Dallas Pride parade organizers clarified Friday afternoon that underwear is welcome — and in fact encouraged — at Sunday’s event, after reports about a new dress code made national news.
“I’ve seen some crazy headlines that are not true,” said Michael Doughman, executive director of the Tavern Guild, which puts on the parade. “There is not any issue with underwear. I don’t know where this thing about anybody in underwear will be arrested came from, but we’ve never said that. The police have never said that. The extreme is what we were talking about — the water-soaked, see-through white underwear with an erection is what we’re talking about.”
Doughman said there will be male models wearing underwear on floats and organizers encourage it.
“There is no ban on underwear or Speedos or skimpy clothing,” he said. “We’ve discussed this with the police. There’s not going to be any issue with people in underwear. It’s people exposing themselves or people with erections that we’re talking about, but there will be folks in underwear and we hope there will be lots of cute folks in underwear. We are not trying to take any of that fun out of Pride or out of the parade.”
