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The Denton Record-Chronicle Mentioned a Drag Event and Both Are Receiving Threats Now

The Denton Record-Chronicle Mentioned a Drag Event and Both Are Receiving Threats Now

Rafael Silva From 9-1-1: Lone Star Found His Way As a Queer Immigrant

Rafael Silva From 9-1-1: Lone Star Found His Way As a Queer Immigrant

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Billy Eichner Made the First Gay Romantic Comedy With a Fully Queer Cast

By Liam Gaughan
Sep 20, 2022

Hollywood has a history of neglecting LGBTQIA+ performers and lauding straight performers for their "bravery" in playing queer characters.
Another DFW Drag Show Is Canceled For 'Safety' Reasons

By Darby Murnane
Sep 17, 2022

Denton’s Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio canceled its weekly Thursday night Glitterbomb drag event, the latest cancellation following threats to another local drag performance over the weekend.
Denton's Cool Beans Cancels Disney Drag Brunch After 'Threats' and 'Aggressive Phone Calls'

By Darby Murnane
Sep 10, 2022

It's the latest drag brunch targeted by conservatives and right-wing groups in Texas.
Dallas Will Celebrate Trans Pride This Month With Drag Royalty

By Alex Gonzalez
Sep 8, 2022

Dallas will celebrate the transgender community with the inaugural TX Trans Pride event, a partnership between Prism Health North Texas and Arttitude.
Maren Morris’ Twitter Feud Is Now a Full-Blown, Star-Studded Battle

By Eva Raggio
Aug 31, 2022

A feud that broke out last week among country music stars who are on opposite camps on the subject of trans rights has now escalated into a full-blown Twitter war, and it's starting to feel a bit 1861.
Sashay and Slay Your Way to the Best Drag Shows in Dallas

By Madalene Garcia
Aug 8, 2022

This damn Texas heat has everyone running low on fierce and extravagant energy, so fill up your tank at a local drag show that is sure to serve up the vibes you’re lacking.
UT Dallas Professor Tweet Calling for 'Cure for Homosexuality' Sparks University Investigation

By Simone Carter
Jul 19, 2022

The University of Texas at Dallas has launched an investigation into a professor's tweets, which critics have slammed as homophobic.
This Couple Is Fleeing Texas' Anti-LGBTQ Climate But Won't Sell Their Home to Investors

By Jacob Vaughn
Jul 11, 2022

Rachel and Ryan Rushing are leaving the Lone Star State. But, before they go, they want to help put a dent in Texas' hot housing market and dwindling homeownership. To do that, they plan to sell their home to an individual or family, not an investor or company.
In the Late 1980s, the Gay Urban Truth Squad Took Dallas to Task Over the AIDS Crisis

By Simone Carter
Jun 21, 2022

The staccato thud of hammers broke the predawn stillness one morning in 1988. Activists dotted the vacant lot. They carried some 700 hand-painted white crosses bearing the names of Dallas County residents who’d succumbed to AIDS. Members of the Gay Urban Truth Squad (GUTS), a Dallas activist group, drove the...
Unhappiest Place on Earth: Texas Republicans Sure Hate Disney These Days

By Simone Carter
Jun 21, 2022

Several prominent Texas Republicans have turned against Disney in recent months.
Well-Known Conservatives Are Jumping on the Drag Show Drama Now

By Danny Gallagher
Jun 21, 2022

The protests that broke out a couple of weeks ago during a family-oriented drag show in front of the Mr. Misster lounge in Uptown attracted a "Who's-Who" of the "Who Gives a Crap?" crowd
The Best Things To Do In Dallas, June 15-21

By Merritt Martin
Jun 15, 2022

We know and love the Mavs ManiAACs for their full-throttle hip-hop antics, but let’s not forget they pull some serious cred too. They are the original all-male performance squad for the NBA. Join the ManiAACs and the mascots for Your Dallas Mavericks from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, on the Ge-0 Deck of Reunion Tower (300 Reunion Blvd.) for just one of the tower’s Summer in the Sky activities.
Someone Called in a Bomb Threat to an Uptown Bar Over a Drag Brunch Event

By Danny Gallagher
Jun 14, 2022

The protests that broke out earlier this month during a Pride Month event at an uptown bar included a lot more than just angry white guys spouting homophobic words and phrases through bullhorns.
Police Foil Alleged Plan To Disrupt Pride Event; Seven Texans Charged With Conspiracy to Riot

By Kate Pezzulli
Jun 14, 2022

Seven Texans were arrested in Idaho trying to incite a riot at a Pride event.
Dallas Will Install Street Toppers to Commemorate Late Gay Rights Activist Don Maison

By Jacob Vaughn
Jun 10, 2022

After Don Maison died this year, City Council members Chad West, Omar Narvaez and Gay Donnell Willis asked for street toppers to remember him.
A Saturday Drag Brunch for Families Prompts Protests, Police Calls and a Promise for Legislation

By Danny Gallagher
Jun 7, 2022

A Pride Month event held in an uptown Dallas bar attracted protestors who characterized the event in person and online as grooming and child abuse.
Conservative Texas Lawmaker Mulls Bill That Would Ban Family-Friendly Drag Shows

By Simone Carter
Jun 7, 2022

The Texas GOP may soon try to outlaw drag shows in the presence of kids.
Drag and Dildo Races: Celebrate Pride With These Dallas Events

By Desiree Gutierrez
Jun 1, 2022

This year marks 53 years since the Stonewall Uprising. On June 28, 1969, police stormed the Stonewall Inn, a New York City Greenvich Village neighborhood gay bar,
Fort Worth Art Show Celebrates Queer, BIPOC Artists

By Alex Gonzalez
May 20, 2022

A new Fort Worth art show aims to amplify the works of LGBTQ and BIPOC artists. This Saturday, May 21, an exhibition called Cochoneria will make its debut at MPACT in Fort Worth.
LGBTQ Group: Sandra Crenshaw Should Apologize for 'Homophobic Attack' Against Runoff Opponent

By Jacob Vaughn
May 19, 2022

Former City Council member Sandra Crenshaw stepped up to the microphone at Tuesday's Dallas County Commissioners Court meeting to make what some are calling homophobic and transphobic remarks against her opponent in the runoff election for Texas House District 100. Her opponent, Venton Jones, is an openly gay, openly HIV positive candidate.