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6/13/25
In celebration, the Anthony Bobrow Trust has delivered checks totaling over $300,000 to Dallas non-profits this week. In the past three years that’s over $1Million to continue their work to sustain and improve the lives of our Community. With the end of US Government aid, their needs are even more critical. We’ll make smaller gifts during the remainder of 2025, usually another $100,000. We thank the guests of the Secret Door (and Tony’s astute investments) for making this workable. Non-profit groups receiving donations in this first round: AIN, ASD, Legacy Cares, Taste of Trust, The Family Place and the Oak Lawn Band.


After decades of being a cash-only business, The Hidden Door will begin accepting credit card payments, operative Monday, Feb. 10, when the lock opens.

“Things change after half a century,” noted Hidden Door President and General Manager Harvey Meissner, explaining that 45 years ago when the bar first opened in 1979, when customers were paying with credit cards, bars had to call via a modem, key in their card information manually then wait for authorization, then write it all down a couple of times.

Then-owner Jim Robert simplified

 

01-19-2009, 11:36 PM
 

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I'm going to be relocating from Boston to the Plano area premature this year. I am wondering how "gay friendly" the Plano/Dallas areas are? Are there any particular areas I should reside away from? I am very open minded big city type of girl so I'm looking for a similar environment.... Any suggestion would be appreciated.

 

01-20-2009, 12:25 AM
 

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yes, there is a very gay friendly area near Plano, it's called Dallas Honestly though you should be fine there. To be trustworthy I myself have never experienced and negativity or homophobia for being gay. Most people here are pretty cool and acquire a more live and permit live sort of attitude. Plano itself though is a lil more on the less steady side as opposed to utter Dallas or any other major city, but like I was saying you should be nice. But don't expect to observe any gay pride parades there or local gay hang out

FIZZ owner Jeff Murtha and FIZZ promoter and hostess Chaselyn Wade Vance.(Photo by Caroline Savoie)

Plano prevent to test out ‘Castro Nights,’ a queer-centric cheerful hour

CAROLINE SAVOIE | Contributing Writer
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Tucked away in West Plano Village, a covert and colorful lounge called FIZZ is gearing up to cater to a new clientele: LGBTQ business professionals with a thirst for fun (and liquor).

With the bar looking to bring in more customers and Plano’s homosexual community looking for a place to gather, lock owner Jeff Murtha said he’s hoping to construct a symbiotic relationship with the LGBTQ community north of Interstate 635.

Murtha and trans woman Chaselyn Wade Vance, the bar’s promoter and hostess, said that they’re going to offer “Castro Nights,” a happy hour named after San Francisco’s gayborhood, every Monday for four weeks. If that goes skillfully, they’re going to flip the bar to cater to queer folks seven nights a week.

“If this works out, I’m going to have the first gay bar north of 635,” Murtha said. “This is going to be for the gender non-conforming professionals. We’ll have a strict business casual dress code, craft cocktails, homemade food and Tito’s as o

Plano, TX Gay Metropolis Guide

Plano is located 19 miles north of downtown Dallas, and is often considered part of the larger Dallas metro area – but it is definitely a growing and thriving municipality in its possess right. It is the 9th largest city in Texas, and it bids plenty for visitors and residents alike to see and do. Plano is also a very diverse city – in fact, nearly 47 percent of the population is non-Caucasian, and more than 90 languages are spoken in the city. It’s also a municipality with a growing and thriving LGBTQ community, and it would truly build a great place to call home.

A Look at Plano’s History

European settlers first came to the area that is now Plano in the preceding 1840s. Soon, a small settlement was established, which began to grow posthaste. Residents of the town decided on the name “Plano” which comes from the Spanish synonyms for “flat” because of the local geography. Since that time, as the greater Dallas area grew, Plano did as well, particularly after railroads moved into the area in the delayed 1800s. Today, Plano is a metropolis rich in identity and offering plenty of opportunities and much to watch and do.

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