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Arts + Culture
Local film expert finds the queer undertones at the third annual It Came From Texas film fest
Professor Sean Griffin RICH LOPEZ | Staff [email protected] Now in its third year, the It Came From Texas film festival highlights films made in (or about) the Lone Star State. The theme for this year’s festival, being held in downtown Garland, is…
Arts + Culture
Gottmik and Violet Chachki on queer visibility, creative tension and turning chaos into camp gold
Violet Chachki & Gottmik CHRIS AZZOPARDI | QSyndicate What do you get when two of drag’s boldest rule-breakers turn their creative tension into a pop anthem? A total knockout — literally. With their debut musical collaboration, RuPaul’s Drag Race stars and…
Advocacy + Activism
Point of Pride launches community-led trans health survey
Point of Pride this week launched the Trans Health Survey, “a national, community-led research initiative created by and for trans people.” The survey is now live at TransHealthSurvey.org, giving trans people 18 and older across the U.S. the opportunity to…
Advocacy + Activism
Anti-trans bathroom bill passes out of Senate committee
While everyone’s attention today has been focused on the Texas House Democrats who left the state to break quorum and keep Republicans from forcing through a radically and racially gerrymandered new map defining the state’s congressional districts, the Sena…
Arts + Culture
Queer women’s festival The Dinah gears up for its grand finale this fall
The Dinah festival producer Mariah Hanson decided to go out with a bang. For her Dinah Grand Finale, the founder of the world’s iconic queer women’s festival dropped an impressive lineup of entertainment ranging from queer icons to aspiring LGBTQ+ talent. T…
Arts + Culture
If you are reading it, I am dead
Former The Dallas Way board member Nino Testa will speak at the Irving Archives and Museum, which is currently running an LGBTQ+ history exhibit put together by Badge of Pride. Among the featured items in the exhibit is a Dallas quilt panel that is the most…
Arts + Culture
Meet your friendly neighborhood transfolk
Join Equality Texas for Meet Your Friendly Neighborhood Transfolk: a town hall conversation/panel discussion with local trans and gender expansive folks at Sue Ellen’s. Come get to know your trans neighbors, find out what they do, what they like, what their…
Arts + Culture
Foodie Fridays: Wine Spectator recognizes wine programs at a number of Dallas restos
Dallas restaurants honored in Wine Spectator’s 2025 Restaurant Awards Wine Spectator unveiled the winners of its 2025 Restaurant Awards, which honor the world’s best restaurants for wine. This year’s awards program recognized 64 Dallas restaurants that earn…
Archive
“The Gayborhood” series next episode Friday!
Diversity and inclusion were key in casting The Gayborhood RICH LOPEZ | Staff [email protected] Local filmmaker Israel Luna has embarked on a new series that hits close to home. In The Gayborhood, he and co-creator Joseph Herrera, along with a grou…
Advocacy + Activism
DON’T FORGET: Gathering set for trans Texans, allies
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in L.W. v. Skrmetti, issued earlier this week, the Southwestern Regional Office of Lambda Legal, in partnership with Cathedral of Hope UCC and Resource Center, is hosting an event Saturday, June 21, to provide…
Arts + Culture
First look at the new crosswalks
Street crews are installing the new rainbow crosswalks on Cedar Springs Road. Here’s a first look at them. Photos by Chad Mantooth
Advocacy + Activism
Right-wing county judge blocks historical marker for Rainbow Lounge site
Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare has blocked efforts to mark the site of the former Rainbow Lounge, the site of the infamous June 28, 2009, raid by agents with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Fort Worth Police officers, with an historical marker…
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