City Guide
DALLAS–FORT WORTH LGBTQ+
Dallas-Fort Worth is Texas' largest metro area, and its LGBTQ+ life spreads across the Metroplex. In Dallas, most of the gay bars sit on or near Cedar Springs Road in Oak Lawn. Fort Worth, Arlington and Carrollton have their own bars and nonprofits. Dallas-Fort Worth es el área metropolitana más grande de Texas, y su vida LGBTQ+ se extiende por todo el Metroplex. En Dallas, la mayoría de los bares gay está sobre Cedar Springs Road o muy cerca, en Oak Lawn. Fort Worth, Arlington y Carrollton tienen sus propios bares y organizaciones.
About the DFW LGBTQ+ Scene Sobre la escena LGBTQ+ del área DFW
Oak Lawn is the center of Dallas' gay nightlife. Station 4, open since 1980, has five rooms on four floors, including the Rose Room drag stage. Across Cedar Springs Road, The Round-Up Saloon is a gay country-western bar with free dance lessons most nights. JR's Bar & Grill, TMC: The Mining Company and Sue Ellen's, which calls itself Texas' oldest lesbian bar, are steps away.
Oak Lawn es el centro de la vida nocturna gay de Dallas. Station 4, abierto desde 1980, tiene cinco salones en cuatro pisos, entre ellos el escenario drag Rose Room. Al otro lado de Cedar Springs Road, The Round-Up Saloon es un bar gay de música country con clases de baile gratis casi todas las noches. JR's Bar & Grill, TMC: The Mining Company y Sue Ellen's, que se presenta como el bar lésbico más antiguo de Texas, quedan a unos pasos.
Resource Center has served Dallas and North Texas since 1983 with affirming health care, HIV testing and services, community programs and senior housing. Dallas Southern Pride organizes Juneteenth Unity Weekend, a Black LGBTQ+ Pride celebration held each June.
Resource Center atiende a Dallas y al norte de Texas desde 1983 con atención médica afirmativa, pruebas y servicios de VIH, programas comunitarios y vivienda para personas mayores. Dallas Southern Pride organiza Juneteenth Unity Weekend, una celebración del Orgullo LGBTQ+ negro que se hace cada junio.
In Fort Worth, Club Changes, which calls itself the city's longest-running gay bar, has been open since 2004, and Liberty Lounge on the Near Southside hosts trivia, karaoke and clubs. Trinity Pride puts on Trinity Pride Fest each June.
En Fort Worth, Club Changes, que se presenta como el bar gay con más años en la ciudad, abrió en 2004, y Liberty Lounge, en el Near Southside, tiene noches de trivia, karaoke y clubes. Trinity Pride organiza Trinity Pride Fest cada junio.
🍹 Bars & Nightlife🍹 Bares y Vida Nocturna
1851 Club
Arlington's neighborhood gay bar at 931 W. Division St., open since 1983, with weekend drag shows and weekly comedy, poker, karaoke, trivia and pool nights.
📍 931 W. Division St., Arlington, TX 76012
Alexandre's
LGBTQ+ bar on Cedar Springs Road in Oak Lawn since 2004, with craft cocktails, food, live music and Sunday karaoke.
📍 4026 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX 75219
Club Changes
Club Changes calls itself the longest-running gay bar in Fort Worth, open since 2004 at 2637 E. Lancaster Ave., with drag shows and Sunday parties posted on its Facebook page.
📍 2637 E. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76103
Club Reflection
Neighborhood gay bar at 604 S. Jennings Ave. south of downtown Fort Worth, with country nights, Latin nights and other theme nights posted day by day on its Facebook page.
📍 604 S. Jennings Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76104
Dallas Eagle
Gay leather, bear and fetish bar in the Design District, at 525 S. Riverfront Blvd. since 2023, with weekly trivia, underwear nights and DJ parties.
📍 525 S. Riverfront Blvd., Dallas, TX 75207
Dallas Woody's Sports & Video Bar
Dallas Woody's is an LGBTQ+ sports and video bar on Cedar Springs Road in Oak Lawn, open since 2004, with televised games, music videos, karaoke and theme nights.
📍 4011 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX 75219
Hidden Door Dallas
Gay bar on Bowser Avenue in Oak Lawn since 1979, with a large year-round patio and food. It now accepts cards as well as cash.
📍 5025 Bowser Ave., Dallas, TX 75209
JR's Bar & Grill
Gay bar and grill at Cedar Springs Road and Throckmorton Street since 1980, with an upstairs balcony, a late-night kitchen, drag, DJs and watch parties.
📍 3923 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX 75219
Kaliente
Latin LGBTQ+ nightclub on Maple Avenue in Oak Lawn, open for more than 20 years, with DJs, shows and contests promoted largely in Spanish.
📍 4350 Maple Ave., Dallas, TX 75219
Liberty Lounge FW
LGBTQ+ neighborhood bar on Fort Worth's Near Southside with weekly trivia, karaoke, music bingo and a run and walk club, plus book clubs, D&D nights, a crochet club and art markets.
📍 515 S. Jennings Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76104
Round-Up Saloon
The Round-Up Saloon and Dance Hall is a gay country-western bar on Cedar Springs Road in Oak Lawn with free dance lessons most nights, karaoke and drag.
📍 3912 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX 75219
Station 4
Station 4, or S4, is an 18-and-up LGBTQ+ nightclub on Cedar Springs Road, open since 1980, with five rooms on four floors, including the Rose Room drag stage.
📍 3911 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX 75219
Sue Ellen's Dallas
Sue Ellen's, which calls itself Texas' oldest lesbian bar, has served Oak Lawn since 1989 with two floors of DJs, drag, karaoke and dancing on the Cedar Springs strip.
📍 3014 Throckmorton St., Dallas, TX 75219
TMC: The Mining Company
TMC: The Mining Company is a 21-and-up LGBTQ+ bar and nightclub on Cedar Springs Road in Oak Lawn, open daily from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. with DJs, weekend drag and no cover.
📍 3903 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX 75219
Zippers
Closed since May 2020. Zippers was an LGBTQ+ bar on Fitzhugh Avenue at Travis Street in Dallas; it closed after its landlord would not work with it on rent during the COVID-19 shutdown, the Dallas Voice reported.
📍 3333 N Fitzhugh Ave, Dallas, TX 75204
💛 Nonprofits & Resources💛 Organizaciones y Recursos
Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
Carrollton-based national coalition working to improve the lives of Black transgender and nonbinary people through advocacy, help with basic needs, health, jobs and housing, and an annual conference.
BLAQ LINQ
Dallas nonprofit working to reduce HIV stigma and widen health access for communities of color through art, storytelling, workshops and a PrEP and doxyPEP text line.
Coalition for Aging LGBT
North Texas nonprofit working since 2015 to improve the quality of life of older LGBTQ+ adults, with an annual summit and an LGBT-friendly senior housing guide.
Dunes Homeless Solutions
Tarrant County nonprofit founded in 2018 that works to provide crisis transitional housing and support to young adults 18 to 24 experiencing homelessness, particularly LGBTQ+ young people.
Finn's Place
Finn's Place is a free community center in south Fort Worth for trans and gender-diverse people, with weekly community hours, support groups, workshops and space that partner groups can reserve.
📍 5860 I-20 Service Road, Fort Worth, TX 76119
Freelux Project
Black-led Dallas nonprofit working to end HIV and LGBTQ+ stigma through free HIV self-test kits, telehealth referrals, panels, brunches and a stigma reduction summit.
Grayson County Pride
Sherman-based nonprofit founded in 2019 that serves LGBTQ+ people in Grayson County and Texoma with a June Pride festival, Pride prom, monthly meetups, scholarships and support meetings.
📍 1800 Teague Drive, Suite 304, Sherman, TX 75090
House of Rebirth
Black trans-led Dallas nonprofit, founded in 2019, offering housing navigation, advocacy, resource referrals and community support for transgender and gender-diverse Texans.
LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Foundation that supports the North Texas LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce's educational and charitable work, with scholarships for Texas LGBTQ+ and ally students and leadership programs.
LGBTQ SAVES
LGBTQ SAVES is a Fort Worth nonprofit that runs weekly youth meetings, monthly workshops and hangouts, Pride events and community dinners for LGBTQ+ youth ages 12 to 24 and their families.
Lyfe Journey Unfolding
Dallas-area nonprofit, founded in 2021, that serves people experiencing homelessness through outreach, housing support and a planned tiny home community.
Mom Mpowered
Supports mothers of children with special needs through pregnancy and postpartum support and special education (IEP) advocacy, and helps youth and women with basic needs, mentorship and scholarships.
Muhlaysia Booker Foundation
The Muhlaysia Booker Foundation provides housing, advocacy, counseling, and employment support for transgender women in Dallas, founded in memory of slain trans activist Muhlaysia Booker.
Nu Transgender Movement
Nu Transgender Movement, known as Nu Trans Movement, is a Black-led nonprofit that helps transgender and nonbinary Texans get ID documents, affirming care referrals and HIV prevention.
Outreach Inc.
Fort Worth's LGBTQ+ nonprofit providing counseling, HIV testing, community resources, and advocacy for queer residents across Tarrant County.
📍 1105 W Magnolia Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104
Pride Frisco
Pride Frisco brings LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations and community events to the Frisco area, building visibility and inclusion in the northern DFW suburbs.
Resource Center Dallas
Resource Center is a Dallas LGBTQIA+ nonprofit, serving North Texas since 1983, with affirming health care, HIV testing and services, community programs, advocacy and senior housing.
📍 5750 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX 75235
Texas Latino Pride
Texas Latino Pride is a Dallas-Fort Worth nonprofit, founded in 2014, that brings Latino and LGBTQ+ communities together through an annual festival in Dallas and other community events.
Texas Pride Community Foundation
Texas Pride Community Foundation, formerly Texas Pride Impact Funds, is a statewide LGBTQ+ community foundation that raises and grants money to support LGBTQ+ Texans and local groups across Texas.
📍 3232 McKinney Ave., Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75204
Trans Pride Initiative
Trans Pride Initiative is a Dallas nonprofit supporting trans and gender-diverse people in health care, housing and employment, with much of its recent work focused on Texas prisoners.
📍 907 Morrell Ave., Suite 101, Dallas, TX 75203
Trinity Pride
Fort Worth nonprofit behind Trinity Pride Fest each June, the Celestial Ball and the revived Q Cinema film festival, with a community calendar and LGBTQ+ resource directory.
Village Unlimited
Village Unlimited provides housing, community resources, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ individuals facing housing instability and homelessness in the Arlington and DFW area.
🤝 Community & Social🤝 Comunidad y Social
Dallas Southern Pride
Dallas organizer of Juneteenth Unity Weekend, a Black LGBTQ+ Pride celebration each June with a health summit, a pageant, parties and a brunch.
Dallas Voice
LGBTQ+ newspaper and news site for North Texas, publishing in print and online for four decades with news, politics, arts and entertainment coverage.
Denton Pride
Annual Pride celebration for the Denton LGBTQ+ community — a vibrant, grassroots event drawing queer students, residents, and allies to one of North Texas's most progressive cities.
Stonewall Democrats of Dallas
Political club for LGBTQ+ and allied Democrats in Dallas County, founded in 1996, that endorses candidates, registers voters and meets monthly at S4 on Cedar Springs Road.
🕊️ Spiritual & Faith🕊️ Espiritual y Fe
KNOW A DFW SPOT? ¿CONOCES UN LUGAR EN DFW?
Know a queer bar, nonprofit, or LGBTQ+ business in the Dallas-Fort Worth area we should add? Help keep this guide complete. ¿Conoces un bar queer, organización sin fines de lucro o negocio LGBTQ+ en el área de Dallas-Fort Worth que debamos agregar? Ayúdanos a mantener esta guía completa.