Mayors LGBTQ Task Force chair Omar Narvaez, who was just elected deputy mayor pro tem, presented the Dallas City Pride Awards on Wednesday DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Councilman Omar Narvaez, who heads the Mayor’s LGBT Task Force, presented leadership awards to community members and allies at a reception held on Wednesday, June 22, in the lobby of Dallas City Hall.
Narvaez had just been elected the city’s new deputy mayor pro tem, and Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold was chosen by the council to replace Chad West as mayor pro tem.
Each of those positions is held for a one-year term. West made comments welcoming the community to Dallas City Hall and thanked the majority of the city council for joining the celebration.
Dallas’ new city Poet Laureate Joaquin Zihuatanejo read his poem “What If.” And Misty Logan, president of the city’s LGBTQ employee resource group that served as host, welcomed everyone to the event.