This is not the time to march Pride back into the closet This past weekend members of the Dallas LGBTQ community gathered in Fair Park to celebrate Pride.
Though I dearly love the fairground, with its majestic boulevards and art deco buildings, having the LGBTQ Pride parade and celebrations there seems like a step backwards — back to a time when LGBTQ Dallasites were hidden away.
Though it was sometimes inconvenient to hold the Pride parade in the heart of the “gayborhood,” it still seemed the right place to do it.
Dallas LGBTQ activists have long congregated at the crossroads of Cedar Springs and Throckmorton. The establishments there have served not just as eateries and watering holes, but as meeting places for activism and social change.