Category: From Dallas Voice

Protesters at the pro-drag rally. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) About 100 protesters gathered in Main Street Gardens at noon on Saturday, March 18, in response to bills in the Texas Legislature attacking drag performers. The protest followed by march was organized by someone only identified as Victoria. Speakers included drag performers Classy Misdemeanor and Walter Lee, Read More

State Rep. Steve Toth, crusader against drag In yet another effort to turn time back more than a century or so and create what some folks are calling “a bounty hunting culture,” Texas state Rep. Steve Toth — a Republican, believe it or not — has filed a bill that would allow anybody who saw Read More

Carolyn Miles in 1995 in front of The Oasis (also known as Cowgirls Oasis) and Miles in 2022 in front her former bar’s current incarnation, The Chat Room Lounge. In celebration of Women’s History Month, YesterQueer: The Fort Worth Gay History Project continues its series of Gay History Happy Hours with this month’s topic, “Where Read More

Rick Herring filing his paperwork to run for Ft. Worth City Council (via Facebook) Here’s an update to last week’s local election story. I had mentioned that Fort Worth is adding two council seats and that the city hasn’t had any LGBTQ representation since Joel Burns sat on the council. Five candidates have tossed their Read More

(Photo via Instagram) If you watch NASCAR, you may be surprised, maybe shocked, when you see Lambda Legal emblazoned across a car racing in the Daytona 500. Openly gay NASCAR driver Zach Herrin has announced a partnership with Lambda Legal and said he was honored to support the important work of the organization. “We are Read More

Rep. George Santos (Via Youtube) By Christopher Kane Washington Blade Courtesy National LGBT Media Association House Democrats led by U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) introduced a resolution Thursday to expel New York Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress – a move that was seen as symbolic, given House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) resistance to calls Read More

Members of the Texas Legislature’s LGBT Caucus were given leadership positions. Caucus founder Mary Gonzalez is vice chair of the Appropriations committee. Rep. Julie Johnson has been named vice chair of the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence committee. Rep. Ann Johnson of Houston will be vice chair of two committees — General Investigating and Insurance. Three Read More

So the weather may be keeping you from being out and about at the moment, but the next time you are, keep an eye out for the 10 anniversary issue of OUT North Texas,. The Dallas Voice’s annual visitors and relocation guide hit the streets this past Saturday and will be rolling out across DFW Read More

  The latest LGBTQ night spot to open in Dallas is The View, located at 525 S. Riverfront in the Design District, and offering a view of the downtown Dallas skyline that lives up to the club’s name, along with top-tier cocktails and dancers. On Thursday, Jan. 26, the North Texas LGBT Chamber of Commerce Read More

The right’s attack on drag is an attack on the whole LGBTQ community The Republican Party — and the Texas Legislature in particular — are waging an all-out attack on what is arguably one of the pillars of queer culture: Drag queens. Many anti-transgender bills have been introduced, most with the intent to stir up Read More

Stedfast Baptist pastor Jonathan Shelley Homophobic church Stedfast Baptist is once again being forced to vacate leased premises, pastor Jonathan Shelley said in a video posted to YouTube on Sunday, Dec. 18. The church, known for its pastors’ hateful rhetoric targeting LGBTQ people, must get out of facilities at 6900 Denton Highway in Watauga by Read More

What’s more dangerous to kids — a man in makeup or an angry man with a gun You know what the scariest thing about drag queen story hour is? The part where hooded men wearing body armor show up with assault rifles. That’s what happened at a holiday-themed storytelling event on Dec. 3 featuring drag queens Read More

WORLD AIDS DAY, 2022 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On World AIDS Day, we recommit to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States and around the world and rededicate ourselves to fighting the discrimination that too often keeps people with HIV from getting the services they need and Read More

WNBA star remains in Russian penal colony By Brody Levesque Washington Blade Courtesy National LGBT Media Association (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) In remarks published Monday, Elizabeth Rood, the U.S. chargée d’affaires in Moscow, told Russia’s state-owned RIA news agency that talks to free jailed Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan were continuing through the “designated channel.” Read More

Four of the five people killed in the Nov. 19 mas shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs were, far left, bartender Derrick Rump, bartender/supervisor Daniel Alston, center, patron Kelly Loving, top right, and patron Ashley Paugh, bottom right. Four of the five victims killed in the Saturday night, Nov. 19 shooting at Club Q Read More

Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia since Feb. 17 White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre issued the following statement regarding American basketball star Brittney Griner, who continues to be jailed in Russia, on Tuesday night, Nov. 8, on behalf of the Biden administration: “Every minute that Brittney Griner must endure wrongful detention in Russia Read More

Venton Jones is set to make history tonight in Dallas. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) For the first time ever, LGBTQ candidates are on the ballot in every state across the country; Of the 1,065 LGBTQ hopefuls who ran primary campaigns for November’s midterms, a historic 678 made it onto the ballot — an 18 percent increase over Read More

A right-wing protester walks into a lesbian bar … Not a joke, but yes, there were protesters at the Beto O’Rourke rally at Sue Ellen’s last night. And yes, one who attempted to storm the stage was tackled by Dallas County Democratic Chair Kristy Noble. More than 1,000 people showed up for Beto’s appearance. Before Read More

A compilation of threats sent to Judge Mary Brown, who is presiding over a custody case involving a trans child. If you’ve already early-voted, you noticed a write-in-only option for the 301st State District Court. Judge Mary Brown currently sits on that bench. Brown submitted her re-election forms and would probably have been easily re-elected, Read More

Kelly Connolly Palmer (via Instagram) Waco city council woman Kelly Connolly Palmer resigned from her position via Instagram saying she put her career on hold to serve in office and cannot afford to continue serving at the current stipend of $20,000 per year. But in her resignation, she cited recent homophobic threats she and other Read More