Dallas Voice
Encyclopedia
Dallas Voice, founded in 1984, is a newspaper
for the gay community
in Dallas, Texas
(USA
). It is published by the Voice Publishing Company, Inc.
New issues are published on Fridays, with a circulation of 20,000 papers per week in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton counties. The paper claims a print readership of more than 50,000 weekly readers, and more than 100,000 unique monthly visits to its website.
. The paper's headquarters have been at Carlisle Avenue since the 1990s; the paper moved there because the location is near four gay bar
s. A The Dallas Morning News
article said that the offices were in Uptown
. David Webb, a journalist at the Dallas Voice, said in response that the offices of the Dallas Voice had been located there for 24 years. Webb contacted the author of the article, David Flick. Flick said that the area with the Dallas Voice offices is considered to be Uptown and not Oak Lawn. Michael Milliken, the president of the Oak Lawn committee, says that Uptown is a part of Oak Lawn. The newspaper offices are not within the Uptown Public Improvement District boundaries.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
for the gay community
Gay community
The gay community, or LGBT community, is a loosely defined grouping of LGBT and LGBT-supportive people, organizations and subcultures, united by a common culture and civil rights movements. These communities generally celebrate pride, diversity, individuality, and sexuality...
in Dallas, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
). It is published by the Voice Publishing Company, Inc.
New issues are published on Fridays, with a circulation of 20,000 papers per week in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton counties. The paper claims a print readership of more than 50,000 weekly readers, and more than 100,000 unique monthly visits to its website.
Headquarters
The Dallas Voice offices are located in an area defined by the "Dallas City Ordinance 21859" as Oak LawnOak Lawn, Dallas
Oak Lawn is a neighborhood in Dallas, Texas , defined in Dallas City Ordinance 21859 as . The unofficial boundaries are Turtle Creek Boulevard, Central Expressway, the City of Highland Park, Inwood Road, and Harry Hines Boulevard. It is over in area...
. The paper's headquarters have been at Carlisle Avenue since the 1990s; the paper moved there because the location is near four gay bar
Gay bar
A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBT and queer communities...
s. A The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...
article said that the offices were in Uptown
Uptown Dallas
Uptown is a PID and neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. Uptown is adjacent-to and north-of downtown Dallas, and is bordered by US 75 on the east, N Haskell Avenue on the northeast, Katy Trail on the northwest, Bookhout Street and Cedar Springs Road on the west, N Akard Street on the southwest and Spur...
. David Webb, a journalist at the Dallas Voice, said in response that the offices of the Dallas Voice had been located there for 24 years. Webb contacted the author of the article, David Flick. Flick said that the area with the Dallas Voice offices is considered to be Uptown and not Oak Lawn. Michael Milliken, the president of the Oak Lawn committee, says that Uptown is a part of Oak Lawn. The newspaper offices are not within the Uptown Public Improvement District boundaries.
External links
- Dallas Voice — official website