Pride in Dallas · Since 1972
Pride in Dallas is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and protecting LGBTQ+ community and history in Dallas. We don't have a corporate office or a paid CEO, we have neighbors who take PTO in September, bartenders who work the route between shifts, and educators who build programming after hours.
Inspire · Educate · Commemorate · Celebrate
We tell the stories of LGBTQ+ Dallas, loudly, honestly, and without asking permission, so the next generation knows this community has always been here.
We preserve and share our community's history, because a movement that forgets where it came from is a movement that can be erased.
We honor the elders, the activists, and the neighbors we've lost, especially the ones whose names never made it into official histories.
We throw the best damn parade in North Texas. Joy is resistance too, and Cedar Springs is still the heart of it.
1972 → Today
A small group of neighbors organized the first public LGBTQ+ demonstration in Dallas, loud, nervous, and refusing to be quiet.
Cedar Springs Road becomes the heart of queer Dallas. Bars, bookstores, bathhouses, and community centers take root along the Strip.
The community loses friends, lovers, and leaders to HIV/AIDS. Pride becomes a memorial as much as a celebration, a promise to never forget.
A Dallas-area case decriminalizes same-sex intimacy nationwide. Pride in Dallas mobilizes its largest march in a decade.
COVID and permitting issues push the parade off Cedar Springs for the first time in a generation. Neighbors keep asking: when are you coming home?
Pride returns to Cedar Springs. Not as nostalgia, as a promise to the community that built this ground.
100% Volunteer
President
Brings 40+ years of LGBTQ community service to the role, after serving as an Advisor in 2022 and 2023 and as Vice President in 2024. Her focus is visibility, empowerment, and a Pride movement that reflects all of queer Dallas.
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Vice President
Executive Director
Vinnie oversees every facet of Pride in Dallas, and the work runs year-round.
Technical Director
Runs the technical side of the event, from registration for parade entries, vendors, and volunteers to posters, banners, and operational maps. A concert lighting designer professionally, he owes his unofficial title of "Spreadsheet Director" to a love of organization.
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Logistics Director
A country boy from Baton Rouge who moved to Dallas after a 2018 vacation, he works along the parade route on barricades, banners, stages, and crosswalks. Most nights of the week, he can be found at the Round Up Saloon and Dance Hall.
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HQ and Communications Director
Oversees the Pride headquarters and support desk, keeping volunteers, parade entries, and vendors supplied on parade day. A Registered Nurse Case Manager with more than 32 years of experience, she also fosters animals for Pooch Savers Rescue.
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Director of Photography
Eight years of experience behind the camera. Alex shoots and edits photos for Pride in Dallas year-round, covering the parade and other events, and works as a Digital Tech at JCPenney Headquarters. He also photographs portraits, special moments, and four-legged family members.
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Safety and Security Director
A safety, security, and operations leader with a background managing large-scale festivals and special events. He specializes in event security, emergency preparedness, crowd management, logistics, and multi-agency coordination.
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VIP Accommodation Director
Oversees the VIP area and talent green rooms at Pride in Dallas, coordinating with special guests and dignitaries. He volunteers as cornhole director for the Born Sports League, is events director for Impulse Dallas, and works in accounting for the Clay Cooley Auto Group.
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Staging Director
Started as a volunteer and has since helped out across the organization. He works with a team to stage parade participants and directs parade traffic at the start of the route down Rainbow Road. Bakes, takes photographs, and heads outdoors.
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Volunteer Director
Helps recruit and manage Pride in Dallas volunteers, in the lead-up to the event and on the day itself. She has coordinated volunteers at running events for the past ten years, and works full time in accounting for an apparel company.
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General Volunteer Director
Coordinates between directors, team leads, and volunteers so the long list of necessary tasks gets prioritized and finished before the parade starts, and makes sure everyone eats and stays hydrated. She also fosters dogs for Pooch Savers Rescue.
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Social Media Director
Leads social media for Pride in Dallas, creating content that amplifies local LGBTQ+ voices and events. Away from PID, he is a huge book lover and the creator behind MyGayBookcase, where he regularly shares book reviews and literary recommendations.
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Team Lead
Works on the VIP zones and assists Talent, volunteering at events year-round with a focus on Pride in Dallas week each September. He is also a Senior Buyer, co-directs Born Sports League's Cornhole League, and volunteered as Operations Chair with Impulse Group Dallas.
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Helps oversee parade operations, from staging to execution, and makes a two-hour drive each year to spend five days helping wherever he is needed. He also manages a McAlister's Deli in Paris, Texas, and is halfway through a degree in counseling and social work.
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Oversees operations and staging, and volunteers with the Dallas Pride Parade and the North Texas Irish Festival. He bartends in his hometown of Paris, Texas, and enjoys being behind the scenes of an event as much as the event itself.
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I'm essentially a golden retriever who somehow learned how to configure Wi-Fi networks and create websites, been with pride for a while.
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Festival Director
Organizes the 100-plus vendors and food trucks at the Pride in Dallas festival, along with year-round events like REVIVE at Cathedral of Hope and the annual pool party. An operations manager professionally, he also runs logistics for events Pride in Dallas attends.
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Born on Cedar Springs.
Built by volunteers.
Loud for a reason.
A grassroots Pride celebration that belongs to the people who live here, not to a sponsor, not to a brand, not to a logo.
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