From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Equality Won! Day was a celebration of the successful passage of transgender-inclusive legislation at the Nevada State Legislature during the 2011 session. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Lauren Scott [Republican (transgender)]; Paul Aizley [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 41 (Democrat)]; David Parks [Nevada State Senator, District 7, Democrat (gay)]; Jane Heenan [transgender activist]
Oral history interview with Eugene Buford conducted by Claytee White on September 12, 2006 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview Eugene Buford talks about his great grandmother, Mary Nettles, who was instrumental in the start and growth of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP) in Las Vegas, Nevada. He speaks about his experiences with prejudice and discrimination, while reflecting upon what it was like being an African American growing up in Las Vegas.
Susan E. Carratelli is a Las Vegas, Nevada resident and advocate of gay rights. She was born July 24, 1956.
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Susan and Holly Carratelli oral history interviews, 1999 June 24 and 1999 June 26. OH-00344. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Noll Gray Thompson was born April 05, 1919 in Durham, North Carolina. Thompson was raised in a devout Christian household. He joined the United States Navy in 1941 and was stationed in San Francisco, California where he met his wife. They married in 1946 and remained married for 64 years. Thompson and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1989. He was a poet that wrote about protests and gay love in the Las Vegas Bugle for many years. Thompson died November 13, 2010.