do when you see your ex Archive The Dallas Morning News September 19 2014 Retrieved on September 22 2014 a b Price Maddox Why is Dallas Pride in September Archive Dallas Voice June 21 2013 Retrieved on September 22 2014 Fort Worth LGBT Community www tshaonline org Retrieved 2023 06 23 Dallas LGBT Fact Sheet Archive SRJ Marketing Communications hosted at Southern Methodist University p 1 7 Retrieved on September 22 2014 a b Nicholson Erin Union Jack the First Gay Business on Cedar Springs Is Closing Archive Dallas Observer Friday January 3 2014 Retrieved on September 22 2014 Union Jack celebrates 40th anniversary Archive Dallas Voice July 21 2011 Retrieved on September 22 2014 Union Jack Announces Closing Archive Dallas Voice January 2 2014 Retrieved on September 22 2014 Dallas Gay Guide and Photo Gallery TripSavvy com Retrieved 4 January 2019 Guy candy eatery all male Hooters opening in Dallas USA TODAY Retrieved 2023 06 03 Tallywackers the male Hooters abruptly shutters in Dallas Fox News 2016 08 12 Retrieved 2019 02 21 Thomas Dave 2018 01 25 Former Dallas chestaurant Tallywackers aims to reopen Could it come to Austin Austin American Statesman Retrieved 2019 02 21 Our Story Archive Resource Center Retrieved on September 22 2014 The Resource Center LGBT Collection 50 Years of LGBT History in Dallas Archive University of North Texas Retrieved on September 22 2014 Wright John Baptist minister sent letter to congregation members others warning voters about Russell s gay agenda Archive Dallas Voice May 24 2007 Retrieved on September 22 2014 Brinkerhoff Mark Gay For Good volunteers team up to help kids back to school Archive The Dallas Morning News September 10 2014 Retrieved on September 22 2014 Resource Center announces groundbreaking for new LGBT Community Center Dinispheris com Retrieved 4 January 2019 Resource Center My Resource Center Retrieved 2023 06 03 a b Lewis Michele K Marshall Isiah 2011 11 02 LGBT Psychology Research Perspectives and People of African Descent Springer Science amp Business Media ISBN 978 1 4614 0565 8 UNITED BLACK ELLUMENTUBE exists to enable Black same gender loving men to fulfill their greatest potential for good Ubedallas org Retrieved 4 January 2019 a b c d Wright John MY TAKE Dallas kicks can down road on LGBT equality Archive Lone Star Q February 17 2014 Retrieved on September 23 2014 Wilonsky Robert Some on Dallas city council surprised gay employees don t have same pension plan as straight workers Archive The Dallas Morning News January 7 2014 Retrieved on September 23 2014 a b c d Wilonsky Robert Dallas takes first steps toward addressing LGBT inequities at City Hall Archive The Dallas Morning News February 18 2014 Retrieved on September 23 2014 Flanders Laura 2008 Blue Grit Making Impossible Improbable and Inspirational Political Change in America Penguin ISBN 978 0 14 311322 5 UPDATE Vonciel Jones Hill again snubs the gays and we re officially castigating her for it Archive Dallas Voice August 30 2010 Retrieved on September 22 2014 a b Bush Rudolph The Dallas Voice is not pleased CM Vonciel Jones Hill isn t attending gay pride parade Archive The Dallas Morning News Retrieved on September 22 2014 Wright John Hill lone council holdout for Pride Archive Dallas Voice September 3 2009 Retrieved on September 22 2014 Griggs finalizes pro LGBT resolution Archive Dallas Voice April 12 2013 Retrieved on September 22 2014 a b Bush Rudolph Mayor Mike Rawlings calls marriage equality resolution political and a misuse of Dallas council s time Archive The Dallas Morning News May 1 2013 Retrieved on September 23 2014 Scott Griggs files marriage equality resolution says it has votes to pass Archive Dallas Voice April 30 2013 Retrieved on September 22 2014 Bush Rudolph Marriage equality resolution has the votes to pass Dallas City Council says council member Scott Griggs Archive The Dallas Morning News April 30 2013 Retrieved on September 22 2014 Wilonsky Robert At Dallas City Hall the debate over same sex marriage resolution boils down to morality or money Archive The Dallas Morning News February 18 2014 Retrieved on September 23 2014 McDonogh Katie Texas councilwoman outraged over billboard featuring gay couple Archive Salon June 18 2013 Retrieved on 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