Pride in Dallas · Since 1972
A 100% volunteer-based Pride, rooted in Oak Lawn.
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.
Our Values
Inspire · Educate · Commemorate · Celebrate
Inspire
We tell the stories of LGBTQ+ Dallas, loudly, honestly, and without asking permission, so the next generation knows this community has always been here.
Educate
We preserve and share our community's history, because a movement that forgets where it came from is a movement that can be erased.
Commemorate
We honor the elders, the activists, and the neighbors we've lost, especially the ones whose names never made it into official histories.
Celebrate
We throw the best damn parade in North Texas. Joy is resistance too, and Cedar Springs is still the heart of it.
A Living History
1972 → Today
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1972
The first march
A small group of neighbors organized the first public LGBTQ+ demonstration in Dallas, loud, nervous, and refusing to be quiet.
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1980s
Oak Lawn becomes the Strip
Cedar Springs Road becomes the heart of queer Dallas. Bars, bookstores, bathhouses, and community centers take root along the Strip.
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1990s
Fighting the epidemic
The community loses friends, lovers, and leaders to HIV/AIDS. Pride becomes a memorial as much as a celebration, a promise to never forget.
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2003
Lawrence v. Texas
A Dallas-area case decriminalizes same-sex intimacy nationwide. Pride in Dallas mobilizes its largest march in a decade.
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2020
Pride moves downtown
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?
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2026
Back to the Strip
Pride returns to Cedar Springs. Not as nostalgia, as a promise to the community that built this ground.
Board & Program Leads
100% Volunteer
Vincent DeLuna
Executive Director
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Board President
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Vice President
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Treasurer
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Secretary
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Parade Director
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Sponsorship Lead
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Volunteer Coordinator
Pride in Dallas 2026 · Pride Lives Here
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.
, Pride in Dallas
Join Us
Volunteer for Pride
Pride in Dallas runs on community hands. Join the crew that makes every parade, conference, and community event possible.
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Become a Sponsor
Partner with a 100% volunteer-run organization that celebrates LGBTQ+ Dallas year-round, not just in June.
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