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Tinana, Marlon Lustre, 1956-

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Marlon Tinana is a real estate investor and supporter of the Las Vegas, Nevada gay community. In 1993, Tinana was hired along with Edmund Ueling as managers to transform The Cave Nightclub into a gay nightclub, with the eventual goal of making an LGBTQ+ district in Las Vegas. Tinana and Uehling had experience in managing the Gipsy, a popular gay nightclub in Las Vegas, and also co-owned a gay bookstore, Get Booked, until 1995.

Sources:

Edmund Uehling and Marlon Tinana oral history interviews, 2000 March 14, 21, and 22. OH-01855. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Miller, Wes. “About Us/Our History.” GET BOOKED. Accessed July 1, 2020. https://www.getbooked.com/service/about/.