These places are just the right amount of trendy and casual so that both the heterosexual and homosexual crowds feel at ease.
But these days, with the gay rights movement moving forward at record speed, the draw to our city’s homo hangouts are waning as the emergence of queer bars continues to flourish in the Dallas social scene.Ī queer bar isn’t a gay bar, but an alternative bar that creates an environment that’s open to all types of people. Everyone past the age of 25 has a story of when they first ventured to J.R.’s or Sue Ellen’s and the thrilling escapades that followed. The area has become hallowed ground for all of the city’s gay men and women to flock to for a safe place to be themselves and meet others looking for friendship, love or just a good time. With a rich history of community, frivolity and cheap drinks, the businesses in the Dallas gay area have also prospered thanks to their dedicated patrons and, let’s be honest, an entirely captive audience. Affectionately known to many as the “gayborhood,” Cedar Springs is where the Dallas same-sex culture has thrived for years. As the gay culture goes, those of the pink persuasion have typically been confined to their designated pocket of the city.
