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Michael Conarroe at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Hazel Gay by Claytee D. White, December 2, 1995
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Hazel Gay conducted by Claytee D. White on December 2, 1995. Hazel and her husband Jimmy Gay moved to Las Vegas in 1946, becoming leaders in the African American community during the civil rights era.
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Sarah Serna oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sarah Serna conducted by Dennis McBride on December 04, 1998 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. Serna opens her interview by discussing her move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1993, and her first assignment as a Methodist minister to a small congregation in North Las Vegas. Serna then explains how she became involved in LGBT social justice issues after witnessing expressions of homophobia and prejudice within her church. She discusses her involvement with the Las Vegas LGBT community and the development of a pastoral care outreach program, the development of the World AIDS Day prayer vigil, and the foundation of the Community Counseling Center, later renamed Lighthouse Ministry. Serna then talks about her decision to transition from the Methodist Church to the Episcopalian Church and becoming the first Episcopalian priest in Las Vegas to bless same-sex marriages. She also discusses the development of a transitional housing program, changes in the LGBT community in Las Vegas, and many individuals involved in LGBT social justice programs in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Dale Kimball oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dale Kimball conducted by Dennis McBride on May 16, 1999 and January 1, 2001 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Kimball discusses their personal impressions of and historical information about the people who donated to the Nevada Coalition for the Protection of Marriage, an organization which opposed same sex marriage. The interview consists entirely of Kimball reading through a list of donors to the Coalition and providing personal anecdotes on each individual.
Archival Collection
Gipsy nightclub booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Zina Tago at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Zina Tago. At Sunset Park, 4-25-98.
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Rob Schlegel at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride; Rob Schlegel. (5-8-99)
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Lori Lipman Brown oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lori Lipman Brown conducted by Dennis McBride on September 12, 2005 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Brown discusses Question 2 in the Nevada state elections of 2000 and 2002, which added an amendment to the Nevada constitution that banned same-sex marriage. Brown describes the process of introducing legislation that advocated for equal rights for the gay community and an incident where parties opposing her efforts hired a spy to observe her work. Lastly, Brown talks about the involvement of the Church of Latter-Day Saints and their opposition to same-sex marriage.
Archival Collection
Neon Squares booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Q-Tribe booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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