The Dallas City Council has recently contacted Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa to reinstate LGBTQ+ Pride and Black Lives Matter crosswalks in the city. The move sparked mixed reactions from Texas residents, many of whom believed this was not a major priority for a new government.
According to Advocate, the council intends to restore the previous crosswalks, which were removed earlier this year following Governor Greg Abbott’s decision. Located on Cedar Springs Road and Oak Lawn Avenue, these rainbow crosswalks had to be removed after Abbott prohibited “political ideologies” from public roadways.
The council reportedly spoke with City Manager Kimberly Tolbert, and the issue will soon be discussed with Hinojosa’s team. At the time of this report, the governor-elect had not commented on the subject.
Texas Residents Are Divided on Efforts to Restore Rainbows in Dallas’ Streets
The Dallas City Council’s move sparked diverse reactions across social media. On X, for example, it received mostly negative attention.
One person wrote: “Texas elects its first Democratic governor in over 30 years on an affordability pitch, and the first request out of Dallas is crosswalk paint. Rent’s still due, but the intersection will be fabulous.”
Others commented: “Oh, would they please [expletive] off. I just want my streets to be streets and my crosswalks to be crosswalks. I don’t need everything to be activism all of the time! I want normalcy back.”
Unfortunately, many comments on X contained homophobic undertones, criticizing LGBTQ+ people rather than discussing policies.
On Reddit, the situation was quite different, with more people supporting the move. To some of them, the issue was less about the roads and more about giving control back to local governments: “It’s not just crosswalks. Abbott was really high-handed about taking all kinds of control away from local entities. Gina should reverse that.”
Another Reddit user was seemingly so irritated with the current governor that they believed no move was too extreme: “I don’t care if she creates some kind of ‘gay mandate’ where it’s now illegal to be straight. Still better than Abbott.” However, nothing resembling this proposition has ever been announced or publicly planned by any Democrat in Texas.
Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa will officially take office and be sworn in as Governor of Texas at noon on Tuesday, January 19, 2027. She will serve until 2030, when she can seek re-election.
