The $8.7 million project is located in Oaklawn and is one of the largest LGBT community centers in the nation.
The Resource Center opened its 20,000-square-foot building in 2016. Gay for Good has a Dallas-Fort Worth chapter. The Stonewall Democrats of Dallas is an LGBT political club in the area. The producers of the Dallas Buyers Club film used this archive. This library holds archival information related the DFW LGBT community. The University of North Texas Libraries acquired this facility in 2012. In 1994 Community Center established the Phil Johnson Historic Archives and Research Library. There's a notable number of gay residents, along with a few popular gay-centric/gay-friendly establishments. īishop Arts is the other known gayborhood in Dallas. It announced that it was closing in 2014. It opened in 1971 and moved to Cedar Springs Road around 1972. The first LGBT-oriented business to open there was Union Jack, a clothing store operated by an expatriate from the United Kingdom, Richard Longstaff.
The Oak Lawn/Cedar Springs Road area serves as North Texas' largest gayborhood and is home to Dallas' vibrant gay nightlife. The first official gay pride parade took place in June 1980. The first pro-LGBT event in DFW occurred in 1972 it was an unorganized march in Downtown Dallas.