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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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Craddock, Nancy Lee, 1922-
Nancy Craddock was born February 25, 1922. She was married to Dr. John Craddock and moved to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada with him in 1952. She built her home in the Twin Lakes area in Las Vegas and was a medical lab technician at Sunrise Hospital.
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Brown, Lori Lipman, 1958-
Former Nevada State Senator Lori Lipman Brown works as a lawyer, educator, civil rights advocate, and secular activist in the United States. Born in New York on June 17, 1958, Brown graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and then received her Juris Doctor from Southwestern University School of Law in 1983. After working as an attorney, Brown returned to UNLV and took courses to get her teaching license and went to work as a high school teacher.
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Midnite, Tony, 1926-2009
Tony Midnite, born Tony Murdoch, was a female impersonator, costume designer, and LGBT activist who worked throughout the United States, including Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born September 26, 1926 in Texas, and died August 31, 2009 in Las Vegas.
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"PASSAGES Tony Midnite."
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