Beyond the Pride Parade
Pride in Dallas joins the fight to preserve Oak Lawn’s LGBTQ history Community and history are two words frequently bandied about in many LGBTQ+ conversations.
The rainbow of ages, ethnicities and backgrounds among the Pride in Dallas board members seems to have impressed a common belief in the sacredness of historic communities, and debate on how best to emphasize and accomplish the goal of protecting one the oldest historically LGBTQ+ neighborhoods of Texas frequently dominates discussions.
Pride in Dallas was formed because we are all too aware of how easily history is forgotten, its rough edges forcibly ironed out and smoothed over into neat, easily-digestible little packets.
It is for this reason that we so strongly believe that a Pride parade should be held in Oak Lawn and on Cedar Springs, because when things are taken out of the neighborhood, the community ceases to thrive.
