Resolution rally aims to razzle city officials
Pride Month march was planned to prepare for Supreme Court rulings, but tone changes after Dallas council fails to take up Equality Resolution DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer In anticipation of the Supreme Court’s ruling in two marriage equality cases, three groups joined forces to stage a march from City Hall to the Razzle Dazzle [...]
Dallas kicks off Pride Month at City Hall
Dallas officials and LGBT leaders gathered in the Flag Room at City Hall Wednesday to declare June LGBT Pride Month in the city and celebrate the first of many events this month.
CHART: Primary voting histories of Dallas City Council candidates
It’s interesting to note that, based on the chart, party affiliation doesn’t seem to necessarily correlate with support or lack thereof for the LGBT community.
Dallas City Council candidate Philip Kingston comes out as a Democrat
District 14 Dallas City Council candidate Philip Kingston came out as a Democrat on Saturday during a District 14 forum at the Oak Lawn Library.
Dallas, Denton to mark Pride Month
City of Dallas to issue proclamation for third year; events include Family Day at zoo, awards reception, day of volunteering at homeless shelter ANNA WAUGH | News Editor The city of Dallas will again sponsor weekly events throughout National LGBT Pride Month. This year Councilwoman Delia Jasso’s LGBT Task Force collaborated with Dallas Public Library and [...]
Petition asks Mary Suhm to put pro-equality resolution on council agenda
LGBT activists are now turning to City Manager Mary Suhm as their last hope for having a pro-equality resolution be placed on the council’s June 12 agenda.
‘I’m not going to change my mind’
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings refuses to put resolution on council agenda after Delia Jasso pulls signature from memo that would force him to do so ANNA WAUGH | News Editor The first of several planned protests was held Thursday as LGBT activists began to express their outrage over the demise of a pro-equality resolution before [...]
How the gays got #Jassoed
Mayor Rawlings, Councilwoman Jasso are equally to blame for the death of an LGBT equality resolution The unceremonious death of an LGBT equality resolution this week had all the signs of a dirty backroom deal between Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and City Councilwoman Delia Jasso. We may not be able to prove it, but here’s [...]
WATCH: LGBT protesters ‘shame’ Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings
The good news is, Mayor Mike Rawlings is no longer afraid to show up to an event where he knows there will be LGBT protesters.
Councilwoman Jasso apologizes for flip-flop without giving her reasons
Dallas Councilwoman Delia Jasso apologized to the LGBT community in a letter this afternoon, calling her decision to remove her signature from a memo to place a pro-equality resolution on the council’s agenda “impulsive.”
