A weekend jam-packed with Pride
Teen Pride Dallas Pride begins Saturday with the Music Festival, continues into Sunday with the festival and parade TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editor Nash@DallasVoice.com For some, Pride means parades, music, elaborate outfits, parties and lots and lots and lots of rainbows.
But Dallas Pride Executive Director Sherrell Cross reminds us that there is a lot more to Pride than just partying. It is, as Cross said in her letter to the community in this year’s Dallas Pride Guide, a chance to “come together to celebrate our identities and our stories” and to “recognize the importance of intersectionality and allyship in our fight for equality.” Dallas Pride, Cross wrote, “has long been a beacon of hope, resilience and celebration for the LGBTQ community and its allies.
It is a vibrant tapestry of diversity, unity and unwavering strength.” And, she added, the theme for this year’s Dallas Pride — Unity in the Community — “encapsulates the spirit of empowerment, authenticity and advocacy that defines our community working together.” Dallas Pride has gone through many phases in its 41 years.
The first two Pride Parades in Dallas — held in 1972 and ’73 and not counted in this 41 years — were more like protest marches, with the community crowding into the streets of downtown to march in demand of equality.
