The effort takes him six years.Īctivist Terry Tebedo, Bill Nelson’s partner, dies of AIDS.ĭIFFA/Dallas’ now iconic Jacket Collection premieres. Today the agency is known as Access & Information Network AIN.ġ989 Nelson-Tebedo begins testing a new drug for people resisting AZT.ĭavid Taffet begins freelancing for Dallas Voice.Īn arson fire on Cedar Springs wipes out The Round-Up Saloon, Dallas Gay Alliance and Union Jack.Ī newly-formed girl group called the Dixie Chicks begins playing the bars in Oak Lawnĭallas Tavern Guild Executive Director Alan Ross commits himself to building an AIDS Memorial in Oak Lawn Park. Today the agency is known as Prism Health North Texas, and recently entered a partnership with Uptown Physicians.ġ987 Tim Seelig becomes artistic director of Turtle Creek Chorale.Įlizabeth Taylor visits AIDS Services of Dallas.ĭallas Voice incorporates as Voice Publishing Company Inc.ġ988 Tammye Nash begins writing for Dallas Voice in offices at 2525 Wycliff Ave.ĭallas Buyers Club is created by Ron Woodroof.ĪIDS activists draw chalk body outlines outside Dallas City Hall to emphasize the toll AIDS is taking on North Texas.ĪIDS Interfaith Network is founded. Today the PWA Coalition is known as AIDS Services of Dallas, and it operates four apartment complexes housing men, women and children impacted by HIV/AIDS.ġ986 AIDS Arms is founded. The PWA Coalition founded and begins working to provide housing for people with AIDS. The first annual Texas Freedom Parade is held in September on Cedar Springs Road.ġ985 Activist Bill Nelson runs for Dallas City Council.ĭallas Gay Alliance creates the AIDS Resource Center. Lambda Weekly is still on the air, still on KNON and is now the longest-running LGBT radio show on the air anywhere.Ī second Pride festival is held in Oak Lawn Parkġ984 Dallas Voice starts publishing with co-founders Robert Moore as advertising director and Don Ritz as editor.
Joe Fillpot, owner of the Sundance bar on Maple Avenue, is the first person in Dallas to die of AIDS.ġ983 Lambda Weekly begins broadcasting on KNON.
Tarrant County Gay Pride Week Association holds first the Fort Worth Pride parade. A celebration is held in what was then Lee Park, then Oak Lawn Park and now Turtle Creek Park, to commemorate the decision. Wade, federal District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer declares Texas’ sodomy law to be unconstitutional. Eartha Kitt, who was performing at the Music Hall, shows up at Razzle Dazzle and performs for the crowd.ġ980 TapeLenders opens on Cedar Springs Road.Īfter a seven-year hiatus, a third Pride parade is held, this time in Oak Lawn.ġ982 Ruling in Baker v.
This Week in Texas, affectionately known as TWiT, starts publishing.ġ977 The Dallas Gay Political Caucus, which later became the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance and the DGLA PAC, is founded.ġ978 Throckmorton Mining Company, owned by Caven Enterprises, opens on Throckmorton Street, less than a block from Cedar Springs Road.ġ979 The first Razzle Dazzle Dallas party is held in the Hall of State at Fair Park. Lambda Legal Defense and Education Foundation is formed in New York City.ġ975 Union Jack clothing store moves to Cedar Springs Road. David Webb, Ray Nungaray, Veronique Zayas Gary Karwacki, Alex Barnishin, Leo Cusimano, Chico Seguraġ965 Circle of Friends, the first gay organization in Dallas, is founded.ġ969 Stonewall Riots in New York light the flame that becomes the modern LGBT rights movement.ġ970 Metropolitan Community Church Dallas, which grew out of the Circle of Friends and evolved into what is now Cathedral of Hope, is founded.ġ972 Dallas’s first Pride parade, marking the third anniversary of the Stonewall riots, is held in downtown.ġ973 The second Dallas Pride parade is held.