Canceled participating in so-called "Pride Event." Dallas is such a loser city.
Phallus banned, no maps of precise location of booths, late information, no maps of parade route that I can find, my booths stuck off in corner away from the bars. Don't even know which way they face.
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First the Statue was banned.
Family Friendly is a tactic of the Respectability Gays to suppress Gay men and their sexuality.
This was in the vendor contract, I didn’t notice it before and I brought it up with them.
Applicants must be aware that possibly offensive material or products CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. The City of Dallas does not allow the display of photographs, drawings, sculptures, or products exhibiting frontal nudity or genitalia.
I was rather surprised at this claim. this is a well known sculpture, “Tenor,” at Fair Park with pubic hair and penis.
Also, these are the photos submitted in a 2023 complaint about TX Latino Pride to the Mayor of Dallas, Dallas City Council, Dallas Police Chief and to the Dallas County District Attorney by Texas State Rep. Matt Shaheen as justification for an investigation and prosecution for the violation of the law. They did nothing. They did not see the legal basis for action.
The TX Latino Pride isn’t worrying about what will my mommy think.
These were the posts about what happened with Shaheens attacks on Texas Latino Pride in 2023.
However, on 8/27/2024, after some email exchanges, I was told this following sculpture was unacceptable.
Also, if you go the Dallas Museum of Art there are statues with frontal nudity. I was told that the space in the Dallas Museum of Art and that when you go to a museum you expect to see a nude sculpture and so it is legally protected.
These are links to some art at the DMA. Warning. They is nekkid!
https://dma.org/art/collection/object/3073515
https://dma.org/art/collection/object/3258325
https://dma.org/art/collection/object/4003104
https://dma.org/art/collection/object/3311082
https://dma.org/art/collection/object/3314025
You can find plenty more using this search.
https://dma.org/art/collection/search?s=nude
This would be a prohibited statue at the Dallas Pride event.
What the real issue is that the LGBT in Dallas are run by the Respectability LGBT. These are LGBT which are always wondering what will the straight people think.
Or in Dallas what will their Evangelical relatives think, those relatives which they earnestly hope will see Gay people are just like them and who knows, some day the Baptist churches will let them back in.
The booths would have been stuck off away from the main event and it wasn’t clear exactly where.
There was no map provided of the layout of booths. The info sent to me said they were on Knight St. near Hamburger Marys way away from The Strip. There was no indication whether the booths would be facing Cedar Springs, or along side of Knight St. facing across the street or information where my position would be along Knight St.
Basically my booth would be way away from The Strip, on a side street, not visible.
Without the phallus to attract interest, there would be few visitors.
I haven’t found a map for where the parade was supposed to go and whether it would go past Knight Street. It might, I just don’t have a map of the route.
At some point you realize that the project is a no go.
There were some logistical issues I saw in the plan, but I am not going to go into that.
I realized that I would be putting a lot of time and money into this, and basically end up with an isolated booth away from The Strip getting a few stray visitors.
Also, it was irritating that it isn’t until 8/28/2024 that I get the information for an 9/15/2024 event.
Dallas is a loser city
Dallas has a reputation with Gays elsewhere as being repressed and the Gays begging for acceptance.
I don’t plan on applying next year for a booth at the Pride in Dallas. I am going to get booths at the June Fair Park event. I have done a booth there and they are organized and know what they are doing.
-_-, what a bummer