Leading the way
Liz Dyer 4 chosen as grand marshals of the 2023 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com This year, organizers of Dallas Pride and the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade once again asked the community to nominate individuals to lead the way as grand marshals of the 2023 celebration and parade, and then to vote on a slate of nominees.
But where in years past, the — usually — two top vote-getters of all the nominees would be named as grand marshals, this year nominees were divided into four specific categories, with one grand marshal elected from each category.
This year’s grand marshals are Liz Dyer, Ronnie Shue, Timothy Sherwood aka Kylee O’Hara Fatale and Ashton Hammer. Dyer (she/her) was elected as the grand marshal in the “LGBTQ Ally, Heterosexual, Non-Transgender” category.
She is a writer, speaker and activist and the founder of the Mama Bears organization. She is married, has two sons and lives in Fort Worth.
