Have an event coming up? Email your information to Managing Editor Tammye Nash at nash@dallasvoice.com or Senior Staff Writer David Taffet at taffet@dallasvoice.com by Wednesday at 5 p.m. for that week’s issue.
• Weekly: Lambda Weekly at 1 p.m. on Sunday on 89.3 KNON-FM with David Taffet, Lerone Landis and the late Patti Fink. This week’s guest is Lambda Legal attorney Ken Upton; Leadership Lambda Toastmasters gay-identified Toastmasters group meets from 6:30-8 p.m. every Monday at the First Unitarian Church, 4015 Normandy Road (does not meet on Mondays that are holidays); United Black Ellument hosts discussion on HIV/AIDS in the black community (UBE Connected) at 7 p.m. every fourth Tuesday of the month at 3918 Harry Hines Blvd.; Core Group Meeting every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.; Fuse game night every Monday evening except the last of the month at 8 p.m. at the Fuse space in the 3918 Harry Hines Blvd.; FuseConnect every Wednesday from 7 p.m. For more information call or e-mail Jalenzski at 214-760-9718 ext. 3 or Jalenzski@myresourcecenter.org. LGBT square dancing group Pegasus Squares meets every Sunday from 2:30–4:30 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church, 4105 Junius St. For more info, email pegasussquares@gmail.com; Dallas Frontrunners meet for a walk or run on the Katy Trail at Oak Lawn Park, Turtle Creek and Hall Street, every Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. and every Saturday at 9 a.m.; Leadership Lambda Toastmasters practices and develops speaking and leadership skills from 6:30–8 p.m. on Tuesdays at First Unitarian Church, third floor of the Hallman Building, 4012 St. Andrews; Gray Pride support group from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. followed by mixer every Monday at Resource Center, 5750 Cedar Springs Road; Lambda AA meets at 7 a.m., noon, 6 p.m. 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. and has a men’s meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturdays and meets at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday at 1575 W. Mockingbird Lane #625. Call 214-267-0222 for details; DVtv in Spayse, news and entertainment discussion live streaming every Friday, 4–5 p.m., on the Spayse Station YouTube channel.
JULY
• Through September: Pride at the Library
From UNT’s LGBT Archive, the library will exhibit collections from UNT’s LGBT Archive, documenting the history and culture of the LGBT community in Dallas at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Dallas History & Archives (7th floor),
1515 Young St.
• July 13: Miss Gay Texas America
Preliminary to Miss Gay America 2019 emceed by Miss Gay Texas America 2007 Chanel LaMasters at 9 p.m. at The Rose Room, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. $25.
• July 13: Pride happy hour
Monthly DFW Pride happy hour from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Zatar Lebanese Tapas & Bar, 2825 Commerce St.
• July 13-14: Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit
The 10th annual Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit will be held at the University of Houston Student Center, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston. Register at TxTNS.org/summit.
• July 14: Lambda Legal women’s brunch
The women of Lambda Legal’s Dallas Leadership Committee will hold a fundraising wine and brunch with entertainment by Anton Shaw at 11 a.m. at Times Ten Cellars, 6324 Prospect Ave.
• July 14: DIVA Freestyle Sand Tourney
DIVA Social and Foro Sports Club presents a sand volleyball tournament for past, current and future DIVA members at
5 p.m. at Foro Sports Club, 14725 Preston Road. social@divadallas.org.
• July 16: Dallas Masterpiece Town Hall
How does the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision affect the fight for equality presented by Texas Freedom Network, Equality Texas, Americans United, Resource Center from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Resource Center 5750 Cedar Springs Road.
• July 17: Waco Masterpiece Town Hall
How does the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision affect the fight for equality from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Lakeshore Baptist Church 5801 Bishop Drive, Waco.
• July 17: Classic Chassis Car Club
See, share and enjoy classic cars the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at
JR.’s Bar & Grill, 3923 Cedar Springs Road.
• July 17: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
CineWilde presents the classic gay film at 9 p.m. at the Texas Theatre, 231 Jefferson Blvd. Tickets at boxoffice.printtixusa.com.
July 20: Tarrant County Democratic Party
The Tarrant County Democratic Party honors Lupe Valdez from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at R.J. Gator’s Texas, 4413 Trail Lake Drive, Fort Worth. Tickets at secure.actblue.com.
• July 21: Orange You Glad It’s Gaybingo
Monthly fundraiser for Resource Center takes place from 6-9 p.m. at the Rose Room at S4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. 214-540-4458. MyResourceCenter.org/gaybingo.
• July 21: Federal Club luncheon
HRC’s Olivia Alair Dalton is the speaker a the Federal Club summer luncheon from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at The Tower Club, Thanksgiving Tower, 48th Floor, 1601 Elm St. RSVP required at eventbrite.com.
• July 22: Miss LifeWalk
The 2018 Miss LifeWalk Pageant takes place from 6-9 p.m. in The Rose Room, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. $20-30. LifeWalk.org.
• July 24: Resource Center tour
CEO Cece Cox leads a behind-the-scenes tour of Resource Center from 5-6:30 p.m. at 5750 Cedar Springs Road. RSVP to kfields@myresourcecenter.org.
• July 25: Watercolor Pawtraits
Maya X Kiwi is a watercolor artist with a specialty in animals. Participants will be painting their own pets and the class is aimed at beginners. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Gather Kitchen, 1601 Elm St. Suite 140. $60 at prekindle.com/event/89258-watercolor-pawtraits-dallas
• July 26: GALA Volunteer engagement
Learn about GALA and how to become more involved from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Blue Mesa Grill, 8200 Dallas Parkway, Plano.
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Voting begins for Grand Marshals
After a month of online open nominations for Grand Marshal, the six people who received the most votes compete for the honor of leading the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade in September.
Voting begins Friday, July 13, on the parade website at
DallasPride.org/grand-marshals-2018-voting.
The six contenders are:
Chris Benston: On-site Events Coordinator for Caven Enterprises
David Hearn: Founder of the Greg Dollgener Memorial AIDS Fund
Jalenzski Brown: Mpowerment Programs Manager for Resource Center
Rev. Neil Cazares-Thomas: Senior pastor of Cathedral of Hope
Rebecca Covell: Attorney and former national Human Rights Campaign board member
Wayne Davis: President of Dallas Bears.
See the voting page for more extensive biographies of the six finalists. Voting continues online through Aug. 3 and the winners will be announced in Dallas Voice on Aug. 10.
