Yet few know the history of its LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community and culture. Our city has been credited as one of the most gay-friendly in the country, alongside New York, San Francisco, and others on both coasts.
In Dallas, a city smack in the center of what many would call the conservative South, gay culture thrives. In the five decades following the riot that sparked the gay community to stand up for equal rights, much has shifted.
