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Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 003: photographic print
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Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada float in the Gay Pride parade, image 005: photographic print
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Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 004: photographic print
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Transcript of interview with Jimmy Gay by Perry Kaufman, April 12, 1972
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Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Perry Kaufman on April 12, 1972. Arriving in 1946 from Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay became the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He later worked as Assistant Manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino and Union Plaza while serving as an executive board member of the Culinary Union. Instrumental in the Las Vegas community, Gay worked to improved race relations, addressing social, economic, and civic issues. Gay was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988.
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Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 002: photographic print
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Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride, Inc. rainbow flag at the third annual gay pride: photographic print
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Frankie Perez oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Frankie Perez conducted by Elsa Lopez and Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez on November 05th, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Perez speaks about the importance of sports, and the lack of Latinx representation in teachers during high school. Perez then discusses being placed on medical hold in the military, how his transition affected his physical tests, how the 2016 election may have impacted transgendered people in the military, and how everyday military personnel feel about transgendered people serving in the military. The interview concludes with Perez discussing the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgendered, and Queer (LGBTQ) scene in Las Vegas, Nevada and about how culture impacts which clubs members of LBGTQ community would visit.
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Valerie Wiener's oral history for UNLV Libraries Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project, 2015
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Collection Name: Valerie Wiener Papers
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Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada float in the Gay Pride parade, image 001: photographic print
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