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The Rebel Yell Volume 46, Issue 44, featuring story on counter-protest, 2001 March 19

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Las Vegas, Nevada Anti-Gay Counter-Protest Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01083
Collection Name: Las Vegas, Nevada Anti-Gay Counter-Protest Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-052

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Biography: Henry, Timothy, 2021

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Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00802
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 35

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Parkinson, Alfred

Alfred Parkinson and Fred Schoonmaker were a couple who moved to a ghost town in Rhyolite, Nevada and attempted to create a gay residential area called Stonewall Park.

Lera, Bridget. “Queer Cities and Their Temporary Monuments.” Nevada Humanities. Nevada Humanities, September 10, 2020. https://www.nevadahumanities.org/blog/2020/9/9/queer-cities-and-their-temporary-monuments.

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Biography: Backhus, Roy and Kelvin Salyers, 2020

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Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00802
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 34

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Collins, Will, 1953-

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.

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UNLV Center for Social Justice Records

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UA-00033

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The UNLV Center for Social Justice (CSJ) Records (2015-2016) are primarily comprised of postcards and fliers advertising events hosted and sponsored by CSJ at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Events advertised include the Stand Up. Speak Out. event series. This series aligned with Latin heritage celebrations; LGBTQIAA student, staff, and faculty luncheon; Transvisible: The Bamby Salcedo Story documentary movie viewing; Pozole con MEChA, an educational event about issues affecting the Xicanx community; and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), which the center styled as "Dia de lxs Muertxs." The collection also includes a promotional poster and participant manual for the 2016 Cultural Leadership Retreat hosted by CSJ.

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