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But it has nothing to do with investing, and, originally, it had nothing to do with travel. That idea of groups creating names for themselves that deflected attention away from what they actually did became common practice in the LGBTQ community in Dallas during the s. Then the Dallas Times Herald regularly published the names of those folks who were harassed, who owned those cars.

Why there? Because in when OLITA was formed, the gay gay had begun moving to Oak Lawn, renovating what had become a rundown area of the city, even though it would be five years before the first gay bar moved to Cedar Springs Road. Markley running dallas organization is definitely making history as the oldest continuously-operating gay social organization in Dallas.

And it is very probably the first gay organization in the state to incorporate. There have even been a few straight members. One was a woman who grew up with her gay best friend. Her friend eventually moved away, but, for a number of years, the woman stayed. Stutz remembered a club couple who were members for a number of years.

The husband was Baptist. To shake things up, sometimes the host committee comes up with a special theme or even an odd location. On the th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the chef at Park Gate, the old Braniff flight attendant school on Wycliff, created a special dinner. Based on the course menu that was served on the ship, he came up with a six-course meal for the group.

After dinner, they watched the movie together. They served wine and nibbles as members of the group moved from one store to the next, nibbling, sipping and shopping. For about a decade, Stutz said, a group of OLITA members spent Thanksgiving together in Puerto Vallarta, which by the early s was already becoming a popular gay destination.

A smaller group went to Acapulco, and some members also spent long weekends together in New Orleans. Stutz said travel was always easier to plan when a travel agent was part of the group; travel declined for OLITA when travel agencies closed in the s. Over the years, other social groups have formed, including Airliners and Lakewood Social Club which have both now been around more than 40 years themselves.

Membership is capped at 50 members. Some, like Stutz, have stayed for decades. Messiah said she left only after her closest friends in the group died from AIDS.

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Stutz said the only rift he remembers happened during the height of the AIDS crisis. Some members wanted the group to become more activist. While many already supported the newly-formed AIDS organizations, they wanted OLITA to remain a place of refuge, to relax and escape from the pandemic that was decimating the community.

Trivia Time. Once, the treasurer and his boyfriend got into a fight in the car on their way home from a party, and dues checks from members collected at the party got thrown out of the car window.