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From the Archives: Gay Dallas — A Look at the Past, Present, and Future of LGBTQ Culture in the City
Editor&#;s Note: This story was originally published in in honor of the 50th anniversary of the central Stonewall Riots.
During the wee hours of June 28, , a riot broke out during a police raid at New York City’s Stonewall Inn — a gay bar in Greenwich Village. Those in the surrounding neighborhood erupted in response. Rioters threw bottles and rushed police barricades. Drag queens kicked their heels in the air like the Rockettes and sang: “We are the Stonewall girls. We wear our hair in curls … We wear our dungarees above our nelly knees &#;”
The riots were a rallying call. And change was in the breeze. Fifty years later, our zeitgeist begs a reexamination of same-sex attracted culture — and not just in the United States, but also in our own town of Dallas.
In the five decades following the riot that sparked the gay community to stay up for equal rights, much has shifted. In Dallas, a city smack in the center of what many would dial the conservative South, gay tradition thrives. Our city has b
6/13/25
In celebration, the Anthony Bobrow Trust has delivered checks totaling over $, to Dallas non-profits this week. In the past three years that&#;s over $1Million to continue their work to sustain and improve the lives of our Community. With the end of US Government aid, their needs are even more critical. We&#;ll make smaller gifts during the remainder of , usually another $, We thank the guests of the Veiled Door (and Tony&#;s astute investments) for making this doable. Non-profit groups receiving donations in this first round: AIN, ASD, Legacy Cares, Taste of Desire, The Family Place and the Oak Lawn Band.
After decades of being a cash-only business, The Hidden Door will begin accepting credit card payments, successful Monday, Feb. 10, when the exclude opens.
“Things change after half a century,” noted Hidden Door President and General Manager Harvey Meissner, explaining that 45 years ago when the bar first opened in , when customers were paying with credit cards, bars had to call via a modem, key in their card information manually then wait for authorization, then wri
Dallas has long been recognizable for its sports teams, cowboy culture, and thriving business districts and, somewhat more recently, for its dynamic and evolving LGBTIQA+ scene.
The history of the community in Dallas is a testament to resilience, unity, and mutual back. By the late s, Dallas had an emerging gay neighborhood, Oak Lawn, which gradually became the epicenter of the LGBTIQA+ community. This was also the time when the first openly gay and lesbian bars started appearing. The AIDS crisis in the s sparked a more public presence, with the community working to provide support and resources for everyone affected.
Activism intensified in the 90s and early s, leading to significant momentum in acceptance and visibility. Events fancy the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, originally established as the Dallas Queer Pride Parade, which started in , became annual celebrations of LGBTQ self-acceptance and rights.
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LGBTIQA+ Dallas Now – Facts and Figures
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I don’t know about you, but my hometown urban area is a place I saw surprisingly little of despite living there for 18 years. My wasted youth was spent mostly beside a swimming pool, in an heavily air-conditioned mall or in the local ice cream shop.
Can you blame a guy? A $2 brownie fudge sundae is hard to resist! The suburban existence can be so hard…
So, on a most recent trip home, I decided to finally dive into the deep end of Dallas. Growing up, I never heard much about the gay scene in Dallas (but then again, I wasn’t really looking for it either). But, over the years, Dallas has had an increasingly seeable presence for its LGBTQ locals.
Dallas Pride has been running consistently for nearly 30 years, and the gayborhood of Oak Lawn is consistently ranked among the most gay-friendly places in the USA (despite some recent anti-gay attacks in and ).
The metropolis was even home to the first Hooters-style restaurant for gay men. (Tallywackers—a bar and restaurant where the hunky waiters only worse short shorts—closed down earlier this year.)
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