Edmund Uehling is a real estate investor, politician, and supporter of the Las Vegas, Nevada gay community. He born on May 15, 1940 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Uehling moved to Boulder City, Nevada in 1943 when the Bureau of Reclamation hired Uehling's father to work in Boulder City as a civil engineer. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in public administration from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Marlon Tinana is a real estate investor and supporter of the Las Vegas, Nevada gay community. In 1993, Tinana was hired along with Edmund Ueling as managers to transform The Cave Nightclub into a gay nightclub, with the eventual goal of making an LGBTQ+ district in Las Vegas. Tinana and Uehling had experience in managing the Gipsy, a popular gay nightclub in Las Vegas, and also co-owned a gay bookstore, Get Booked, until 1995.

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