{"id":247925,"date":"2025-09-23T03:45:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T03:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247925\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T03:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T03:45:28","slug":"2025-pride-in-dallas-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247925\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Pride in Dallas Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPride in Dallas was a gay ‘ol time. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Charles Farmer<\/p>\n

Pride in Dallas (not to be confused with the Pride parade during the national Pride Month<\/a> in June) is an annual parade for the LGBTQ+ community along Cedar Springs Rd. in Oak Lawn, Dallas\u2019 historic gayborhood. <\/p>\n

Though it is sometimes called \u201csecond pride,\u201d the iteration of the parade on Cedar Springs is a predecessor of sorts, as longtime members of Dallas\u2019 queer community know it as the home base for Pride celebrations.<\/p>\n

The separate occasions are not without controversy, though. Community leaders, tired of years of overt rainbow capitalism and a relocation to Fair Park ($20 to park within the fairgrounds, it should be noted), wanted the parade back in the gayborhood. <\/p>\n

In summary, we in Dallas are lucky enough to have two official Pride celebrations: one in Fair Park in June and this one in September. Local drag staple and\u00a02025 Best of Dallas winner Cassie Nova<\/a>\u00a0gave good context to the discourse\u00a0in her June\u00a0Dallas Voice\u00a0column<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n

This year in particular, it was a delight to see Pride so focused on community. Local organizations for queer people filled the parade, which was a pleasant change from the big bank and real estate-sponsored floats of other parades. This strengthened sense of community also comes as a comfort in a time when the rights of LGBTQ+ people are under increased attack<\/a> from the Texas Legislature and beyond. Community health organizations that support the LGBTQ+ community, gay car clubs, local bars and so many others got their rightfully earned moment in the sun.<\/p>\n

The parade was also well-organized, as the community showed up and showed out. And of course, once the parade came to a conclusion, everybody headed into the A\/C for a cold, very stiff drink \u2014 a gay bar tradition if there ever was one.<\/p>\n

Check out the full gallery below.<\/p>\n

\"\"Organizations like the HELP Center showed up to support the community.
\n\"\"It was 90+ degrees outside and this diva was still fully-clad in a fursuit.
\n\"\"Ironically, this fan gets straight to the point.
\n\"\"It was an ideal day to get a tan, we\u2019ll admit.
\n\"\"Dallas\u2019 chapter of the Stonewall Democrats had more than one cause to support.
\n\"\"Trans rights forever.
\n\"\"*pink nails emoji*
\n\"\"\u201cY\u2019all\u201d certainly does mean \u201call.\u201d
\n\"\"Openly gay former Dallas City Council member Omar Narvaez was a grand marshal of the parade this year.
\n\"\"All hail the queen: RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race star and Dallas native Kennedy Davenport was also a grand marshal.
\n\"\"The streets were lined up and down Cedar Springs Rd.
\n\"\"As a gay icon once sang, \u201cstrike a pose, there\u2019s nothing to it.\u201d
\n\"\"Gay boat! Gay boat!
\n\"\"It just wouldn\u2019t be a Pride Parade without flag twirlers.
\n\"\"Leather daddy? Check.<\/p>\n

Photos by Charles Farmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pride in Dallas was a gay ‘ol time. Charles Farmer Pride in Dallas (not to be confused with…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":247926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[9600,5229,1596,131666,5603,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-247925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-activism","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-drag-queens","12":"tag-lgbtq","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115251559340626025","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}