EDITORS CHOICE
BEST trainers: jamc fit
Gettin’ thicc
Instagram:@jamc_fit; JAMCFit.com/thicc
JAMC Fit founders and trainers Anthony Cortes and Wesley Watson, business partners as well as life partners, hone their focus on queer male clients through JAMC Fit’s Get Thicc program.
Cortes, originally from Mexico City, has been in the fitness industry for more than 20 years and has often helped clients with nutrition in addition to training needs. Watson has been training for about a decade as well as bodybuilding for competition.
What makes them stick out in the community isn’t just their huge biceps and quads collectively; it’s their dedication to helping gay and queer men find comfort in working out, beefing up or toning down while providing a safe space for those uncomfortable in the gym.
It’s not just about the workouts with JAMC Fit but about empowering their clients to move on and continue the work with confidence in a gym.
— Rich Lopez
Best Airline
Southwest Airlines
800-435-9792
Southwest.com
Best Real Estate Agent
Kathy Hewitt, Hewitt + Saucedo Realty Group
2828 Routh St., Ste. 100, Dallas
214-752-7070
HewittSaucedo.com
Best Insurance Agent
Alex Long, Allstate Insurance
4425 Plano Parkway, Ste. 1001, Carrollton
972-570-7000
Agents.Allstate.com/Alex-Long-Carrollton-Tx
Best Financial Planner
Judy Sherman, Cornerstone Wealth Strategies
2273 E. Continental Blvd.,
Ste. 120-A, Southlake
817-488-0660
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Best Accountant/Tax Preparation
Wycotax LLC
13355 Noel Road, Ste. 1100, Dallas
956-425-9926
Wycotax.com
Best Civil/Family Attorney
Lori Burch, Burch Law
7920 Belt Line Road, Ste. 700, Dallas
972-385-055
Burch-Law.com
Best Criminal Defense Attorney
Deandra Grant Law
3300 Oak Lawn Ave., Ste. 700, Dallas
214-225-7117
TexasDWIsite.com
Best Fertility Specialists
Simple Surrogacy
4925 Greenville Ave., Ste. 200, Dallas
214-673-9321
SimpleSurrogacy.com
Best Hair Salon
Salon Aura
3910 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas
214-443-0454
SalonAuraDallas.com
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Best Real Estate Agency
Texas Pride Realty
When it comes for someone to buy or sell a house, it is their real estate agency’s job to, for buyers, find just the perfect property and, for sellers, to do everything they can to properly market the property to attract the perfect buyer. A real estate agency and its agents show properties, negotiate process, draft contracts and then guide their client through the final closing.
But at Texas Pride Realty, even that is not enough. Founded in 2009 by Bob McCranie, Texas Pride has always been “diversity centric,” focused on customer care ethics as well as supporting clients through the homebuying and selling process. And McCranie himself has always worked to make sure that the real estate industry treats everyone equally, including the buyers, the sellers and the agents that help. But, as the battle between progress and equality standing against hatred and bigotry and discrimination has heated up in this country — especially here in Texas, a state controlled by extreme right-wing forces — McCranie and Texas Pride have gone the extra step, adding to the Texas Pride website, TexasPrideRealty.com, resources to help LGBTQ families and individuals “Flee Red States” for safer places, both across the U.S. and around the globe.
For putting people ahead of profit and for always striving to make the world a safer place for LGBTQ+ people, Dallas Voice presents the 2025 Editor’s Choice Readers Voice Award for Best Real Estate Agency to Texas Pride Realty
Best Mani-Pedi
Nailed Nail Bar
3517 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas
214-526-7133
NailedNailBar.com
Best Gym
LA Fitness
Multiple locations
LAFitness.com
Best Personal Trainer
Mark James, SMTF Dallas
1925 E Levee St., Dallas
951-899-0027, Dallas.SelfMadeTrainingFacility.com
Best Place to Get a Massage
The NOW Massage
4428 Lemmon Ave., Dallas
(multiple locations)
469-501-1275
TheNowMassage.com
Best Moving Company
Fantastic Moves
10610 Metric Drive, Ste. 175, Dallas
214-349-6683
FantasticMoves.com
Best Local Travel/Cruise Agency
Cruise2Next
214-924-3484
Cruise2Next.com
Best Photographer
2nd2Nunn Photography
817-680-8724, 2nd2NunnPhotography.
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Best Hotel
Dallas Marriott Suites Market Center
2493 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas
214-905-0050
Marriott.com