David Taffet

Oct 3, 2024 | newsisout.com | David Taffet

Myth: Domestic violence occurs only in straight relationships. Fact: Domestic violence occurs in LGBTQ+ relationships at a higher rate than the general population. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Williams Institute, about 44% of lesbians and 61% of bisexual women have experienced physical violence from an intimate partner. So have 26% of gay men and 37% of bisexual men. That compares to 35% of straight women and 29% of straight men.

Oct 17, 2023 | newsisout.com | David Taffet

Special to News is Out from the LGBT History Project. When George Harris and Jack Evans became the first couple to legally marry in Dallas County, they had already been together 54 years. That day in 2015, Dallas was the largest metropolitan area in the country to gain marriage equality, and a photo of the couple applying for their marriage license in the County Records Building was printed in newspapers around the world.

Oct 12, 2023 | watermarkonline.com | David Taffet |Jeremy Williams

George Harris. (Photo by David Taffet)When George Harris and Jack Evans became the first couple to legally marry in Dallas County, they had already been together 54 years. That day in 2015, Dallas was the largest metropolitan area in the country to gain marriage equality, and a photo of the couple applying for their marriage license in the County Records Building was printed in newspapers around the world.

Oct 10, 2023 | ebar.com | David Taffet

When George Harris and Jack Evans became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in Dallas County, they had already been together 54 years. That day in 2015, Dallas was the largest metropolitan area in the country to gain marriage equality, and a photo of the couple applying for their marriage license in the County Records Building was printed in newspapers around the world.

Oct 10, 2023 | ebar.com | David Taffet

Folks in Texas often have their own way of doing things, even when it comes to keeping track of history. And in Dallas' LGBTQ community that means preserving their history "The Dallas Way." It is the name of a nonprofit whose mission is "to gather, organize, store and present the complete LGBTQ history of Dallas, Texas," its website states.