Edra Bogel tells her story for Outrageous Oral, Volume 18, October 15, 2015, in the Willis Library at UNT in Denton. Outrageous Oral is a quarterly evening of poignant memories and stories from Dallas' GLBT past. The Dallas Way is committed to our mission to gather, store, organize, and present the complete GLBT history of Dallas, Texas.

Edra Bogle is a retired professor from the English Department at UNT. She taught graduate courses in Bibliography and Research, several in Continental Literature in Translation and Science Fiction. After her retirement, Edra worked on multiple political campaings and accepted the position of County Democratic Chair, becoming the second openly queer County Chair in Texas