Badge Of Pride

06/18/2026

06/18/2026

We’re proud to be part of this line up! Come check us out tomorrow night!

✨ 2026 PRIDE Block Party SCHEDULE - SAVE THIS POST! ✨
🤠From drag queen storytime with to line dancing with and more, which event are you most excited to attend?

Learn more:
https://www.dallasartsdistrict.org/dallas-arts-district-pride-block-party-2026/

Nasher Sculpture Center
Dallas Museum of Art
Crow Museum of Asian Art
City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture
Dallas Voice
Gilead Sciences
North Texas LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce
Texas Commission on the Arts
tourism improvement district

06/18/2026

Last call! We need a few more volunteers for tomorrow night.

Badge Of Pride is bringing our button-making station to the Dallas Arts District Pride Block Party at Dallas Museum of Art, and we want you on the team!

Help guests make custom buttons, share LGBTQ+ history, and celebrate Pride with thousands of North Texans.

June 19 | 6–10 PM | Dallas Museum of Art
Full shift or partial — both work.

Sign up at badgeofpride.org/volunteer

***rHistory

06/18/2026

Hey all, join YesterQ***r founder Todd Camp tomorrow night, June 18 at the Fairmount Community Library for a discussion of Fort Worth’s q***r history with members of the Yale Club of Fort Worth. From an early obsession with the art of female impersonation, to the raid of the Rainbow Lounge and beyond. Cowtown’s story is wilder, deeper, and more resilient than most people know, and Camp has spent years tracking it all down, one memory, one photo, one forgotten bar at a time. Join us Thursday night 6-7:30. Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you then!

06/17/2026

The 2026 AASLH Leadership in History Awards winners are examples of superior and innovative achievements in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history that make the past more meaningful to all people. See this year's winners at tinyurl.com/5ayppmn4.

06/17/2026

Some work only happens because a city decides it matters.

The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture is a direct investor in our work, including “CORRESPONDENCE: Letters of Q***r Resistance, Love & Revolution.” And right now, that funding stream is under pressure. Sales tax revenue is down across the city.

And this is something we can all actually do something about. Choose Dallas when you shop, eat, and spend. A portion of that sales tax comes back to artists, venues, and organizations building the cultural life of this city.

Learn more: SpendItInDallas.com

***rHistory

06/15/2026

Our wildly popular button-making station is back, and bigger than ever.

This Friday, Badge Of Pride will be at the Dallas Museum of Art for the Dallas Arts District Pride Block Party, and we need a few volunteers to help make the magic happen.

Help guests create custom buttons, spark conversations, share LGBTQ+ history, and celebrate Pride with thousands of visitors from across North Texas.

June 19 | 6 PM-10 PM
Dallas Museum of Art

Whether you can stay for the full event or just part of the evening, we’d love to have you on the team.

Volunteer sign-up:
badgeofpride.org/volunteer

06/13/2026

LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana opened a new French Quarter exhibition space this spring, offering a comprehensive – and fascinating - overview of Q***r history in New Orleans.   – by Kim Ranjbar

06/13/2026

06/12/2026

We are so proud to share that our exhibition, "Badge Of Pride: From Silence...To Celebration!" has received an Award of Excellence in the Leadership in History Awards from the American Association for State and Local History, shared with our partners at Irving Archives and Museum.

This is a tremendous honor. AASLH represents the people doing history work in every state, county, and small town in America, and sets the standard for the field. Their recognition says LGBTQ+ history is American history, full stop.

Every artifact in that exhibition survived because someone kept it, even though doing so could cost them a job, a family, or a home. This award belongs to them. 🏳️‍🌈✊🏳️‍⚧️

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