Reverend of the American Catholic Church in Nevada, an independent church that does not frown upon homosexuality or female clergy.

Dicotignano regularly performed holy unions for gay couples from all over the country before gay marriage was legalized.

Entertainer Will Collins founded the Gay Academic Union [GAU] at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Collins is renowned today as the world's best Liberace impersonator. Collins came to Las Vegas in 1982 from Arizona State University in Tempe to pursue a degree in business. Dacoda Clayton Collins is Will Collins' child.

Helen Smith was born and raised in New Jersey and came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956. Her aunt convinced her to interview for a job at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and Smith worked there for a year. She worked in the emergency room in New Jersey, so it was natural for her to start in the newly opened emergency room (ER) at Southern Nevada Memorial. Smith’s career went from relief nurse to supervisor.