When NYC had ACT-UP, Dallas had GUTS, the Gay Urban Truth Squad, who demanded AIDS treatment funding through direct action!
In my latest for The Barbed Wire, I examine a new book about #Dallas LGBTQIA history that also highlights the vital importance of telling our own stories in #queer media ...
https://thebarbedwire.com/2026/05/27/before-stonewall-riots-dallas-queer-community-had-own-movement/
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