My name is Jesus Chairez from Mexico City, originally from Dallas, Texas. I am working on a Dallas LGBT Latino project.

On Tuesday, January 24, 2017, I traveled from Mexico City to Interview Rosa Lopez, founding member and President of Dallas' LGBT Latina group "Lesbianas Latinas de Dallas." Dates of operation was from 1995 - 1997.

Rosa gives a personal insight of moving to Dallas from Moline, IL. In Dallas she helped form the group LLDD. In those short two years, LLDD accomplished a lot.

Sorry to report that Rosa Lopez passed away shortly after this interview. For more information about Rosa and her life, please go to the "Remembering – Recordando: a Dallas Latina/o LGBT History Viewpoint." Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1239970136038703&type=3

Rosa Lopez founding member of Lesbianas Latinas de Dallas

My name is Jesus Chairez from Mexico City, originally from Dallas, Texas. I am working on a Dallas LGBT Latino history project, all prior to the year 2000. Long before digital cameras, cell phones and social media, like Facebook, were in the mix.

On Wednesday, March 29, 2017, while in Dallas on business, I interviewed Carl Smith, Dallas’ last living Latino gay bar owner of Bamboleos. 

Carl Smith along with his lover Alfedo Zarate and their business partners Ray Martin and Jim Coronado operated Bamboleos; Dallas’ first gay Latino bar; well really the first gay Latino bar for the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and Texas. Bamboles open in September1989; prior Bamboles was briefly known as Diamantes, opening in April 1988.

Carl Smith, who has been out of the closet since the age of sixteen did not aim to be a bar owner. But one day in April 1988, Carl and his lover, Alfredo, were denied entrance into an Oak Lawn gay bar. Denied entrance they went elsewhere, and that elsewhere is where Bamboleos had its start. 

Hear Carl’s story in his own words here or read Carl’s account of Dallas’ first gay Latino club on “Remembering – Recordando: a Dallas Latina/o LGBT History Viewpoint.” Here is that link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1238434456192271&type=3

Carl Smith Interview - Dallas, Texas

I just learned about SoundCloud today so I decided to try it out.   I but on my headphones with a mic, plugged it into my iPad and walked a block in Mexico City, behind the Presidental Palace.

Mexico City Street Sounds at El Centro Historico

Some awful street musician! at Mexico City

Interview, conversation with artist Dallas & Mexico City artist Randall Garrett by Jesus Chairez conducted on  03 August 2018 in Mexico City en El Centro Historico.

More information on Randall Garrett: https://www.randallgarrett.com and on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/plushgallery/tracks

RANDALL GARRETT & Jesus Chairez Garrett Y Chairez Interview 03 Aug 2018

I am Chicano from Dallas, Texas now living in Mexico City. Am an artist, radio host/producer, writer and author.

JChairez