On Saturday, June 6, the city celebrated Pride Month with the inaugural Dallas Pride Sunset Parade, which featured floats from several local and national organizations. In prior years, the parade had been held during the daytime at Fair Park.
The Dallas Pride Sunset Parade arrives at a crucial time for the LGBTQ+ community, notably in Texas, where legislators have made drag bans, inclusive sex education and Pride symbols hot-button issues. Earlier this year, the rainbow crosswalks in Oak Lawn made national headlines when Gov. Greg Abbott ordered their removal from the streets. Now, at an inflection point, the local LGBTQ+ community has banded together to ensure they remain visible — this year’s parade theme was “Rainbows Don’t Wash Away.”
For many community members, like Dallas-based gay country artist Kameron Ross, visibility through celebrations like the Dallas Pride Parade is emblematic of inclusion…