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Uptown Players Turns 25 with a Season Worth Standing Ovations

Twenty-five years of fearless, fabulous theatre: That’s definitely something worth celebrating! Uptown Players has announced its 2026–2027 Silver Anniversary Season, and the lineup feels like a love letter to everything the company has become: bold, funny, heartfelt and unapologetically LGBTQ+. Since 2001, they’ve been giving North Texas audiences stories that entertain, challenge and inspire. This milestone season is pulling out […]

Black Tie Dinner Enters Its “Renaissance” Era

Dallas’ biggest LGBTQ+ fundraising event just dropped its 2026 theme, and she’s arriving with drama, purpose and a luxury car raffle. Black Tie Dinner officially kicked off its 45th season this week at Park Place Motorcars Dallas with the unveiling of this year’s theme: “Renaissance.” And yes, the symbolism is intentional. After more than four decades of raising millions for […]

Craig McCartney Brings His Hot Takes to “Lambda Weekly” This Sunday at 1 p.m.

If you love He Said Dallas columnist Craig McCartney’s “Well, Let Me Say This About That,” go ahead and set a reminder now for this Sunday at 1 p.m. Craig will appear on Lambda Weekly on KNON 89.3 FM, the legendary Dallas-based LGBTQ+ radio show that proudly holds the title of the longest-running LGBTQ+ radio program ever. Yes, ever. Icons […]

Resource Center Health Opens Its Doors

If you’ve spent any time navigating healthcare in Dallas, you already know the gaps…particularly for us queer folks. This week, Resource Center Health officially stepped in to help close them with its grand opening and ribbon cutting, drawing community leaders, supporters and plenty of familiar faces from around Oak Lawn. The vibe felt equal parts celebration and relief. Like, finally. […]

Dallas Pride Names 2026 Grand Marshals

Dallas Pride has announced its 2026 Grand Marshals, highlighting two leaders whose work reflects this year’s theme, “Rainbows Don’t Wash Away.” The organization has selected Rev. Rachel Griffin-Allison and Dallas City Council Member Chad West to lead the city’s Pride celebrations, including the inaugural Sunset Parade in downtown Dallas this June. Rev. Griffin-Allison serves as Senior Pastor at Oak Lawn […]

Black Tie Dinner Delivers $1.38 Million to LGBTQ+ Organizations

Big community money news this week. Black Tie Dinner officially distributed $1.38 million to LGBTQ+ organizations across North Texas, and it is a reminder of just how much impact one night can have when a community shows up year after year. The funds were announced at Black Tie Dinner’s annual Wrap Party, generously underwritten by Lexus, following the organization’s 44th […]

Underwear We Love: Good Christian Values

9/11. COVID-19 lockdown. The Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality. We remember the exactly where we were for these monumental events. Such life-changing events stick with us forever, and the same can be said of a breaking news story that hit our phones on June 4, 2025. Appropriately enough, we were standing naked in the Equinox locker room […]

Still We Rise: Congresswomen Crockett & Johnson Join the 44th Annual Black Tie Dinner

It’s that time again, Dallas. Tuxes are being pressed, tables are selling out, and the city’s LGBTQ+ community is gearing up for the grand dame of all galas: the 44th Annual Black Tie Dinner, happening November 8 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. And this year’s lineup is giving power, pride and politics. Two of Texas’ fiercest voices, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett […]

Jim Obergefell Returns to Dallas for Black Tie Dinner

It has been ten years since Jim Obergefell made history with the Supreme Court case that gave us marriage equality, and he is still rising. On November 8, 2025, the 44th Annual Black Tie Dinner will honor Obergefell with the Equality Award, recognizing not just his landmark victory but also a decade of nonstop advocacy. And because Black Tie never […]

The Trevor Project’s Jaymes Black to Be Honored at Black Tie Dinner

Still We Rise. That’s the theme for this year’s Black Tie Dinner, and it could not be more fitting for the powerhouse about to be celebrated with the 2025 Kuchling Humanitarian Award: Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project. If the name Jaymes Black rings a bell, it should — they’re a force. As the first Black, nonbinary lesbian CEO […]