![]() This trendy area is lined with gay bars, clubs, and other establishments to entice and excite any gay traveler. ![]() The upscale Oak Lawn neighborhood is the focal point of the gay scene in Dallas. We were uneasy, but still out and supporting each other. The city has a thriving selection of gay bars and clubs, and the local gay community is open, friendly, and inclusive. There were cocktails, uncomfortable laughs, and armed security guards. The morbid emergency planning was broken by a swarm of people who flooded the Oak Lawn bars. Later we brunched in the gayborhood while discussing escape plans for each gay club – would we climb on the roof from S4’s second floor balcony? Is there a back exit door at Havana’s? Would gay guys run to their cars and get guns? (This is Texas, after all.) There were more than a dozen bicycle cops on the Katy Trail, and a few nervous security guards at Klyde Warren Park. Notifications lit up my cellphone like a Christmas tree this morning – a gunman killed at least 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, and everyone was either sharing the news story or asking whether we lost anyone.Īfter confirming that our friends in Orlando were alive, we monitored the climbing death toll on our phones while walking the dogs through downtown Dallas.
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