Visiting Eureka Springs, Arkansas: Small Town Celebrates Pride Year Round
There’s a saying among the LGBTQ+ community in Eureka Springs, Arkansas: “Not even the streets are straight.” It’s barely hyperbole: Over 30 percent of the 2,000 residents in this Ozark mountain town identify as LGBTQ+. The winding roads are narrow and dizzying, with zero traffic lights; it’s not uncommon to see a confused out-of-towner driving the wrong way up a hill, to the ire of residents and all those that know the Eureka rule: Just park and walk. In 2012, Eureka Springs became the first city in the red state of Arkansas to endorse same-sex marriage. When marriage equality ...