Black Tie announces beneficiaries for 32nd annual LGBT fundraiser

The Black Tie Dinner Board of Directors has selected 17 North Texas beneficiaries that will receive proceeds along with the Human Rights Campaign from the 32nd annual November fundraiser.

“After a thorough review of the programming and services provided, and the short- and long-term goals that these organizations have formulated, we are confident that we have selected 17 local beneficiaries that are tuned in to the needs of the North Texas GLBT community,” BTD Co-Chair Mitzi Lemons said. “In addition, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation works on a national level to help secure basic human rights.”

The beneficiaries are: AIDS Arms, Inc., AIDS Interfaith Network, AIDS Outreach Center, AIDS Services of Dallas, Celebration Community Church, Congregation Beth El Binah, East Texas CARES Resource Center, Equality Texas Foundation, Health Services of North Texas, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Legacy Counseling Center, Legal Hospice of Texas, Northaven United Methodist Church, Resource Center of Dallas, The Women’s Chorus of Dallas, Turtle Creek Choral and White Rock Friends.

BTD is Nov. 2 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. The party announcing this year’s theme is April 4 at 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the T&P Station, 221 W. Lancaster Ave, Fort Worth. For more info, visit BlackTie.org.

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Razzle Dazzle to return to its roots with Main Event downtown

Big D’s June LGBT Pride Month celebration, Razzle Dazzle Dallas, will include an event downtown for the first time in more than 20 years.

The 2013 edition of Razzle Dazzle Dallas—The Main Event will be in Main Street Garden on June 8, organizers announced this week.

After a decade hiatus, Razzle Dazzle Dallas returned as a multi-day June Pride event in 2011. The reborn Razzle Dazzle Dallas was held on Cedar Springs Road as it had been at the end of the 20-year run of the original event. This year’s Main Event at Main Street Garden will include entertainment, food and alcohol vendors, as well as retail, nonprofit and art exhibitors and sellers. A $5 admission will be charged.

Razzle Dazzle began in the late 1970s in abandoned downtown warehouses and at the old auto pound on Inwood Road. The event later moved to the Automobile Building at Fair Park and Market Center Hall. For more, visit RazzleDazzleDallas.org.

This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 29, 2013,