Pride Month every month: How to support lesbian bars amidst dwindling numbers
| June 13, 2025
Community | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | get involved | HARDGATE | History | HOLIDAYS | LGBTQ | LIFESTYLE | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story
In the United States, there are only 36 remaining lesbian bars compared to an estimated 803 gay bars. The Lesbian Bar Project reports that in 1980 there were 200 lesbian bars.
‘The uncertainty has been debilitating’: DFW business owners react to THC ban
| June 12, 2025
If Gov. Greg Abbott — who signed a bill in 2019 that legalized the sale of products with less than 0.3% of THC — does not veto SB 3, an $8 billion industry that includes over 8,000 small businesses and employs over 50,000 people throughout the state will be wiped out.
Book Banning in Texas Public Schools Just Got Easier
| June 11, 2025
bannedbooks | book ban | EXCO-Player | old texas | public education | public school | TEXAS | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | youtube
From taking power away from school librarians to requiring age verification in public libraries, book banning was top-of-mind for Republican lawmakers in Texas this legislative session.
To see which bills passed, check the link in bio.
Greg Abbott Finally Boosts Public School Funding After Years of Holding it Hostage
| June 11, 2025
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More money is coming for Texas’ struggling public schools.
Step inside the worst-kept secret trend: Texas speakeasies
| June 11, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | dallas life | DFW | ENTERTAINMENT | food & drink | food and drink | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | local | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS
Whatever it takes to enter a speakeasy—the bar trend making a comeback 100 years later—it’s worth it.