LGBTQ Texan of the Year: Robert Emery
Robert Emery Emery’s recent passions have been documenting history and services for the elderly DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Robert Emery has worked tirelessly for the LGBTQ community for years, but over the last 12 months, it seems he has been everywhere, all the time.
This week, Dallas Voice honors Emery as our 2022 LGBTQ Texan of the year, in recognition of all the time and effort he has put into the North Texas LGBTQ community this year and in all those year that came before.
In September this year, Emery was recognized for his efforts earlier this year when Black Tie Dinner honored him with the Kuchling Humanitarian Award.
As the first speaker of the evening at Black Tie, he set the tone for what was to come, cheering on Beto for governor and other progressive candidates, publicizing his then-upcoming Archives for All, Y’all conference and encouraging the crowd to get involved in the work of Coalition for Aging LGBT.
