Dallas Chapter
Though there had been previous Stonewall Young Democrat chapters in Dallas, the current Dallas Stonewall Young Democrats (DSYD) chapter was founded in March 2009.
This chapter serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding areas. Meetings are usually held in the Oak Lawn area.
The DSYD mission statement is "Dallas Stonewall Young Democrats strive to effectively advance the rights of the LGBT community and democratic values through political action, community service and social involvement."
DSYD held its inaugural meeting on March 29, 2009 at Woody’s Sports Bar. The chapters bylaws were approved by those present and club officers were elected.
The group was founded in time to charter with the Texas Young Democrats at the Austin convention, and was quickly accepted by the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus with the support of the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas.
DSYD is a youth branch of Stonewall Democrats of Dallas (SDD) and therefore each member of DSYD also has voting rights in SDD. Due to the nature of this relationship, one member of the SDD board sits on the DSYD board and one member of the DSYD board sits on the SDD board.
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