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Group gathers to protest gay rights votes in Maine and Washington

Protesters congregate on Cedar Springs Road at the corner of Throckmorton Street in reaction to Tuesday’s vote in Maine repealing a same-sex marriage law. More than 50 people gathered on the Cedar Springs strip in Dallas on Wednesday night, Nov. 4, to ...

From JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party

Dallas City Council finalizes cuts for HIV outreach

Resource Center Dallas will no longer be able to conduct HIV/AIDS outreach and prevention exclusively targeting gay Latinos, one of the highest-risk groups for infection. And AIDS Interfaith Network is faced with the possibility of not being able to ...

From JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  25 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Dallas City Council,  Tom Leppert

Resident-only zones could pinch parking near Cedar Springs in Dallas

The parking situation for visitors to the Cedar Springs entertainment district may be on the verge of going from bad to worse. A group of residents who live in the 3900 block of Hall Street, one block northeast of the strip, is petitioning to have ...

From JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  11 Sep 2009

Oak Lawn neighborhood #3 for crime in Dallas

Everyone knows the area in and around Dallas’ gay entertainment district can be a dangerous place — especially at night. But a new crime analysis tool being used by the Dallas Police Department — called Target Area Action Grids, or TAAGs — appears to ...

From JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  4 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Michael Robinson

Dallas will repair Cedar Springs crosswalk

Pedestrians take advantage of the lighted crosswalk on Cedar Springs Road earlier this year. In response to an apparent outcry from the community, the city of Dallas now plans to stick with ground-level flashing lights in the Cedar Springs Road ...

From JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  28 Aug 2009

TABC report details 19 violations in Rainbow Lounge raid

Disciplinary action against the three TABC employees is pending, although the two agents have been placed on desk duty and the sergeant has announced his intent to retire from the agency. TABC is also conducting a separate investigation into the use of ...

From JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  7 Aug 2009

Dallas won't repair Oak Lawn sidewalk crossing it damaged

Five months ago, the city of Dallas spent $5,400 to repair ground-level flashing lights in the Cedar Springs Road crosswalk at Reagan Street. Weeks later, another city crew sawed into the pavement while resurfacing a portion of Cedar Springs Road and ...

From JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  24 Jul 2009

Dallas police, sheriff bolster LGBT liaison assignments

In response to the concerns of gay-rights advocates, the Dallas Police Department’s LGBT liaison officer is now stationed at Resource Center Dallas in Oak Lawn at least one day a week. Laura Martin, an out lesbian who’s been the department’s LGBT ...

From JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  24 Jul 2009

Dallas Eagle owners vow they’ll reopen new bar soon

Bill Walling, a bartender at the Dallas Eagle, pours a drink Tuesday afternoon, July 14 inside the original Dallas Eagle. The bar reopened Monday in its old location after its new facility was forced to shut down on Friday night, July 10. For the ...

From JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  17 Jul 2009

TABC chief apologizes for raid of Rainbow Lounge

In an exclusive phone interview with Dallas Voice on Wednesday, July 15, TABC Administrator Alan Steen also said the supervisor directly responsible for the two agents — a sergeant in TABC’s Fort Worth district office — announced his retirement last ...

From TAMMYE NASH OF DALLAS VOICE, JOHN WRIGHT OF DALLAS VOICE, Pegasus News,  17 Jul 2009

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