The Caribbean’s first LGBTQ property is being built in Puerto Plata DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Andre Vlok and his husband started traveling from their Dallas home 3to the Dominican Republic in 2016.
It wasn’t long until “We decided we wanted a house there,” Vlok said. Wally Brewster , the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic at the time but who now lives in Dallas, is gay.
And at Casa Linda, the Norwegian developer would fly a rainbow flag. Vlok said he felt welcomed and decided to buy there. “Six months ago, he reached out to me,” Vlok said of the developer. “He had some land and wanted to do something for the LGBT community.” The developer explained he didn’t want to offend anyone and asked, “Can you