Jalenzski Brown UBE brings back Red Tie Dinner, adds Enchanted Kiki Ball TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com Everybody loves a chance to get dressed up on occasion, donning your fanciest black tie or “creative black tire” apparel for an event.
And such events abound in DFW’s LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS communities. The annual Black Tie Dinner each fall and DIFFA/Dallas’ spring Extravaganza are perfect — and popular — examples.
But there are, of course, those who cannot afford the costs of attending many of these gala affairs, including that segment of our community served by Resource Center’s UBE (United Black Ellument) program — primarily same-gender-loving young Black men.