5 20 643 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/182841b5bd7e55b943d05de2623c91ee.mp4 6330d87f3fed54f29ed4c8a1f379ad99 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/3a1265439872f9ac4dc74328b7f2c8b7.pdf 71c65239e0bd48317bf6dd3411d1f65d PDF Text Text Oral History Interview with Nancy McDonald Interview Conducted by Laura Belmonte July 18, 2004 OKEQ Oral History Project Oklahoma Oral History Research Program Edmon Low Library ● Oklahoma State University ©2004 �OKEQ Oral History Project Interview History Interviewer: Laura Belmonte Transcriber: Allison Richmond Editors: Anika Benthem The recording and transcript of this interview were processed at the Oklahoma State University Library in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Project Detail The OKEQ Oral History Project is a series of interviews documenting the rich contributions of LGBTQ community members in the state of Oklahoma, with a particular emphasis on Tulsa and the surrounding area. These interviews were conducted by members of Oklahomans for Equality, formerly Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. Legal Status Scholarly use of the recordings and transcripts of the interview with Nancy McDonald is unrestricted. The interview agreement was signed on July 18, 2004. 2 �OKEQ Oral History Project Nancy McDonald Oral History Interview Interviewed by Laura Belmonte July 18, 2004 Tulsa, Oklahoma Belmonte Here we are. It’s Sunday, July 18, 2004, and we are at the home of Nancy and Joe McDonald in Tulsa, Oklahoma doing an interview for the Tulsa Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender history project. Nancy, we’ll begin with some basic biographical information. Tell us where you were born, a little about your childhood. McDonald I was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Raised on a farm in northeast Nebraska, Beemer, Nebraska. Attended the University of Omaha at Nebraska, graduated from the University of Nebraska school of medical technology. Worked in that career for a number of years. Grew up, really, in a very traditional family, farm values. Tremendous amount of talents and respect for individuals. I grew up with a lot of—particularly from my father—a lot of empathy and understanding for various people and different cultures. As I reflect on that, I think that’s pretty remarkable for a man born in the early 1900s. I married Joe when he was a senior in medical school, followed him to the University of—San Bernardino Charity Hospital. We were in the Air Force for ten years, career in medical. Traveled all over this country thanks to the Air Force. Settled in Tulsa in 1966. Belmonte What were you doing for a living? Were you working outside the home when you moved here in 1966? McDonald No. I stopped working the day our first child was born…full time. Then I taught at the University of California school of medical technology for a year. Then we went overseas to Turkey and to Germany, and we had another child. We returned to San Antonio, Texas, where Joe took his residency in anesthesiology. We had another child, so I was full-time mom. I did not go 3 �back to work until 1975. I went back to work in a totally unrelated field because I had been a community leader in the voluntary integration of Tulsa Public Schools. The school system asked me to come to work to organize the voluntary integration program and to respond to the additional quota for desegregation, to organize a parent involvement program which I had started as a volunteer at Burroughs…also to begin to look at using private donations and foundations for support of public education. Belmonte Had you always been a community volunteer, or did you begin that when you moved to Tulsa? What—were you into that originally? McDonald No, I think I grew up with that whole notion of helping and giving. My parents were very involved in projects in our little town. My mother insisted that I be a part of Girl Scouts, even though that was foreign to rural America. She took me to town so I could be a part of Girl Scouts growing up. I think in many ways, that was just part of my whole growing up experience, was seeking out and helping and being sensitive to other people’s needs. At Christmastime, we always, as a family, made baskets for people who didn’t have food. In the early ’40s, there were lots of natural disasters, flooding, and my parents were always involved in helping people get out of their homes in floods. It was just—I just grew up as part of that; it was just part of my experience. It wasn’t foreign to me to do volunteer work. I don’t think I even had that word at that point. You just saw some needs and you did it. You just helped. We did that in California. I mean, it was a whole new experience for me with the Hispanics. When we went to San Bernardino Charity Hospital and the Hispanics were just moving into Southern California, and they were sleeping on the hospital grounds trying to get medical care. We organized an effort to get tents for people to sleep in. When we went to Turkey, it was—I think that was really my first experiences with a family of support services from the Air Force, which was pretty phenomenal because in Turkey, we lived on the economy. We lived three miles from the base. A lot of American women would come and couldn’t handle it, really had difficulties living on the economy. This was in 1959. So I got very much involved in the family services, which would probably help the families make the adjustment to the Turkish economy, help them to learn the language, to learn about bartering. Then when the men were gone, there was an incredible need for the women in this little town called Yalova, Turkey, which was about a hundred miles south of Istanbul, who really were supportive of one another. Then we did our internship—our residency in San Bernardino, and then we were stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, which was where the F-4 pilots were stationed, and they were the first pilots to go into Vietnam. So many of our friends were shot down over Vietnam and were prisoners of war. Their 4 �wives and families were left in Tampa, so there was always an incredible need for community and support for them because these men were prisoners of war. That was all part of—it was just part of my whole experience. When I moved to Tulsa it was really—I was really lonely. Belmonte What would you describe Tulsa like in 1966? McDonald From my point of view, it was a very difficult city to get acquainted in. It was a very cliquish city. It was just not a very friendly, neighborly community. I had a lot of difficulty because I didn’t know anyone when I moved here. I shouldn’t say I didn’t know anyone, I knew—interesting enough, one person. The reason that we came here is because there was a position that was in—ahead of Joe in residency, and he asked Joe to join his practice. I knew her, and I knew—interesting enough, I knew another woman, who I didn’t know lived here at the time, but she was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base with us, and she just lived a couple blocks from me. I had worked with her in officer’s wives clubs in Lackland, so I knew two people, but it was a difficult city to get acquainted in. It was a very cliquish city because you had to be invited. You had to be invited to be a part of an organization, you had to be invited to be a part of the social element of this community. It was very difficult to break into because if you weren’t from Tulsa, you didn’t know anyone, you weren’t invited to be a part of the Junior Association of Tulsa Boys Home, or Children’s Day Nursery, or Junior League, or any of those things. It was difficult. The Girl Scout council laughs, and they still have this story on record because I was the first person that ever called them—in the summer of 1966; they had never experienced this before—called them in July and asked them if I could be a Brownie leader. I had been a Girl Scout Brownie leader in Tampa, and I wanted that experience for our oldest daughter, Joellen. I didn’t wait until September when they had to “go out and recruit leaders.” I called the council and said, “I want a Brownie troop at Patrick Henry. What do I need to do? How do I get it organized?” They just said, “That’s completely foreign.” People just didn’t do that. Belmonte Did they respond positively? McDonald Yeah, oh yeah. My god, yes. They were excited to have somebody. That really was my introduction into volunteer work in Tulsa, was that I had a Brownie troop. I had another baby, but that was my beginning of my volunteer service. Then from there, I went to the Junior Association of the Tulsa Boys Home. It was an invitation for membership. The second year I lived in Tulsa, I was invited to be a member of the Junior Association of the Tulsa Boys Home. I think in some ways, that was probably my first introduction into social work because this was an organization that…. At 5 �that point, it was a little different. It was sort of the attitude of, “Well, we can buy clothes for the boys, and we can have parties for the boys, and we can organize those kinds of activities.” It was my first…it really was my first introduction into education because—well, there really were two cases. There was the case of the kids that were special education and had tremendous behavioral problems, were kept at the home, were not allowed to attend public school, and I just thought that was wrong. I thought these kids were entitled to go to school, and they were in a classroom in the basement of the home on Sixth and Quincy. They did not have a qualified teacher, and I just got really interested in that and sort of took that on. It’s a tremendous project. The Tulsa Boys Home now—we talked about their educational facility and their classrooms for boys, and it all started in the basement of the home. That’s also where I started tutoring. [Inaudible] he was brought into a Tulsa Boys Home in 1967. He was abandoned in this city. He was African American. He was picked up by the police. It was April of 1967, and the director of the home came into the meeting of the Junior Association and said, “Well, the federal government is going to make us take black kids, and we might as well take this…kid,” although he used a different name to describe him. He was eating out of garbage cans and sleeping in cars around Tulsa. He was the typical example of malnutrition. Although we didn’t know at that point in time, but he was placed at the Children’s Medical Center by DHS [Department of Homeland Security]. He was nine. He had very little language, if any. The social worker, Jerry Dillon, came in and asked if there might be someone who was willing to tutor this kid because if we could help him with language, he could even go to school. So I volunteered. You know, I think the rest people know about. He eventually came to live with us. He was starting center for the University of Tulsa basketball team. Graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in elementary education, did not make the NBA, but he was picked up by the pro team in France. He’s played professional ball in France until this past year. He’s part of our family. He married a French girl; they have two children. They’ll be home in a week. He’s fifty-one. He’s bilingual; he’s fluent in French, beautiful child. Belmonte What’s his name? McDonald He grew up in this community known as Clark Jones because when you would ask him his name, he would say “Clark Jones.” He grew up with that name, Clark Jones. His mother came back on the scene when he was a junior at the University of Tulsa and was being recruited by the NBA. It was at that point we learned that his real name was Zackery. He came home from picture day, his senior year picture day at the University of Tulsa, and said, “I think I’ll use my real name,” and so he started using Zackery. Professionally, in France, he’s known as Zackery Jones. We call him Zack, 6 �but many people in this community will know him as Clark Jones because he was an outstanding basketball player at Central High School. We kept him at Central because we thought it was important that he have an experience in integration. He was a key in the desegregation of Central High School. One time the assistant principal called me and said, “Nancy, get down here right now.” It was in the desegregation of Central which was in 1970. He was in the middle of the street, and the black kids were lined up on one side of Cincinnati and the white kids on the other side of Cincinnati, and Clark was in the middle of the street, trying to negotiate all of this between these two groups of kids that had walked out of Central High School in the integration process. He grew up seeing an integrated environment, and yet he was black, so he really struggled with all of this. He didn’t struggle, but he had a lot of sensitivity to it. You know, just pretty phenomenal, really. It’s interesting to talk to him because of what he experienced in the integration at the University of Tulsa. Even in the early ’70s, one time he called, and he and his fellow black players were not allowed to stay at a hotel in Louisiana because they were black. The University of Tulsa didn’t accommodate them, so the white players stayed in one place and the black players stayed in another hotel for colored only. It was just so foreign to him that…anyway, that’s my experience. Belmonte Right. Was it through Clark that you became involved in the desegregation efforts? McDonald Really, I think he was certainly a part of it. Part of it was really selfish because of our second son, was really—this is his mom speaking, but he was very bright. We were in a traditional neighborhood school where he was not really being allowed to move at his own pace. They were just beginning to talk about and—particularly in this community, but also nationwide— curriculum that was individually paced, individualized for each student. The superintendent of the school system was doing some innovative things at that point in time and had built a new school, Columbus Elementary, and had piloted the integrative curriculum, continuous progress at Columbus, at Barnard, and at Lee. So I thought that curriculum would really be good for Jason, our second son. But I couldn’t get to it. They wouldn’t let me transfer out of the neighborhood school. At the same time, the school system was being faced with the integration of the school system. It was court-ordered segregation for the five elementary schools that were built for segregation. Carver Junior High School was closed in the summer of 1971, and six hundred black youngsters were bussed—not six hundred, 1,200 black youngers were forced bussed out of the old attendance zone of Carver Junior High School to five, south side junior high schools. That happened three weeks before school opened. There was a lot of unrest in this 7 �community, both in the black community and the white community. Petitions were flying. I remember one time at the corner of 51 st and Harvard, I was stopped and asked to sign a petition against forced bussing. It was just sort of—to me it was just sort of a—it wasn’t right. There was some things that just weren’t right in this whole thing. There was no one seeking any kind of solution to it, no one seeking any kind of alternative solution. Lines were drawn in the sand between the black community and the white community. They were not—they just forced this on this community. A group of people—it was not my idea—a small group of people, three or four of my friends, really began to talk about the possibility of offering an alternative: voluntary integration. Negotiating with the Board of Education, if we could have a curriculum that we wanted input into staff, hiring, and parent involvement because prior to that there were signs on the doors that said “no parents allowed” in Tulsa Public Schools. If you wanted to go to a classroom to see your child or to talk to your child, that was not allowed. There were signs on the neighborhood school that said no parents were allowed. That was completely foreign to me. That was not part of my experience growing up. Belmonte Was this sort of in loco parentis policy for the system? McDonald Yeah, absolutely. That was what we negotiated with, and we had an assistant superintendent who was very supportive of us. He thought the idea would work because he was interested in expanding his idea of continuous progress, individualized education. He was really innovative, and he said, “I think we can do this. I think we can demonstrate that this will work.” He said to—I guess there were maybe twelve of us—he said, “If you could get maybe forty families, we’ll start this project called voluntary integration.” So we did. We were successful in getting about forty families. We took our kids north to Burroughs Elementary School, which was a demonstration project that voluntary integration would work if you gave parents choices. This is 1971. If you gave parents opportunity to be involved in their children’s classroom, if you gave parents an opportunity to evaluate teachers and to be a part of the hiring process, and also, if you would look at community resources. If you look at that, you can see my job emerge because that was my job in Tulsa Public Schools. We started. It was the first time in the nation that they’d ever heard about voluntary integration, and we had incredible coverage: ABC, we even had a television from Germany came in and televised our kids getting off the yellow school buses and going to an all-black school. Belmonte Have the uprisings in Boston against forced bussing started by this point? McDonald Sure, absolutely. 8 �Belmonte This is of course, really, abutting the national curve. McDonald Absolutely, it was just incredible. This was happening across this nation, forced bussing, in Charlotte-Mecklenburg…there was one we visited in Atlanta and certainly Boston and Delaware, Dover, Delaware. It was pretty incredible. That project was so successful that—and we worked very closely with some leadership in the black community, black ministers and some black community leaders—to really pull us up. At that point, we had sixty percent white, forty percent black, so you always had to be in the majority. That’s a key point in this whole thing. That project was so successful that then Bruce [inaudible] said, “Do you think you could do this for Carver?” As parents, we’re saying, “How do we continue this experience for our children?” A good friend of mine and myself tackled the whole reopening of Carver, and the school board said, “We’ll let you do that, but you have to recruit 150 white kids and seventy-five blacks.” I’m not sure what the number was—we had to recruit 250 and they had to be sixty percent white and forty percent black until they would reconsider reopening Carver. The other thing that was so exciting at that time in this community is that Bob LaFortune was mayor and involved in the whole urban renewal project. He said that if he thought we could do this, that he would get the money to renovate Carver. It took us a while because we didn’t have a school, we didn’t have teachers, we didn’t have principals, we just had an idea that this would work. We were successful. We got that done in October of 1972. We finished Carver in October of 1972. The courts said we could reopen Carver, we could match it, sixty percent white, forty percent black. We had our 250 students, and we would expand it to 500 the next year. Bob LaFortune came through on his promise to renovate it, and we had to hold those students until September of 1973. Then at the same time, the courts came down and said that the school system had to desegregate Booker T. Washington, and then the school board approached us as the parents and said, “Do you think you could do this on a volunteer basis?” Belmonte Is Carver a high school as well? McDonald No, it’s a middle school. We started it as an innovative middle school. It was Tulsa’s first middle school in 1972, ’73 when it opened. Part of that was because Bruce [inaudible] had been at the University of Iowa. He had done his doctorate on emerging adolescents, and how junior high schools really didn’t meet the needs of emerging adolescents. This was a project, really, that had national recognition for what it was doing for the emerging adolescents. It was very exciting. Anyway, then the school system approached us about the desegregation of Booker T. on a volunteer basis, although they had to put it in place alternative plans because they weren’t sure that it would work. Could you really get six hundred white students and 9 �six hundred black students? When we decided to go with the volunteer plan, one of the black leaders got up at the school board meeting and said, “We’re not going to do this because this is our school. The only way that we will consider that is if we have equal status. We’re asking that you go fifty-fifty.” That’s how we came up with this fifty percent ratio, which was absolutely the best thing that ever happened because when that—when the school board decided to go fifty-fifty, we went fifty-fifty at Carver and fifty-fifty at Burroughs. No one was in the majority then, and it just worked so much better. Belmonte Now, had Booker T. Washington historically been an all-black school? McDonald It was an all-black school. It was built as an all-black school. It was built to contain the black community. The black community that lived in West Tulsa was bussed past Webster, past Central to go to Booker T. The black community that lived in Altuma (?), which was a black community in South Tulsa, was bussed past Edison and Central to go to Booker T. I mean, they contained the black community in this school. It was built for segregation, as were five elementary schools, built for segregation, as Carver, built for segregation. They were built to contain the black community. Well anyway, I decided—I shared the whole thing for the development of Booker T. and the recruitment of students to go to Booker T. It was a difficult project. We hired—the principal at Hale exchanged the principalship with Granville Smith at Booker T., black and white. He recruited the faculty, and there’s a lot more history to this, but he recruited the faculty. That summer of 1973, H. J. Green and I had seventy-five meetings with parents, trying to get them to give permission for the kids to go to Booker T. When we went out to the students, the students signed up immediately, but we couldn’t do that; they’re minors. They had to have parent permission, and the parents wouldn’t sign. We soon learned that we had to do this in very small groups, that we had to really talk to parents about their fears. What did they fear? I think we see some themes developing here, that I’ve often said, as I’ve worked in the gay community, that it’s almost like I’m reliving history, because in many of the things that I’ve dealt with in the gay community are the same things that we’ve dealt with in integration, the fear of the unknown, myths. A lot of repetition of central themes in people’s prejudice. What we learned is that if we could meet with parents on a oneto-one or small group basis, we’d get their kids signed up. We eventually made it. It was August, and we were still short 167 students, white students. The black community held their petitions until I got the six hundred whites. As soon as I got the six hundreds whites, then the blacks came in. We had our 1,200 students, and the board of education voted at the last meeting in August to go with the voluntary plan. So we were set. It worked. The rest is history. 10 �Belmonte Now, do you recall—how did people approach you in the community? Did you encounter harassment through your work on these issues? McDonald Well, there were days I came home—one day I came home and had black shoe polish thrown on the front door and called “nigger lover.” Certainly some hate mail, hate messages on the phone and things like that. Belmonte Goes with the territory. Now, it sounds like you had your hems pulled in racial integration, but were you involved in other things at the same time you were doing this? McDonald Yeah. The school system hired me in 1974 because they thought they could just ride on the reputation that we’d established, but it didn’t work because the second year they almost lost it because white kids didn’t come. What we learned is that you had to do this every year. You had to sell a whole new group of parents on this whole concept of black and white, that this was a project that would work. Then the school system was also phased with a court order of desegregating its elementary schools that were built—that were segregated based on the school board policy that said as soon as your race was in the minority, you could transfer out. We had five more elementary schools to desegregate. That’s when Bruce [inaudible] asked if I wouldn’t come to work. I did not have a degree in education, and I never said I did. I developed the whole—maintained and developed the whole magnet school concept: the recruitment of students, the marketing of the school. It was a whole new idea to go out and sell a school, to market a school, to give parents choices within a public school arena. Who heard of that in 1973, ’74, ’75? We really were doing some very innovative work, and I also did lots of school volunteer programs which was parent involvement. I had a grant from the Ford Foundation in New York to do that. I was one of the founders of the national school volunteer program at the national level. I was part of the beginning of the Adopt-a-School Program with a woman from Memphis, Tennessee, and the woman from Dallas developed that whole concept of corporate involvement in public schools, which we merged as Adopt-aSchool and eventually became partners in education program, which was promoted by President Reagan. Had some national recognition from my work for doing that. President Bush, the first president, recognized me and ten other people for our work in community involvement in public schools. That was always the highlight, I think, of some of my work, is I had tea with Mrs. Bush in the White House. Then I also was president of the Girl Scout Council at the same time. I was president of the Girl Scout Council from 1976 until 1983. Belmonte How were the Girl Scouts changing in this era? 11 �McDonald Well, that was a difficult time, because this Girl Scout Council had experienced a tremendous tragedy. Had three little girls that were murdered in Camp Scott in June of 1977. That was difficult because I had made the decision that we would close the camp and move the camp because I just felt that it was important to have a new beginning in this council. We were sued. Two of the families sued the council for negligence, as well as the hunt for Gene Leroy Hart, who was subsequently mistrialed for the murders. That was a difficult time for me because I felt really responsible. I was president of the council, and you look back and think of what were things that you could have done or should have done that would have helped prevent incredible tragedy. I negotiated with the [inaudible] and asked that we move the camp to Camp Tallchief, and [inaudible] was very supportive, and the rest is history. We have an incredible camp out there, Camp Tallchief. I was just out there with four hundred little girls out there having a wonderful time…memory. [Inaudible] council survived. I went through that; I learned a lot from that. I always say grew up that day because I had never dealt with media or law enforcement, parents of lost children. I learned a lot about nonprofit management from that experience. Belmonte The women’s movement is going full tilt in other parts of the United States in the mid ’70s. When do you recall that starting to have an impact in your activist circle in Tulsa? McDonald Well, my first experience with that was the Tulsa Boys Home because I had been so involved and so successful with the junior association. I was president of the junior association. I had done their education component, and they thought that was really valuable—the men thought that was really valuable, so they asked me to be a member of the men’s board. That must have been 1972, ’73. I’m not quite sure what that year was. They couldn’t see anything wrong with that, why I couldn’t just become a member of the men’s board. That was just such an enigma to me; they just didn’t get it. “Why couldn’t you just accept that, Nancy, and be a member of—we think you’re great, and we really want you to be a part of this, but we’re known as the men’s board.” It was the board of directors—now I look at it, and there’s a president of the board of directors of the Tulsa Boys Home, a woman. You had to break that cycle. The other thing that was first—I was also a member of the Thornton Family YMCA [Young Men’s Christian Association]. Here again they thought, “Gosh, I’ve done some work down there,” so they invited me to be a member of the board, but they weren’t quite sure whether or not I, as a woman, could be a member of the board of directors of the YMCA. Could they handle that, or could they do that? It just presented a lot of controversy in the YMCA if they could invite Nancy McDonald, a woman, what would she know about the YMCA? Pardon the fact that I had two little boys that were very active at the YMCA, plus two little girls. It was just crazy. It was 12 �built as a family YMCA. I sort of broke that barrier for that because a lot of controversy in this community: whether or not they could invite a woman to be a member of the board of the YMCA. [Laughter] When you look at that, it was an experience of breaking that in the not-for-profit world. Belmonte It was around this time that TOHR is being formed, and other interviewees have suggested that you’re really starting to see a very small, public presence of the gay community in Tulsa. When do you recall first encountering gay people in your life, either prior to Tulsa and then in Tulsa subsequently? McDonald Well, you know, this was a topic that was not talked about. When I look back at my own growing up, it was not a topic of discussion. I remember Joe talking about an airman that he took care of in Turkey that he thought was probably a homosexual, and he was really—he was just concerned about—I just remember a brief conversation, and as we reflected on that conversation, he said, “I just felt that he was experiencing some really hateful messages on the base.” Another time, I remember us talking about—it was another airman that worked for Joe in surgery at MacDill Air Force Base, and just passing conversation. I was aware that there were people who were attracted to the same sex, but it wasn’t part of my experience. It’s interesting when I look back on the desegregation and the alternative education—we didn’t have that fancy term “magnet;” we called it “alternative.” I think about the kids that came looking for the alternative, and as I look back on them, many of them were gay. I didn’t consciously know that, but I knew that these were kids who needed to have a different kind of experience, who were seeking a different kind of experience for whatever reasons. Many of them talented, bright, young people but were having difficulty in their home school. Really, unbeknown to me, I was taking a lot of gay kids to Booker T., didn’t realize it at the time. But as I reflect back on it and look at it, obviously it was there. I just never, ever made that conscious connection that this was an alternative for gay kids and that maybe we should be doing something with faculty. It didn’t click for me. Yet, we had a faculty that was very sensitive to diversity. We built that school on diversity, racial integration. It wasn’t a factor—a conscious factor in my mind about an alternative for gay kids. I knew that there was something different about these kids that were coming for whatever reasons, and I can tell you story after story of individuals as I reflect back on them and how they came and were looking for an alternative but never, ever discussed their sexuality. Interesting. I really wasn’t really conscious of the gay community in Tulsa until our own daughter came out in 1985, ’86, when we started dealing with her issues, that I then began to think about…. Well, there are lots of things that happened there. Morva came out to us, and I read an article in—I can’t 13 �remember, Woman’s Day or Family Circle—written by a mother whose son was gay. I had made a reference to PFLAG [Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays], so I—January 1 of 1986 when Morva announced, “I think, Mom and Dad, I’m gay,” I looked for that article. I called the national office January 2, and they said, “There’s no one in Oklahoma, and there’s no one in Kansas.” This young woman, her name was Laura, and she said, “There’s no one in Missouri,” and she was just going down; she was just verbalizing this. She said, “There’s no one in Texas.” She said, “There’s this woman in Denver, Colorado, who I think would talk to you.” I was convinced that I was the only mother in Tulsa, Oklahoma who had a lesbian daughter. It was just—I was alone; there wasn’t anybody else. I just thought that I was the only one in the Midwest. Belmonte It certainly sounded like it. McDonald This wonderful woman, Eleanor Lou Ellen, talked to me and said, “You’re not alone,” and all that stuff. She sent me some literature, and so I certainly started reading everything that I could, learning about what our daughter was dealing with. I’m an avid reader, so I read a lot, trying to get up to speed on homosexuality and certainly about what youth were dealing with. Joe and I—Eleanor Lou Ellen and her husband came down to see us. The national organization was just really emerging; it was just starting as a national movement. She came down to see us, and she said, “Why don’t you and Joe think about developing a Tulsa chapter?” We got to thinking about, “it’s pretty obvious that we’re not the only parents in Tulsa, Oklahoma that have gay kids.” I don’t know if this is—this is probably not common knowledge, but I looked in the paper—I was always looking in the paper to see if there was any records, and one Sunday there was in the social concerns column PFLAG: call such-and-such a number. I thought, “Oh my gosh, there’s somebody else in this community.” I don’t mean this in any way to be critical. I called the number and it was a church which I had never heard of, the MCC church, Metropolitan Community Church, and a message. I left a message and said I was interested in attending the PFLAG meeting. Someone called me back and told me where it was. I thought I knew this city backwards and forwards and certainly have been all over this city as part of the school system, and I could not identify where this church was. I went out during the day to see if I could find this church. I swear to god, it was behind bushes, and it was just—I told Joe; I said, “I’m going to go.” He said, “Well, you’re not going to go alone. I’m going to go with you. I don’t know anything about this; we’re going together.” It was March, I think, and we went up to this church. We walked into this room, and it was dark. There were these little, tiny candles all over the room, so you couldn’t see these faces; you couldn’t see people’s faces. They 14 �invited us to come in and sit down, and a woman across the table said, “You’re Nancy McDonald,” and I said, “Yes.” They were showing a film— of course, this was the time of HIV/AIDS was really emerging, and it was very much a crisis. This whole group of people never introduced themselves, and it just sort of ended up [inaudible]. We weren’t quite sure what to think about all that. We went to our second meeting and had the same kind of experience, except there was a woman there who said to me, sort of in the dark, she said, “If you would take this chapter, I’ll help you. I know who you are. I’m a teacher in Tulsa Public Schools.” She said, “I’ll get back with you.” Didn’t know her name, nothing. I was out at the school the following week, and this teacher came up and said, “When are you ready to start PFLAG?” It was through her encouragement, then, that Joe and I decided independently to start a chapter. It was also then that we learned about TOHR, and we went through our meeting. Our first meeting at TOHR was at the library, and Dennis Neal was—I believe Dennis was president. I’m not quite sure about that; I think he was president. He was very active because he was organizing Tulsa’s first HIV testing clinic in west Tulsa. Jim Perry was very active in it, and Jeff Beale, but it was also kind of an interesting experience because there really wasn’t a lot of support. You know, we were parents attending it…it was okay. There’s also a lot of crying going on. We were kind of past the stage. We really were not crying about Morva; we were wanting to learn and be supportive and figure out what we can do. I’ve watched TOHR go through a lot of ups and downs and struggles. We started the PFLAG chapter. No one came to our first meeting—no, I shouldn’t say that. One young man came to our first meeting. He was a young man from Muskogee who was just coming out to his parents. Somehow he had learned about our—and came to our meeting. We had our second meeting at the library, and one of the young men said, “This is not working. People are not going to come to the library because it’s too public.” We moved it to Joe’s office, Surgicare. We held our meetings there for numbers of years. We had our support group meetings in the recovery room, the only support groups we ever had in the recovery room. The chapter just grew—incredible—until we needed to find another space. At that point, then the HIV resource center—that was probably about 1990, spring of 1990, we moved it to the conference room of the HIV resource center. That worked until the outdoor events phase, and then Russ Bennett said, “Why don’t you move PFLAG to my church?” We’ve been meeting at Fellowship Congregationalist Church since the early ’90s. Belmonte Tell us a little more about Morva’s experiences. How old was she when she came out? 15 �McDonald Well, I think as any gay or lesbian young person in the ’80s, early ’80s, and in our subsequent conversations with her, she obviously recognized that she was different, but she didn’t have the words. She didn’t have the labels for it; she didn’t know what it was. She knew that she was attracted to the same sex and experienced that in middle school: probably thirteen, fourteen, typical emerging adolescence. Realized that she wasn’t the same as her peers; she wasn’t attracted to the opposite sex, but here again, did not have the words for it, didn’t know what it was that she was dealing with. Just knew that this was something different. Moved to high school, of course, she was an excellent student, very athletic, excellent soccer player, swimmer. Went to high school and in many ways was certainly different than our other three children. She tended to be more withdrawn, quiet, although she’s five years younger than the next one, she was sort of raised almost as an only child. Wasn’t very communicative. Our other kids were much more engaged in family discussions and give and take. We always had family meals together and lots of lively discussions, and Morva tended just to kind of just stand back and watch all this, not engaging. You would ask her periodically, “Is there something you’re dealing, or you want to talk about it?” “Nope, I’m fine,” just not very communicative. She was obviously attracted to a girl in high school, frankly one that was, I found, very difficult to accept. We put some barriers in front of her that probably were not the best, appropriate. She tended to hide her sexuality by dating. She dated probably the most popular kid at Booker T. I thought he was a great son-in-law, but he was gay. That’s how these kids survived. You know, that was—I don’t think—unusual in the mid ’80s. She dated Allen for whatever they needed—proms, whatever. She went away to school; she went to Tufts. It was when she was a freshman at Tufts that she really dealt with it. Came home her freshman year and said, “Mom and Dad, I think I’m gay.” Then it’s in our ball park, so then we have to deal with it. I’m sure she felt much better; we felt lousy. That’s when we—then the rest is history; we developed PFLAG. Belmonte So you and Joe started PFLAG. Tell me a little bit about Joe’s part in a lot of your activism. It sounds like he’s been amazingly supportive. McDonald Yeah. Joe’s been absolutely fabulous. He’s always said, “I can’t do those kinds of things because of my work.” An anesthesiologist doesn’t have a lot of control over his time. He’s at the mercy of the hospital and the mercy of the surgeons, but he’s tremendously supportive of what we did and what I was all about and was very much a part of PFLAG. He’s done the support groups for years and years and years. He took a little break from it for a while, but he’s back doing it again. In some ways, Joe’s not very patient with parents. He said, “Get over it. This is a fact. Your child is who she is; she’s been here—she’s been very honest with you and open with you, given you a tremendous gift of honesty. Let us help you understand that. Let us 16 �help you understand homosexuality, but then let’s get beyond that and figure out what we can do collectively and make it better for our kids.” Joe has a lot of empathy but not a lot of patience with people. I think as anybody knows, he’s always there, many times doing a lot of the gut work that people don’t always see or appreciate. I often think about—Joe and I have done PFLAG almost for twenty years, and it’s Joe McDonald that sets it up and takes it down, puts away things, and just does that kind of work. That’s just—that’s our roles. Belmonte Describe to me how the chapter developed. You began mingling with the support groups. Is that correct? McDonald Yeah. Traditionally, if any PFLAG chapter grows, it grows out of support. You have a support group that comes together to offer that support for one another, and it’s really helpful for parents to talk to parents. It’s also helpful for gay and lesbians to talk to parents about what they’re dealing with and how they’re dealing with it and for parents to be available for gays and lesbians who are coming out to talk about what they can expect from parents, how to prepare them for what parents may respond and how they may respond. We were really—interesting enough—and I can’t tell you exactly—we must have been probably the fourteenth or fifteenth chapter organized in the country in PFLAG, so we’re really one of the first. We were right on the brink of support because traditionally, that’s all PFLAG did, was to come together and support. I’ve been very controversial at the national level because I said PFLAG had to move beyond that. PFLAG had to move beyond getting together and holding hands and crying because we had gay and lesbian kids, that we needed to move beyond that and think about how we could make the world better for them. It really, in many ways, although I was not alone, it was another faction within PFLAG that moved PFLAG toward its three-pronged admission that we articulated that we would offer support, support always, in any way that we could, but that we would also be much more aggressive in educating ourselves and the broader community, and that we would finally get involved in advocacy. It was in the late ’80s that a new mission was hammered out for PFLAG, which was to support, to educate, and to advocate on behalf of our GLBT kids. I was sort of at that brink of just making that move in PFLAG. They were moving from what I said, a mom and pop organization run strictly by volunteers, to a national organization with a national presence, with a national stat. I became active in PFLAG at the national level probably 198— very shortly after I started the chapter, ’88, maybe. I forget. Dates just kind of mesh, ’88 maybe. I had gone to the Seattle conference. Joe and I went to our first PFLAG national conference, encouraged my Morva. Morva went with us to the PFLAG conference in Detroit, Michigan, and she met us 17 �there. We had a wonderful time. I think it was the first time that all three of us could be really open and honest in an environment that was supportive. Then the second conference we went to was in Seattle, Washington, and it was so disorganized. It just was not functioning. They asked me if I would be a regional director, and I took that position. I subsequently developed chapters in Kansas, chapters in Oklahoma, and chapters in Texas, chapters in New Mexico, chapters in Colorado, really became active in Colorado in amendment two, organized that year fifteen chapters in Colorado in response to amendment two. Organized chapters in Casper, Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyoming. I’ve done a lot of organizing: Dallas, San Antonio, Houston. Belmonte What do you think the biggest challenge is you’ve faced in your PFLAG work has been? McDonald The homophobia, the bigotry at the national level by our national leaders. It’s pretty incredible. I testified in congress on ENDA [The Employee NonDiscrimination Act]; I testified on Defense of Marriage Act. I never experienced such incredible hate as I did on the Defense of Marriage Act, the judicial panel. I was on the panel with Andrew Sullivan and with Elizabeth Birch. I think we both know that those were incredible individuals. I saw them just brought to tears by their questioning. You know, I think it was that point I really realized the incredible power of PFLAG because I was the third panel member. I went before the judicial committee, and the environment just changed; it was quiet. You could have heard a pin drop in the room that day. I introduced myself as a mother and a grandmother, and they could identify with that. Hyde, Representative Henry Hyde, was—you know, he said some horrible things, but I’m really proud of that. I never flinched in that. I never lost my composure. Although we lost that Defense of Marriage Act, and Steve Largent was the author, I think in some ways, we began to see the tide turning just a little bit. I testified on the first Employment Non-Discrimination Act with Representative—from New Jersey— Belmonte --D’Amato? McDonald D’Amato. Belmonte From New York. McDonald From New York. [Inaudible] That was a difficult one also, but he was really just, at that point, on a fact-finding mission in that hearing. Then I testified in the House of Representatives again, which was not as difficult as the—the most difficult one was the Defense of Marriage Act. That was really difficult. I think when you asked what are the challenges, the challenges are you just continue to pound away and trying to educate people, educate the 18 �people who are the decision makers and policy makers; that’s where it is. Simple. Belmonte Right. Let’s backtrack in some of the advocacy efforts that the PFLAG chapter in Tulsa has taken on at the local level. I know, for instance, you guys were involved in some issues with the library in the mid ’90s. McDonald Well, we had a lot—the library really didn’t want to have a display of gay and lesbian materials, books, et cetera. We had to go before the library board of trustees. We had some support from the board of trustees, from individual members who then said, “Well, this is blatant discrimination, and they ought to be allowed to have a display.” Our first display was the Ku Klux Klan was in town. Although we were not the original intent of the Ku Klux Klan coming, they learned about our library display and demonstrated in front of the library. It was a pretty incredible experience to look at the Ku Klux Klan in their hoods and to hear such hate. You realize this was the Ku Klux Klan; I mean, this was awful. They denounced our exhibit, but that barrier was broken. We handled that; we just had a display. There was not one complaint filed about our display. We’ve had—this is our fourth year. We have it every other year, so it’s eight years since we’ve done that. We have always met with the editorial board in the Tulsa world. I’ve always felt that it’s much better to be pro-active than after-the-fact. Whenever I felt that there was an issue that they needed to be aware of or that they needed—that we needed to bring attention of the editorial board, I called for a meeting, and they’ve always been receptive. Never once have they ever turned me down. Then I went to the editorial board before I started PFLAG and told them what I was going to do because as a community leader, I’ve certainly had a lot of exposure to the editorial board, and I just knew that was the thing to do. I just knew that it was so much better to meet with them and that they’d have a level of trust and respect for me if I did that. Took on advertising department of Tulsa World. PFLAG chapter changed their policies about—could not buy an ad that used the word gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or homosexual in an ad. I took them to task for that, and after—that would be four or five years, finally got that policy changed so we could run an ad. We ran our first project, Open Mind, and could not use those words in the ad that we even paid for. It was a 7,000 dollar ad, and we couldn’t use the words that we wanted to. We certainly have done that. We certainly were involved in Tulsa’s second try to change the [inaudible] policies of the city of Tulsa, served on that subcommittee of the Tulsa Human Rights Commission. I’ve lost track of the number of presentations that PFLAG has made to churches and civic groups and organizations, and schools, and all of that, and the educational outreach. Call that advocacy, you could call it education; it’s all about changing policies. Certainly 19 �changed the Tulsa Public School’s policies on the inclusion of Title IX and discrimination against gays and lesbians, harassment policies. Went before the executive committee of Tulsa Public Schools, and those were changed immediately. There was no trouble, which was very fortunate. John Thompson did it. We were very fortunate. Belmonte What do you think are the biggest issues facing the local GLBT community now? McDonald Well, the biggest one is, of course, the constitutional amendment—the proposed Oklahoma constitutional amendment. Personally, I don’t think there’s any chance of it being defeated; I think that if it’s defeated, it will have to be in a technicality withdrawn from the ballot. Nevertheless, you have to put every effort to making that you educate as many people as possible that this is wrong. This is institutionalized discrimination. It’s wrong. We live in a state that, unfortunately, is very conservative and [inaudible]. Belmonte Has the PFLAG chapter had any success in being racially inclusive? This is an issue that TOHR has never been successful with. McDonald No, we have not. There’s hope, but we’ve not been successful at the national level with PFLAG. This has been a big issue. I think what you have to do is you have to recognize the fact that you’re dealing with different cultures. The African American community is not—it’s not part of their culture to have support groups to get together to talk about their gay and lesbian kids. It’s just not going to happen. I mean, we’ve learned that the hard way. You have to look at a different avenue of delivering information and education to a culture, be it Hispanic, be it Native American, be it African American. You know, the Caucasians, we like to get together, hold hands, and talk about it. That’s not true for the black community. That’s not true in the Hispanic or the Asian American community. What we’ve seen happen is that we have seen the Latino, Hispanic, African American, Asian American people come together to design what it is they need within this arena of support, education, and advocacy. It takes different forms. We learn from the Asian American community that for them, it’s best to have a video that they check out and take home and watch. We’ve learned with the African American community that it’s important to find a religious community that’s supportive and that perhaps through that religious community—I learned this from the Reverend Tim McDonald, who is one of Martin Luther King’s followers in Atlanta and the minister at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. I met with him when I was national president, and he really taught me a lot about how to work within the African American community to try to reach them with PFLAG’s mission. He said if you can identify African American religious leaders who 20 �understand your message, then they in turn then can help you identify your parent support group or define it. In Tulsa—and here again, I think this happened certainly because I—it may be my own ego, but credibility within the black community—so that I could go to some of the black ministers and talk to them about homosexuality. Consequently, they were willing to meet with us, so we had a meeting—I took two young, African American gay men with me. We had two absolutely incredible meetings with them just these past couple months. Did we change any ideas or any of their attitudes? Yes and no. What did emerge out of there was interesting; we identified a minister who was very supportive and who took our video, “All in the Family,” which is a video produced by [inaudible]—I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but it’s wonderful. It has, interesting enough, a native Tulsan, whose name is going to escape me now. He’s a professor of African American studies at Harvard, just moved to Princeton— Belmonte Cornel West. McDonald Cornel West. He’s a graduate of Booker T. He’s on the video, and so some of these black ministers knew him, which was very interesting. Anyway, one of the black ministers said, “You know, I think what we could do, Nancy, is we could do a PFLAG chapter in North Tulsa, and I’m willing to host it.” You know, you never know. Sometimes things happen. I was at a meeting a couple months ago for the League of Women Voters, and an African American woman came up to me, who I’ve known for thirty-seven years, and she said, “I need to talk to you, Nancy.” When anybody says that, I know what I’m going to deal with. She said—her son happened to be our son’s roommate at Harvard—and she said, “I need to tell you that my son is gay. You’re the first person I’ve told outside of the family,” and she said, “and I need to find a new church.” She said, “Because I can’t go to this church anymore because every time I go to church, this minister stands up and talks about how awful homosexuals are.” She said, “I can’t stand it anymore because my son’s wonderful, and he’s a physician in Chicago.” She said, “You know how bright he is.” “I know.” I said, “Well, why don’t you go to this church?” knowing darn good and well I was setting her up because now I have a minister and a mother. I’m going to meet with them this week about starting a chapter. I think maybe this might be how we get it going because over the years, I’ve collected all of these names of these African American parents who have called, many of whom I know, but who feel alone and isolated and not willing to come out. Maybe, it just may be that I can get them together now with this woman who’s—everybody knows in this community, and she’s willing to step up. That might work. I don’t know. 21 �Belmonte Worth a try. McDonald Worth a try, but it will have to be done very quietly. I don’t care. As long as it’s there and it’s servicing the needs of people, it will gain momentum and slowly, slowly gain enough confidence to be open enough. What’s that timeline? I don’t know. Belmonte You’ve described some positive experience with religious leaders in this community, and I can’t imagine you haven’t had many negative ones. Can you just tell us a little more about some of the resistance you have gotten? McDonald Well, it’s interesting. There’s certainly been some resistance publicly. One from a minister of a denomination here in Tulsa who’s, interesting enough, was a roommate of the president of the Houston PFLAG chapter, who’s also a minister, Methodist minister. Now I’ve given it away, haven’t I? Don’s son was murdered in Houston. He became very active in the PFLAG chapter in Houston. His roommate is the minister in Tulsa. This minister—every time we go to this church, he will not deal with me. He’ll refer me down to his assistants. He doesn’t want to recognize or will he take a stand on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people in this community. He’s wellthought of in this community; he’s a religious leader in this community, but he will not touch this subject. I always—sometimes it feels sort of devious. He’s been very active in another organization, a not-for-profit organization and just finished his leadership, and I wrote him a thank-you because he did an incredible job as a leader. He wrote back to me, and he said, “Nancy, I appreciate your note of thanks,” but he said, “I want to tell you, and it means a lot to me because I really respect all that you have done in this community on behalf of gay people.” That’s one-on-one, you see. He can deal with that, but publicly, in his denomination, he just can’t make that bridge. What do you do? Another Baptist minister. Well, I have to tell you, I was scared to death to go see. Absolutely scared to death, because this man is powerful, he is well-known in this community, he sits on the board of trustees at Hillcrest Hospital with me for twelve years. I went to see William about Project Open Mind, and I was scared because this man is incredible; everybody respects him. I got into his office, and he was sitting in his office with his arms folded, and I thought, “Oh, this is going to be awful.” He kept talking, and I kept talking about Project Open Mind with this other PFLAG member who was a member of his church. He finally leaned forward, and he said, “Let me tell you something, Nancy,” and I knew it was just going to be awful. He said, “I want to tell you something. I have a lesbian sister. I can’t do anything from my pulpit, but what do you want me to do individually?” I think that in some ways just tells you what the challenges are within the denom. It’s the denominational challenge collectively. It’s their doctrine, their dogma. 22 �There are not strong enough individuals or enough individuals to raise the questions or make the challenge. Will it come? I don’t know. That’s just sort of how I see it. They operate out here individually. I believe they know what’s right, and yet they do not have enough courage or backbone to step up and make a difference. It takes a real special individual to do that. It’s their job, it’s their denomination, it’s—defines them, and they’re not really willing to buck it. Belmonte Moving to another subject, some of our interviewees have talked a lot about a club called Zipper’s that existed in the ’80s here, and there used to be a lot of police harassment of people who went to this club. You and I discussed privately that—your relation with the Tulsa Police Department. Has PFLAG encountered a lot of victims of hate crimes, and how has PFLAG tried to work with the police department? McDonald I think we’ve seen tremendous changes in the police department, incredible changes within the police department, part of it because of Drew Diamond, part of it I think was a change in the culture of the police department as a whole. I think we have—as an organization, certainly we’re aware of harassment: we’ve had some calls on the help line, we’ve had some calls from individual families of kids being harassed by police with their driving on Memorial or 11th Street or wherever. Here again, I think we’ve had some good relations with the police department, where we can call them and talk to them about it and have some of those issues addressed. I still think there’s a lot of work to be done in the police department, and part of it is in their training program. They use a program—a canned program—out of Dallas called Pace. It’s really very vague; it doesn’t talk about specifics of cultures, and we need to make it much more relevant for police officers. Had some conversations with Chief Dean about it. There’s a lot of inertia right now with the police department and Bill LaFortune, and the race relations committee has been abandoned. He’s organizing a new kind of commission under the auspices of the mayor’s office. Chief Dean will talk to me a little bit about it. I’m not sure where that’s happening. Belmonte Jenny, can you think of any areas that we didn’t touch on? Davis Well, I noticed that you’re experienced in the medical field. How hard is it for a GLBT person in Tulsa to find a supportive doctor or someone that they can talk to about—have you run into that? McDonald There’s evidence, the documents. There’s evidence in the needs assessment that we’ve just completed, the Tulsa Reaches Out needs assessment, which has some specific questions about their physicians. Difficult, which points to the need that there will have to be some work done in the medical society in raising the level of awareness of their gay and lesbian clientele. It’s documented; it’s there. 23 �Belmonte Is there anything you’d like to add? McDonald I could go on and on, Laura. (Laughter) A thousand and one things. Belmonte We appreciate your time. Thank you. That concludes this interview. ------- End of interview ------- Addendum (Dennis Neill January 14, 2026) Nancy McDonald of Tulsa, Oklahoma June 4, 1936 - October 24, 2023 Nancy McDonald, a longtime Tulsa community volunteer and activist, died Tuesday. She was 87. A celebration of life will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. 12 at All Souls Unitarian Church, with a reception to follow. Per McDonald’s wishes, her family invites everyone attending the reception to bring homemade cookies. Known for her vision and tenacity, McDonald was a force for change in Tulsa for well over 50 years, embracing a variety of causes including public school integration, the arts and LGBTQ rights. Notably with the latter, her influence extended throughout Oklahoma and beyond. McDonald and her husband, Joe, were the founders of the Tulsa chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, the first in Oklahoma, and she later served as president of the national PFLAG organization. It was during her tenure as president, in 1998, that the organization extended its mission to include transgender people. McDonald was active on a state and national level in promoting legislation that advanced LGBTQ rights. And when a proposed law threatened that advancement, she was there to fight it. That included testifying before Congress in 1996 in opposition to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Toby Jenkins, former director of Oklahomans for Equality, said McDonald was a source of needed encouragement for her fellow LGBTQ rights advocates, assuring them that “incrementally, bit by bit, relationships would form and change would come.” “Nancy taught us to show respect and civility to everyone, even if they were hateful to you,” Jenkins said. “If they spoke that way, she believed it was just that their hearts and minds had not been opened or challenged. Eventually the change of heart would come. I will miss that most about her.” A Nebraska native and graduate of the University of Nebraska, McDonald moved to Tulsa with her family in 1966. She didn’t waste any time getting involved in her new community. As a parent of school-age children and PTA member, she joined a small group of Tulsa Public Schools parents in helping with voluntary integration, starting with Burroughs Elementary School. Then, in 1973, district officials turned to McDonald to help integrate Booker T. Washington High School. 24 �Chairing a committee for volunteer recruitment, McDonald led the successful effort to recruit white student volunteers to attend the previously all-Black school, holding a series of meetings with students and parents. Her volunteering led to a full-time job with TPS, coordinating volunteers and leading the further development of the magnet school concept. Motivating more community volunteers to get involved in their public schools was at the heart of McDonald’s love for the Partners in Education program. She participated in a related White House Symposium and wrote the guidelines for PIE groups that were published as a book. She remained involved with PIE through the end of her life. McDonald was also passionate about scouting. She was a former board member and president of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma. In that role, she helped guide the organization through the tumultuous time following the 1977 murders of three girls at summer camp. McDonald was recipient of a number of honors and awards. They included induction into the Tulsa Hall of Fame and the dedication of the Nancy & Joe McDonald Rainbow Library in her and her husband’s honor at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. McDonald’s commitment to the LGBTQ cause began in the 1980s when one of her daughters came out as a lesbian. The experience of supporting her daughter would shape McDonald, and later she became a mother figure to many LGBTQ people who found themselves facing alienation from friends and family. “We called her ‘everybody’s mother,’” Jenkins said. “She was a surrogate parent for so many whose families had rejected them or had not accepted or understood them. There are national LGBTQ leaders who came out of Oklahoma who Nancy mentored about family relationships.” And her motherly influence didn’t end with the LGBTQ community, Jenkins said. “If anyone was marginalized, it became her cause,” he said. Morva McDonald, McDonald’s daughter, said her mother was “just so good at seeing every individual.” “At her core, she was always trying her best to help people be seen, be recognized for who they were. And that’s what allowed her to reach across so many different causes and arenas.” “The issue for her was always helping people be seen. It was a tremendous gift.” For her mother, part of valuing people as individuals included helping them find ways to participate, Morva added. “That’s why we’re asking people to bring homemade cookies to the reception. It was her idea. Baking was a favorite activity of Mom’s with her grandchildren. “Even at the end she was thinking about how everyone could share and participate.” McDonald’s survivors include her husband, Joe McDonald; four children, JoElyn Newcomb, Paul McDonald, Jason McDonald and Morva McDonald; eight grandchildren; a brother, Howard Nellor; and a sister, Sharlene Clatanoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Foundation for Tulsa Schools’ Partners in Education program. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Nancy McDonald, please click here to visit our sympathy store. 25 �Services Celebration of Life Sunday, November 12, 2023 4:00 PM All Souls Unitarian Church 2952 S. Peoria Ave Tulsa, OK 74114 26 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Series] Oral Histories Project > Interviews Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 7, Folder 7 - Dr. Leisa Meyer Program<br />Box 7, Folder 8 - Interviewees Materials, Original Series 2003-2007<br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2004] Nancy McDonald Interview Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 18, 2004 Description An account of the resource Video recording and transcript of oral history interview with Laura Belmonte on July 18, 2004. Nancy was born in Omaha, Nebraska and raised on a farm near Beemer, Nebraska. She graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Medical Technology. She married Joe McDonald when he was a senior in medical school. They worked with the Air Force in medical fields for 10 years and settled in Tulsa in 1966 where Joe continued his medical practice. While facing a great deal of pushback, In the early 1970’s , Nancy became one of the leaders of the successful effort to voluntarily integrate the Tulsa Public Schools. She was further involved in the public sphere as head of the Girl Scout Council when 3 girls were murdered at Camp Scott in 1977. She became involved with the Tulsa Boy’s Home where Joe and Nancy soon helped raise the first Afro-American boy admitted to the home. They helped him through school and as a star player on the University of Tulsa Basketball team. Joe and Nancy became involved in the Tulsa LGBT scene as one of their daughters came out in 1986. At that time, Nancy had recently learned of PFLAG and set about creating a Tulsa chapter. Soon after, she became aware of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights and its work addressing the AIDS crisis. With Joe’s support, she developed a very effective chapter and served as national president of PFLAG and also served on the board of TOHR. She testified before the U.S. Congress against the Defense of Marriage Act. She arranged for pride month displays at the downtown Tulsa City- County Library and led so many other efforts to improve education, children’s welfare, LGBTQ+ acceptance and the work to support open and affirming churches as noted in the interview. An addendum to her transcript includes an obituary as Nancy passed on October 23, 2023. Her beloved and constant supporter Joe McDonald, passed on February 12, 2026. Subject The topic of the resource Nancy McDonald Oral History Project Interview from July 18, 2004 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nancy McDonald, Laura Belmonte, Dennis Neill 2004 AIDS AIDS/HIV Air Force Defense of Marriage Act Girl Scouts HIV/AIDs interview Joe McDonald Laura A. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1996] National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Files Subject The topic of the resource Advocacy Description An account of the resource Files related to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. 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Title A name given to the resource [1995-1996] NGLTF - Media Releases Description An account of the resource 15 pages of various media/press releases from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:<br /><br />- NGLTF Applauds Congressional Passage of Church Arson Prevention Act; Permanently Reauthorizes Hate Crime Statistics Act (2 pages)<br /><br />- Barney Frank to Analyze Presidential Election at Ninth Annual Creating Change Conference; Writer/Artist/Activist June Jordan to Deliver First Annual Vito Russo Lecture on Art &amp; Politics (2 pages)<br /><br />- The Marriage Debate by John D'Emilio (3 pages)<br /><br />- Attorney General Reno Responds to Task Force Inquiry; Assures NGLTF That Anti-Lesbian Bias is Being Considered in Slayings of Women in Shenandoah National Park (3 pages, includes Reno's response letter)<br /><br />- 1996 State Marriage Legislation; Real Discrimination, Real Rights and Responsibilities (2 pages)<br /><br />- NGLTF Urges Attorney General Reno to Intervene in Wake of Murders on Appalachian Trail; Asks Confirmation that Possible Anti-Lesbian Bias is Explored by Investigators (3 pages, includes Melinda Paras' letter to Reno) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 20, 1995 - June 27, 1996 Subject The topic of the resource 1995-1996 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Media and Press Releases Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Melinda Paras, Tracey Conaty, John D'Emilio, Janet Reno 1995 1996 1996 Creating Change Conference 1st Annual Vito Russo Memorial Lecture 9th Annual Creating Change Conference arson Attorney General Janet Reno Barney Frank Carmen Vasquez church Church Arson Prevention Act Church Arson Prevention Act 1996 Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 churches conference Congress Creating Change Creating Change Conference Creating Change Conference 1996 Defense of Marriage Act First Annual Vito Russo Memorial Lecture Gay marriage gay marriage ban hate crime hate crime bill Hate crime legislation Hate Crime Statistics Act Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) HCSA Janet Reno John D'Emilio Julianne Williams Julie Williams June Jordan Laura Winans LGBT marriage Lollie Winans marriage equality Melinda Paras Murder National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) NGLTF NGLTF Creating Change Conference Ninth Annual Creating Change Conference press release same sex marriage same-sex marriage Shenandoah National Park Shenandoah National Park murders Sue Hyde Tracey Conaty Vito Russo Memorial Lecture Vito Russo Memorial Lecture on Art and Politics https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/a0f991d6b3c8cc1eef52b0034cfbded1.pdf 4d5c79f2c9a6b5525ea5c7b3e83c8ed8 PDF Text Text �� Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Cover Subject The topic of the resource 1993 March on Washington For Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation Description An account of the resource Cover of media packet for 1993 March on Washington Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource National March on Washington Committee Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available National March on Washington Committee Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 25, 1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Folder Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant March on Washington Activism 1993 National March on Washington Committee Relation A related resource 1993 March on Washington Media Kit Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/files/show/2043 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/6d41686965aca86263031b6bb5d4486b.pdf 12d3c18d082f3f8c919f89f1f6322cd6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Calendar of Events Subject The topic of the resource 1993 National March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation Description An account of the resource Calendar of events for 1993 National March on Washington. 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Hutchings Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum American Civil Liberties Union Delta Lambda Phi Washington Project for the Arts National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association Holocaust Museum Raul Wallenberg Plaza Gay and Lesbian Pilots Association GLAD Asians and Friends Human Rights Campaign Fund The Experience NABWMT Gay Men's Chorus of Washington ACMOW Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer Whitman Walker Lesbian Health Services Fantastic Realities Prince Georges County Zip Code Neighbors Dance Place ECBN Radical Faerie People with Disabilities Community Congregation Bet Mishpachah Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association National Organization of Women Bon Vivant Capital Metropolitan Rainbow Alliance Carlene Cheatham Nalty, Comic with AIDS Dulles Triangles National Coalition of Drag Entertainers Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America National Coalition Building Institute March on Washington Transgender Caucus Wheaton College of Illinois Outsider Productions Gay Committee of the Smithsonian STAR Log Cabin Club Gay Spirit Meditation Coalition Capital Metropolitan Rainbow Alliance ECBN BiNet-USA AmBi Washington Blade League for Lesbian and Gay Prisoners Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns American University Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community Lesbian Health Services of Whitman-Walker and Women's Education Team of the Northwest AIDS Foundation Northwest AIDS Foundation Asian Pacifica Lesbian Network Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Network DC Frontrunners Shanti Project San Francisco AIDS Foundation Lyon-Martin Women's Health Service The Women's Building/Edificio de Mujeres Metropolitan Community Church Community United Against Violence Operation Concern Continuum HIV Day Services DC Sports Association International Conference on Transgender law and Employment Policy Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition Queer nation Ellipse AIDS, Medicine and Miracles of Boulder, Co. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gay-Rights March Organizers Say 1 Million May Participate Subject The topic of the resource 1993 March on Washington Description An account of the resource Washington Post article covering the planned 1993 March on Washington. 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Title A name given to the resource Our Time Has Come Subject The topic of the resource 1993 March on Washington Description An account of the resource Newspaper released by the March on Washington committee. Includes calendar of events, local march and national steering committee listings, travel information, merchandise order form, registration form, sponsored advertisements, pictures, cartoons, lobbying information, and articles about the upcoming march. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Newspaper Project of the March on Washington Committee Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 25, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Billy Hileman Deborah Bell Leslie Ewing Jason Heffner Dan Kaufman Liz Magill Linda Wheeler Eric E. Rofes Donna Minkowitz Susan Slohm Victor Raymond Laura M. Perez Derek Charles Livingston Loree Cook-Daniels Pat Hussain Phylis Randolph Frye Michael Broder Gil Aurellano Susan YF Chen Constance Ratliff-Campbell Danny Blitz Relation A related resource 1993 March on Washington Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Billy Hileman Deborah Bell Leslie Ewing Jason Heffner Dan Kaufman Liz Magill Linda Wheeler Eric E. Rofes Donna Minkowitz Susan Slohm Victor Raymond Laura M. 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Description An account of the resource A poster from Neff Brewing advertising a fundraiser for the repainting of the Lynn Riggs Theater mural. The poster states that 5% of all taproom sales during the event will to be donated to the Equality Center. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Neff Brewing Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Oklahomans for Equality (OkEq) Dennis R. 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A visitation is planned from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ninde Brookside Funeral Home. Rex, graduated at the age of 16 valedictorian of his class at Kemper Military School. He then attended Oklahoma State University obtaining his Bachelor's Degree in architecture. His education continued at MIT where he obtained a Master of Architecture degree. He served two terms on the University of Oklahoma's Board of Visitors for the College of Architecture (regional and city planning, landscape architecture, construction management). His artwork is in the permanent collections of his alma maters, OSU and MIT. Rex was married to Margie Crowley Ball in 1960, with whom he shared many good times, many laughs, and four wonderful daughters. The couple began their married life in Oklahoma City where he began his career following in his father's footsteps at HTB, Inc. an international architecture-engineering-planning firm. They then moved to Tulsa where he founded the Tulsa branch in 1962. In 1976 Rex became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, one of the youngest up to that time to have earned the Institute's highest honor. Marge and Rex's union ended in 1983, but they remained close friends until his death. Rex met Stephen Edwards in Oklahoma City in 1984. The same day they formed an inexplicable connection, a beautiful relationship that has endured for 26 years. Their connection was so complete that they finished each other's sentences and heard each other's thoughts. Through their bond, Rex gained a 5th wonderful daughter. Rex and Stephen have traveled the world sharing their love of architecture, interior design, and their zest for life. On the 24th day of October 2008 they were finally able to legally marry in Palm Springs. Mr. Ball has uniquely served as President of the local AIA Chapters in both Tulsa and Oklahoma City, as well as the State Council. He is a registered planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). He has served on the Board of Directors of both Tulsa and Oklahoma City Chambers of Commerce. Within the U.S. Mr. Ball has involved himself directly in a number of award-winning designs which utilized the public/private partnership concept: the National Press Building in Washington, D.C. with the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, One Bell Central in Oklahoma City, the ingenious Mid-Continent Tower in Tulsa, and the Tulsa Community College conversion of the Sinclair Building and Central High School Shops. All of these illustratively incorporate the design values of accessibility and people-orientation that are Ball's trademarks. Mr. Ball's intense interest in our Nation's urban areas found expression through personal participation on committees in Tulsa and on similar committees within the National Trust for Historic Preservation/Preservation Oklahoma, the American Consulting Engineers council, the U.S. Jaycees, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) national component and local chapters, and the Society of American Military Engineers of which he was a sustaining member. In 1994, Ball was appointed by President Clinton to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. He had also chaired the White house Small Business Conference's https://ninde.com/tribute-ajax/print-obituary.html?id=1539 1/2 �1/31/25, 1:25 PM ninde.com/tribute-ajax/print-obituary.html?id=1539 Federal Procurement Task Force, in addition to being listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. In 1994, after 37 years of professional practice, he became Chairman Emeritus of HTB, Inc. HTB has since been purchased by Dewberry Design, Inc. Right up to his death, Mr. Ball was in popular demand as a speaker, panelist, and author. Consistently honored by his peers during his 12-year tenure as CEO of HTB, the firm received over 50 awards nationally and locally. His honors include the Governor's Business in the Arts Award, the Curt Schwartz Business in the Arts Award, and the Gannet Foundation's Five Who Care Humanitarian Award for long-standing commitment to economic development, education, cultural enrichment as well as efforts to help the handicapped and the needy. In November 1995, OSU singled him out for its Distinguished Alumnus Award for significant service plus personal and professional achievements. In recent years, he has focused his attention on Tulsa's magnificent collection of Art Deco buildings by chairing the 6th World Congress on Art Deco; was chair of the International Coalition of Art Deco Societies; former president of the Tulsa Historic Preservation Commission; co-founder and president of the Tulsa Art Deco Society. In addition , Rex was a founding commissioner and chairman of the Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority and a member and former president of Downtown Tulsa Unlimited. Rex is remembered as a devoted friend, loving husband, father and grandfather, who will be dearly missed. Rex is survived by his husband, Stephen Edwards, his daughters, Julie Kay Willingham, Linda Carol Ball, Sharon Louise Corbin and her husband, Clarence, Renee Marie Boehnen and her husband, Craig (all of the Dallas area) and Tiffany Gail Bjorlie and her husband, Jeremy of Tulsa; his grandchildren, Michael Ball, Cheyenne Corbin, Elyse Glass, Serene Corbin, Derek Corbin, Matthew Willingham, Aleigha Boehnen and Josh Corbin; his children's mother, Marge Crowley Ball; his special friends, Dwight Kealieher, Mike Tedrick, Steve Aberson and Brent Ortolani. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Sarah Mae (Kellner) Ball and his brother, Leonard Frank Ball. Rex left his body peacefully, family by his side, with Stephen holding him and singing the show tunes that Rex famously adored. https://ninde.com/tribute-ajax/print-obituary.html?id=1539 2/2 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Series] Oklahoma LGBT+ History > In Memoriam Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <h1 class="print-name">Rex Ball</h1> <p class="print-obituary obituary-plain-text">Rex Martin Ball was born June 14th, 1934 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of Ralph Martin and Sarah Mae (Kellner) Ball. Rex, an internationally known architect, urban designer, and champion of historic preservation efforts is also remembered as a beloved mentor and staunch human rights advocate, who was as intent on improving the lives around him as he was on improving society.<br /><br />A memorial service is set for 11 a.m. Friday at the Boston Avenue United Methodist Church. A visitation is planned from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ninde Brookside Funeral Home.<br /><br />Rex, graduated at the age of 16 valedictorian of his class at Kemper Military School. He then attended Oklahoma State University obtaining his Bachelor's Degree in architecture. His education continued at MIT where he obtained a Master of Architecture degree. He served two terms on the University of Oklahoma's Board of Visitors for the College of Architecture (regional and city planning, landscape architecture, construction management). His artwork is in the permanent collections of his alma maters, OSU and MIT.<br /><br />Rex was married to Margie Crowley Ball in 1960, with whom he shared many good times, many laughs, and four wonderful daughters. The couple began their married life in Oklahoma City where he began his career following in his father's footsteps at HTB, Inc. an international architecture-engineering-planning firm. They then moved to Tulsa where he founded the Tulsa branch in 1962. In 1976 Rex became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, one of the youngest up to that time to have earned the Institute's highest honor. Marge and Rex's union ended in 1983, but they remained close friends until his death. Rex met Stephen Edwards in Oklahoma City in 1984. The same day they formed an inexplicable connection, a beautiful relationship that has endured for 26 years. Their connection was so complete that they finished each other's sentences and heard each other's thoughts. Through their bond, Rex gained a 5th wonderful daughter. Rex and Stephen have traveled the world sharing their love of architecture, interior design, and their zest for life. On the 24th day of October 2008 they were finally able to legally marry in Palm Springs.<br /><br />Mr. Ball has uniquely served as President of the local AIA Chapters in both Tulsa and Oklahoma City, as well as the State Council. He is a registered planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). He has served on the Board of Directors of both Tulsa and Oklahoma City Chambers of Commerce.<br /><br />Within the U.S. Mr. Ball has involved himself directly in a number of award-winning designs which utilized the public/private partnership concept: the National Press Building in Washington, D.C. with the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, One Bell Central in Oklahoma City, the ingenious Mid-Continent Tower in Tulsa, and the Tulsa Community College conversion of the Sinclair Building and Central High School Shops. All of these illustratively incorporate the design values of accessibility and people-orientation that are Ball's trademarks. Mr. Ball's intense interest in our Nation's urban areas found expression through personal participation on committees in Tulsa and on similar committees within the National Trust for Historic Preservation/Preservation Oklahoma, the American Consulting Engineers council, the U.S. Jaycees, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) national component and local chapters, and the Society of American Military Engineers of which he was a sustaining member. In 1994, Ball was appointed by President Clinton to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. He had also chaired the White house Small Business Conference's Federal Procurement Task Force, in addition to being listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. In 1994, after 37 years of professional practice, he became Chairman Emeritus of HTB, Inc. HTB has since been purchased by Dewberry Design, Inc.<br /><br />Right up to his death, Mr. Ball was in popular demand as a speaker, panelist, and author. Consistently honored by his peers during his 12-year tenure as CEO of HTB, the firm received over 50 awards nationally and locally. His honors include the Governor's Business in the Arts Award, the Curt Schwartz Business in the Arts Award, and the Gannet Foundation's Five Who Care Humanitarian Award for long-standing commitment to economic development, education, cultural enrichment as well as efforts to help the handicapped and the needy. In November 1995, OSU singled him out for its Distinguished Alumnus Award for significant service plus personal and professional achievements. In recent years, he has focused his attention on Tulsa's magnificent collection of Art Deco buildings by chairing the 6th World Congress on Art Deco; was chair of the International Coalition of Art Deco Societies; former president of the Tulsa Historic Preservation Commission; co-founder and president of the Tulsa Art Deco Society. In addition , Rex was a founding commissioner and chairman of the Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority and a member and former president of Downtown Tulsa Unlimited.<br /><br />Rex is remembered as a devoted friend, loving husband, father and grandfather, who will be dearly missed. Rex is survived by his husband, Stephen Edwards, his daughters, Julie Kay Willingham, Linda Carol Ball, Sharon Louise Corbin and her husband, Clarence, Renee Marie Boehnen and her husband, Craig (all of the Dallas area) and Tiffany Gail Bjorlie and her husband, Jeremy of Tulsa; his grandchildren, Michael Ball, Cheyenne Corbin, Elyse Glass, Serene Corbin, Derek Corbin, Matthew Willingham, Aleigha Boehnen and Josh Corbin; his children's mother, Marge Crowley Ball; his special friends, Dwight Kealieher, Mike Tedrick, Steve Aberson and Brent Ortolani. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Sarah Mae (Kellner) Ball and his brother, Leonard Frank Ball. Rex left his body peacefully, family by his side, with Stephen holding him and singing the show tunes that Rex famously adored.</p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2010] Rex Ball Obituary Subject The topic of the resource Rex Ball, June 14, 1934 - 2010 Description An account of the resource Two pages of an obituary for Rex Ball, born June 14, 1934, who passed away during 2010, uploaded by Ninde Funeral and Cremation. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ride Schedule and Press Release Subject The topic of the resource OK Spoke Club Description An account of the resource Multiple versions of OK Spoke Club's ride schedule. Also includes press release from president Jerry Custer advertising the group. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1990] OK Spoke Club Subject The topic of the resource Clubs and Social Groups Description An account of the resource Documents and items relating to OK Spoke Club, an LGBT cycling club. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource OK Spoke Club Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Other Organizations and Events Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jerry Custer Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Clubs and Social Groups OK Spoke Club Jerry Custer Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/630 Clubs and Social Groups Jerry Custer OK Spoke Club https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/c2a757ae8e365f01142e7371377b81bc.pdf 17b1c29d26d7a7b04127359074fd5dd0 PDF Text Text EBA Pride Guide Advertising Opportunity Quick Links... EBA Directory EBA Main Page Benefits of Membership ¨ Inclusion in EBA Directory on the OkEq website. ¨ Email updates of EBA events and opportunities ¨ Invitation to Networking Events and ability to host future events ¨ Marketing opportunities at EBA and community events The EBA exists to strengthen gay welcoming businesses in Tulsa by: Providing a directory of gay welcoming businesses in the Tulsa area; Creating regular networking opportunities with these businesses; and Creating professional environments where gay welcoming businesses can meet to have their voices heard on important issues that affect how we do business and The Equality Business Alliance will be featured in the 2013 Tulsa Pride Guide this year. In addition to the back cover ad listing all of our member businesses, we will also be featured in a full page editorial. There are several different ad spaces sizes available: Full Page, 1/2 Horizontal and Vertical Pages, 1/4 and 1/8 Pages. For more information and for pricing, you can download the Pride Guide Advertising form here All ad materials due by April 5th, 2013 All payments due by June 1st, 2013 You can now join The EBA or renew your dues online Get your Business noticed! Advertise in the OkEq weekly eNews and reach out to thousands of Tulsans for a very low price. You can buy the top banner, the middle, or both. Contact enews@okeq.org for more information. Please help us increase our search engine ranking and in return increase the ranking of your Business. Click on the directory link below and then click on your Business link. The more clicks we get the higher up the search lists we go. EBA Directory �our quality of life The Equality Business Alliance fosters a sharing of information, ideas, contacts, products and services, and so strengthens and expands our businesses, careers and our community. Equality Business Alliance eba@okeq.org � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <div class="page"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span>The Equality Business Alliance will be featured in the 2013 Tulsa Pride Guide this year. In addition to the back cover ad listing all of our member businesses, we will also be featured in a full page editorial.</span></p> <p><span>There are several different ad spaces sizes available: Full Page, 1/2 Horizontal and Vertical Pages, 1/4 and 1/8 Pages.</span></p> <p><span>For more information and for pricing, you can download the Pride Guide Advertising form</span></p> <p><span>here</span></p> <p><span>All ad materials due by April 5th, 2013 - All payments due by June 1st, 2013</span></p> <p><span>You can now join The EBA or renew your dues online</span></p> <p><span>Get your Business noticed! Advertise in the OkEq weekly eNews and reach out to thousands of Tulsans for a very low price. You can buy the top banner, the middle, or both. Contact </span><span>enews@okeq.org </span><span>for more information.</span></p> <p><span>Please help us increase our search engine ranking and in return increase the ranking of your Business. Click on the directory link below and then click on your Business link. The more clicks we get the higher up the search lists we go.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span>EBA Directory</span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span>Quick Links...</span></p> <p><span>EBA Directory EBA Main Page</span></p> <p><span>Benefits of Membership</span></p> <p><span>̈ </span><span>Inclusion in EBA Directory on the OkEq website.<br /></span><span>̈ </span><span>Email updates of EBA events and opportunities </span><span>̈ </span><span>Invitation to Networking Events and ability to host future events</span></p> <p><span>̈ </span><span>Marketing opportunities at EBA and community events</span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span>The EBA exists to strengthen gay welcoming businesses in Tulsa by:</span></p> <p><span>Providing a directory of gay welcoming businesses in the Tulsa area;</span></p> <p><span>Creating regular networking opportunities with these businesses; and</span></p> <p><span>Creating professional environments where gay welcoming businesses can meet to have their voices heard on important issues that affect how we do business and our quality of life<br /><br />The Equality Business Alliance fosters a sharing of information, ideas, contacts, products and services, and so strengthens and expands our businesses, careers and our community.<br /></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="page"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><em><strong>Equality Business Alliance</strong></em><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>eba@okeq.org</strong></em></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2013] EBA Pride Guide Advertising Opportunity Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 5, 2013; June 1, 2013 Subject The topic of the resource Equality Business Alliance 2013 Pride Guide Advertising Opportunity Description An account of the resource A digital newsletter from OKEQ's Equality Business Alliance (EBA) offering advertising space in the 2013 Tulsa Pride Guide and the OKEQ Weekly eNews, 2 pages. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource OKEQ Equality Business Alliance (EBA) 2013 EBA EBA Directory Equality Business Alliance Equality Business Alliance (EBA) Equality Business Alliance Directory OKEQ EBA OKEQ Equality Business Alliance OKEQ Weekly eNews OKEQ weekly news Oklahomans for Equality Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ) Pride Guide Tulsa Pride Tulsa Pride 2013 Tulsa Pride Guide https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/8285d982eaaccc08efc89d30b1637a0e.pdf e19cceac20a4bfc22d4f318fdcc5cf86 PDF Text Text EBA Event Dates for March/April Wednesday March 20th, 2013 is our March Monthly Networking Mixer at 6:00 pm. This month's mixer is from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. It is being hosted by: Quick Links... EBA Directory EBA Main Page Benefits of Membership ¨ Inclusion in EBA Directory on the OkEq website. ¨ Email updates of EBA events and opportunities ¨ Invitation to Networking Events and ability to host future events ¨ Marketing opportunities at EBA and community events The EBA exists to strengthen gay welcoming businesses in Tulsa by: Providing a directory of gay welcoming businesses in the Tulsa area; The Insurance Crew 420 S Main St, Suite 205 Tulsa, OK 74103 Our monthly mixer is usually the third Wednesday of the month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Please RSVP to eba@okeq.org and send an invite to everyone on your friends list. Walk ins are welcome. This event is open to members and non-members alike. Bring plenty of business cards and be prepared to give a 2 minute commercial about your business. Monday, April 8th, 2013 is our April Monthly Networking Mixer at 6:00 pm April's mixer will be hosted by Steven Michael's Creating regular Photography and will be at Living Arts of Tulsa, 307 E. networking opportunities with Brady, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120 these businesses; and Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 is our April Monthly Creating EBA Meeting at 6:00 pm at the Equality professional environments Center. If you have an item you want on the agenda, where gay please have it send to eba@okeq.org by Monday April welcoming 8th. businesses can meet to have their voices heard on You can now join The EBA or renew your dues online. important issues �that affect how we do business and our quality of life The Equality Business Alliance fosters a sharing of information, ideas, contacts, products and services, and so strengthens and expands our businesses, careers and our community. Get your Business noticed! Advertise in the OkEq weekly eNews and reach out to thousands of Tulsans for a very low price. You can buy the top banner, the middle, or both. Contact enews@okeq.org for more information. Please help us increase our search engine ranking and in return increase the ranking of your Business. Click on the directory link below and then click on your Business link. The more clicks we get the higher up the search lists we go. EBA Directory Equality Business Alliance eba@okeq.org � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Wednesday March 20th, 2013 is our March Monthly Networking Mixer at 6:00 pm. This month's mixer is from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. It is being hosted by: The Insurance Crew 420 S Main St, Suite 205 Tulsa, OK 74103 Our monthly mixer is usually the third Wednesday of the month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Please RSVP to eba@okeq.org and send an invite to everyone on your friends list. Walk ins are welcome. This event is open to members and non-members alike. Bring plenty of business cards and be prepared to give a 2 minute commercial about your business. Monday, April 8th, 2013 is our April Monthly Networking Mixer at 6:00 pm April's mixer will be hosted by Steven Michael's Photography and will be at Living Arts of Tulsa, 307 E. Brady, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120 Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 is our April Monthly EBA Meeting at 6:00 pm at the Equality Center. If you have an item you want on the agenda, please have it send to eba@okeq.org by Monday April 8th. You can now join The EBA or renew your dues online. Quick Links... EBA Directory EBA Main Page Benefits of Membership ̈ Inclusion in EBA Directory on the OkEq website. ̈ Email updates of EBA events and opportunities ̈ Invitation to Networking Events and ability to host future events ̈ Marketing opportunities at EBA and community events The EBA exists to strengthen gay welcoming businesses in Tulsa by: Providing a directory of gay welcoming businesses in the Tulsa area; Creating regular networking opportunities with these businesses; and Creating professional environments where gay welcoming businesses can meet to have their voices heard on important issues that affect how we do business and our quality of life The Equality Business Alliance fosters a sharing of information, ideas, contacts, products and services, and so strengthens and expands our businesses, careers and our community. Get your Business noticed! Advertise in the OkEq weekly eNews and reach out to thousands of Tulsans for a very low price. You can buy the top banner, the middle, or both. Contact enews@okeq.org for more information. Please help us increase our search engine ranking and in return increase the ranking of your Business. Click on the directory link below and then click on your Business link. The more clicks we get the higher up the search lists we go. EBA Directory Equality Business Alliance eba@okeq.org Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2013] EBA Event Dates for March/April Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March/April 2013 Subject The topic of the resource OKEQ Equality Business Alliance Event Dates for March/April 2013 Description An account of the resource A digital newsletter for events being hosted by Oklahomans for Equality's (OKEQ) Equality Business Alliance (EBA) during March and April of 2013, 2 pages. Mainly details upcoming monthly meetings and mixers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource OKEQ Equality Business Alliance (EBA) 2013 EBA EBA Directory EBA Monthly Meeting EBA Networking Mixer email Equality Business Alliance Equality Business Alliance (EBA) Equality Business Alliance Directory Equality Business Alliance Monthly Meeting Equality Business Alliance Networking Mixer Insurance Crew Networking Mixer Newsletter OkEq OKEQ EBA OKEQ Equality Business Alliance Oklahomans for Equality Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ) The Insurance Crew https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/b5bea93235f85475cf02774443f5d9ae.pdf 51a87fc63b775cb9e412662cc17e7780 PDF Text Text BY DICK SUAGEE Thirty years on the Tulsa bar scene has been a long and winding road, to borrow a Beatles song tltle. } r \°' Arriving In October of 1959, I was welcomed by such places as the Eighth bay and Gala, The Glory Hole, the Doghouse and a brand new one - that was the year Gene brought In the Bamboo. The Beatles were soon to give the Eighth Day new significance with their "Eight Days a Week." Paul S's Glory Hole, with Its balcony and the whole works, was the first of 13 he would have in Tulsa. ihe straights ·had no Idea what a glory hole was, but newly arriving gays knew Instantly. Bob White had the Eighth Day and Gala at the time, but Fran and Jodie soon would take over. Fran, a former lady wrestler, had no trouble keeping the peace, although some of the pieces did get out of hand once in a while. Those were the days when the bars were mixed - girls and guys. I could be more specific by saying dikes and queens. The best fights were always by the dikes. Shirley P. always used part of her Indian money on her birthday to throw a big party at the Gala. And those were the days when you always knew when it was about time to leave. Fran or Jodie would yell out, "Hotel, motel time." C.J., Pe�gy's other half, put It a little differently. The Chicken C oop, still. open on Third Street, was an after-hours eating place for a lot of us. preceding Baker's by a few years.· And C.J. would regularly solicit business by yelling out, "Who's going to the Chicken Shit?" C.J., now deceased, was about as butch as they came, even sprouting a mustache once. Oh yes. she worked as a truck · driver. And Peggy was as pretty a femme as you ever would see. The Doghouse was on the corner of Seventh and Boulder, preceding the now-closed Holiday Inn by a few years. And If one of you was having a lovers' quarrel, it was a good place to wind up - In the Doghouse, get. It's main decoration was a huge reprint of the famous painting of dogs of all breeds having a poker game. Mt, ,The Taj Mahal, which later l�ould be across the street In the middle of the same block, was not even a dream yet. Norma would bring it along In a few years, first as the Adams Hotel bar, and then Its more famous site on Seventh Street. CH The Zebra Lounge, around the corner on Main Street, was a ·straight place. First "Bob" and then BIii Oliver would change that a few years later. Getting back to Norma, some of the best bar stories ever came out of the Taj when she first opened it. Totally serious, she told the story of how some of her lady friends saw her downtow n shopping and said they Just couldn't believe she was running a gay bar, to which she replied, ''Of course I am....All of my customers are happy." The next two I heard myself, A young man with a University of Hawaii T-shirt, and obviously the timid type, walked In one afternoon during happy hour and sat at a table next to me. Norma came over to wait on him, and he looked up before ordering and asked, "Ma'am, Is It safe for queens in here?" Norma replied, "My Lord, yes, honey chlle, they have those In England. We don't have them In this country." He got up and ran. Shortly after the Holiday Inn was opened across the street, a man who obviously had looked out the window and saw the bar, walked over. Janie, one of Norma's longtime friends, was working happy hour that afternoon•. Janie is about 4-foot-9, if she's that tall, and on the buxom side. The visitor from across the street observed what was going on for a few minutes, and· to an outsider, some of It could have been pretty shocking, and then stood up. Making sure he had the floor, he said, "Obviously this Is a gay bar, but who is that (pointing to Janie), Mickey Rooney In drag?" He finished his beer and left us with one of the best laughs ever. Janie took It In stride. Paul S. (The Glory Hole) later would have the Scubldu Downtown, the Scubldu East, on Sheridan, the old Thelma's Club at First and Elwood, the Queen of Hearts at Third and Frisco, and on and on. Some didn't stay open long enough for the name to register. Paul played the trombone and 1iked Contlnued ... Page -G- NOV. 1, 1990 11 PAGE 3 �.... BARS, continued > get up a small musical group to rovlde enterta.inment, partlcu­ trly at the Downtown Scubldu on ,outh Main. Gracie Y. would first enter ,e scene when Bill Oliver had the �ebra downtown. Bill also would ,ave the Doors and Caruso's. Gracie, · already . in her 'O's, played the piano · every ,aturday night. The oldies were ,er ·specialty, but she had a little 1ovelly number on the rlsque side vhcf would gladly play, putting ,vhoever's name was requested In :he lyrics. It started out with the 1ame submitted, say. "James," and Nent like this: "James couldn't get :t started •..11 The laughter started immediately and ''James" soon became embarrassed. But it was fun and we all loved it. Gracie later moved her act to the Bamboo and most of us followed. It gave Gene a partner. He was a solo dancer of some merit in those days - I watched him dance from one end of the bar to the other one night to the complete Carole King "Corazon." He was not the Latin from Manhattan but he gave a r=t�6 s Getting back to Paul S. (Glory Hole), he took it upon himself to lead the "Jane Ann Jayroe Parade" after she became the state's second "Miss America" - Norma Smallwood was the first. Paul had the Queen of Hearts at the time and regularly presented drag shows. And by far the best one who ever appeared was "Dawn Winters... On this particular evening, three of his best-dressed drag queens rode on the back of his convertible, legs crossed, and waved to the huge crowd along the parade route. A sign on both sides read,"Come to the Queen of Hearts - where boys will be girls. u The cops along the route seemed to get a bigger kick out of it than anyone. And speaking of cops, many years later at Tim;s Playroom, once t�e Gala and then the place to go, two of them came In on ohe of the coldest nights of the year with a foot of snow on the ground and stood under one of the he�ll vents for what seemed like forever. The dance floor was packed for Sunday night happy hour. I will never forget Walt Carlton (cancer), C arl Nagel (cirrhosis), and Bruce Hower.ton. Wayne Galutza, Newcombe Cleveland, to name a few. They were so brave in death. For . them, the long and winding road has ended. Our Job is to see that their trip wasn't In vain - that we, as gay Tulsans, ca11 rise up and prove to this city that we are some of its best .citizens. Tom P., Pearl to many of us, suggested to me -that we walk over and see what was going on. He knew both of them. "Looking for anything In particular," Tom asked, to which one of them replied, 0 Not a damn thing, Tom. It just happens that this Is one of. the warmest and safest spots in town right now." Tl_m Turner gave us three good bars during his ·Tulsa run, before moving to Florida. The Playroom may have been the best Tulsa ever had. Two Places You Must See Oral Roberta Prayer Tower & Genes Bamboo Lounge And we can't forget Jimmy and Roy, who have give the Tool Box a totally different meaning than the one in your car trunk. Tulsa's bars ·have been a never-ending song of love. Yes, there were some bad moments. I remember the time I watched Ronnie Dlttmore get in his old lover's oar In front of the Zebra. They had spent the evening inside trying to decide If there was enough left to start over again. The next morning I would read that Ronnie had been murdered. And two days later, another story told how the · ex-lover had killed himself on his father's grave in Kansas. mlb\lMOO@@ 7204 E. PINE NOO� - 2 AM IL@QJJOO@I!! 838-9323 DAILY DOLLAR PITCHERS SUNDAYS - OPEN TO CLOSE $2.00 WELLS $1.75 FROZEN DRINKS $1.00 RATTLESNAKES Tulsa's bars may never relive their old days. AIDS may have changed that forever. But the many fond memories will never die. -G- NOV. 1, 1990 PAGE 11 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Collection] Oklahoma LGBT+ History Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Thirty years on the Tulsa bar scene has been a long and winding road, to borrow a Beatles song tltle. 1959, IArwriavsingwelIcnomOedctobbyersucohf places as the Eighth bay and Gala, The Glory Hole, the Doghouse and a brand new one - that was the year Gene brought In the Bamboo. The Beatles were soon to give the Eighth Day new significance with their "Eight Days a Week." Paul S's Glory Hole, with Its balcony and the whole works, was the first of 13 he would have in Tulsa. ihe straights ·had no Idea what a glory hole was, but newly arriving gays knew Instantly. Bob White had the Eighth Day and Gala at the time, but Fran and Jodie soon would take over. Fran, a former lady wrestler, had no trouble keeping the peace, although some of the pieces did get out of hand once in a while. Those were the days when the bars were mixed - girls and guys. I could be more specific by saying dikes and queens. The best fights were always by the dikes. Shirley P. always used part of her Indian money on her birthday to throw a big party at the Gala. And those were the days when you always knew when it was about time to leave. Fran or Jodie would yell out, "Hotel, motel time." C.J., Pe�gy's other half, put little differently. The Chicken C oop, still. open on Third Street, was an after-hours eating place BY DICK SUAGEE for a lot of us. preceding Baker's by a few years.· And C.J. would regularly solicit business by yelling out, "Who's going to the Chicken Shit?" C.J., now deceased, was about as butch as they came, even sprouting a mustache once. Oh yes. she worked as a truck · driver. And Peggy was as pretty a femme as you ever would see. The Doghouse was on the corner of Seventh and Boulder, preceding the now-closed Holiday Inn by a few years. And If one of you was having a lovers' quarrel, it was a good place to wind up - In the Doghouse, get. It's main decoration was a huge reprint of the famous painting of dogs of all breeds having a poker game. Mt,CH,The Taj Mahal, which later l�ould be across the street In the middle of the same block, was not even a dream yet. Norma would bring it along In a few years, first as the Adams Hotel bar, and then Its more famous site on Seventh Street. The Zebra Lounge, around the corner on Main Street, was a ·straight place. First "Bob" and then BIii Oliver would change that a few years later. Getting back to Norma, some of the best bar stories ever came out of the Taj when she first opened it. Totally serious, she told the story of how some of her lady friends saw her downtown shopping and said they Just couldn't believe she was running a gay bar, to which she replied, ''Of course I am....All of my customers are happy." The next t wo I heard myself, A young man with a University of Hawaii T-shirt, and obviously the timid type, walked In one afternoon during happy hour and sat at a table next to me. Norma came over to wait on him, and he looked up before ordering and asked, "Ma'am, Is It safe for queens in here?" Norma replied, "My Lord, yes, honey chlle, they have those In England. We don't have them In this country." He got up and ran. Shortly after the Holiday Inn was opened across the street, a man who obviously had looked out the window and saw the bar, walked over. Janie, one of Norma's longtime friends, was working happy hour that afternoon•. Janie is about 4-foot-9, if she's that tall, and on the buxom side. The visitor from across the street observed what was going on for a few minutes, and· to an outsider, some of It could have been pretty shocking, and then stood up. Making sure he had the floor, he said, "Obviously this Is a gay bar, but who is that (pointing to Janie), Mickey Rooney In drag?" He finished his beer and left us with one of the best laughs ever. Janie took It In stride. Paul S. (The Glory Hole) later would have the Scubldu Downtown, the Scubldu East, on Sheridan, the old Thelma's Club at First and Elwood, the Queen of Hearts at Third and Frisco, and on and on. Some didn't stay open long enough for the name to register. Paul played the trombone and 1iked Contlnued... Page 11 -G- NOV. 1, 1990 PAGE 3 > get up a small musical group to rovlde enterta.inment, partlcu­ trly at the Downtown Scubldu on ,outh Main. Gracie Y. would first enter ,e scene when Bill Oliver had the �ebra downtown. Bill also would ,ave the Doors and Caruso's. Gracie, · already . in her 'O's, played the piano · every ,aturday night. The oldies were ,er ·specialty, but she had a little 1ovelly number on the rlsque side vhcf would gladly play, putting ,vhoever's name was requested In :he lyrics. It started out with the 1ame submitted, say. "James," and Nent like this: "James couldn't get :t started•..11 The laughter started immediately and ''James" soon became embarrassed. But it was fun and we all loved it. Gracie later moved her act to the Bamboo and most of us followed. It gave Gene a partner. He was a solo dancer of some merit in those days - I watched him dance from one end of the bar to the other one night to the complete Carole King "Corazon." He was not the Latin from Manhattan but he gave a r=t�6 s Getting back to Paul S. (Glory Hole), he took it upon himself to lead the "Jane Ann Jayroe Parade" after she became the state's second "Miss America" - Norma Smallwood was the first. Paul had the Queen of Hearts at the time and regularly presented drag shows. And by far the best one who ever appeared was "Dawn Winters... On this particular evening, three of his best-dressed drag queens rode on the back of his convertible, legs crossed, and waved to the huge crowd along the parade route. A sign on both sides read,"Come to the Queen of Hearts - where boys will be girls.u The .... BARS, continued cops along the route seemed to get a bigger kick out of it than anyone. And speaking of cops, many years later at Tim;s Playroom, once t�e Gala and then the place to go, two of them came In on ohe of the coldest nights of the year with a foot of snow on the ground and stood under one of the he�ll vents for what seemed like forever. The dance floor was packed for Sunday night happy hour. Tom P., Pearl to many of us, suggested to me -that we walk over and see what was going on. He knew both of them. "Looking for anything In particular," Tom asked, to which one of them replied, 0 Not a damn thing, Tom. It just happens that this Is one of. the warmest and safest spots in town right now." Tl_m Turner gave us three good bars during his ·Tulsa run, before moving to Florida. The Playroom may have been the best Tulsa ever had. And we can't forget Jimmy and Roy, who have give the Tool Box a totally different meaning than the one in your car trunk. Tulsa's bars ·have been a never-ending song of love. Yes, there were some bad moments. I remember the time I watched Ronnie Dlttmore get in his old lover's oar In front of the Zebra. They had spent the evening inside trying to decide If there was enough left to start over again. The next morning I would read that Ronnie had been murdered. And two days later, another story told how the · ex-lover had killed himself on his father's grave in Kansas. Tulsa's bars may never relive their old days. AIDS may have changed that forever. But the many fond memories will never die. I will never forget Walt Carlton (cancer), Carl Nagel (cirrhosis), and Bruce Hower.ton. Wayne Galutza, Newcombe Cleveland, to name a few. They were so brave in death. For . them, the long and winding road has ended. Our Job is to see that their trip wasn't In vain - that we, as gay Tulsans, ca11 rise up and prove to this city that we are some its best .citizens. Two Places You Must See Oral Roberta Prayer Tower & Genes Bamboo Lounge mlb\lMOO@@ IL@QJJOO@I!! 7204 E. PINE 838-9323 NOO� - 2 AM DAILY DOLLAR PITCHERS SUNDAYS - OPEN TO CLOSE $2.00 WELLS $1.75 FROZEN DRINKS $1.00 RATTLESNAKES -G- NOV. 1, 1990 PAGE 11 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Video Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2007] Gala Lifetime Achievement Award - Dennis Neill Subject The topic of the resource Lifetime Achievement Award 2007 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oklahomans for Equality 2007 Gala Dennis Neill Lifetime Achievement Award https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/d99a45f16582b406150558679600faed.png 57e955dce950d73eb954fc9ba4a4bc28 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/65083ad48db2cec0d3848e58590f0cd5.mp4 0a3f3925548324dcf9ca2237d37e7c77 Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 3 minutes 6 seconds Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) MP4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Gala Community Hero Award Subject The topic of the resource Sara Cunningham Description An account of the resource Sara Cunningham is the founder of "Free Mom Hugs," an non-profit organization for parents who advocate for their LGBTQ+ children. Sara has traveled to same-sex wedding to serve as a proxy parent when individuals reach out to her. Cunningham authored the book "How We Sleep At Night: A Mother's Memoir" about her journey to accepting her son's homosexuality as a Christian woman. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oklahomans for Equality Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oklahomans for Equality Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 27th, 2019 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Video 2019 Gala Community Hero Award Sara Cunningham https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/f94524cafa3f69ea489f74199a005f30.png 5c529ef3fd20ed94882ecb40d12702eb https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/0086a8cdde85c3faf71a2a8f42311850.mp4 a185fb7b5e87634c5e65759c8e5fc92a Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 3 minutes 29 seconds Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) MP4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Gala Bishop-Baldwin, Barton & Phillips Civil Rights Advocacy Award Subject The topic of the resource Mike Redman Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oklahomans for Equality Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oklahomans for Equality Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 27th, 2019 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Video 2019 Gala Barton & Phillips Civil Rights Advocacy Award Bishop-Baldwin Mike Redman https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/3d0b5ce423d056a2da910e35dfa3cda1.png c9c0a28c23c6aacc76be15b751d8d083 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/41d055b249fc8870ef03e8439527436c.mp4 c38bf7c2380b87230d10949cc8534df7 Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP$ Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 4 minutes 17 seconds Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) MP4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Gala Lynn Riggs Performing Arts Award - Lucia Lucas Subject The topic of the resource Lucia Lucas Description An account of the resource World-renowned opera singer Lucia Lucas will be performing as "Don Giovanni" during Tulsa Opera's 2018-2019 season. her Performance will mark the first time a transgender person has been in a principal role on the operatic stage in the United States. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oklahomans for Equality Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oklahomans for Equality Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 27th, 2019 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Oklahomans for Equality https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/1ccf009f1d3b3c595c77081a7ef93784.PNG f82487d1b4c9683aa360b735dc6592ec https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/c212d15ffe49b89fd9f33fd2095243d4.mp4 4cd6003e0ff668c5edb5170347e3fb13 Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data iPhone 8 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 4 minutes 39 seconds Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) MP4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Gala Lynn Riggs Video Subject The topic of the resource Lynn Riggs (1899-1954), Oklahoma's Own Playwright and Poet, namesake for the Lynn Riggs Black Box Theatre at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center operated by Oklahomans for Equality. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oklahomans for Equality Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 27, 2019 Description An account of the resource Lynn Riggs, Oklahoma's premier playwright, wrote most of his 25 full-length plays about his home state - stories of the people he knew in this childhood as they struggled to create new lives in a changing culture . Son of a part-Cherokee mother and pioneer father in Claremore , Lynn wished to introduce the public t the diverse people of the Plains Many of Riggs' early poems, The Iron Dish 1930, evoked the ambiance of Santa Fe, his favorite city. Later, more personal poems, This Book, This Hill, These People, 1982, often reflected a Native American view of life. His interests were in singing, playing guitar, and acting. After high school, as a young man with identity issues, Riggs signed on as a cattle puncher on a train bound for Chicago. then went to New York , where he played an extra in some early cowboy movies being filmed in the Bronx. By 1920, he was in Hollywood, working as a film extra. Between film jobs, as he read proof for the Los Angeles Times, a disaster brought him a windfall . In 1928, Riggs' talents earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship to work for a year in Franc e. It freed him from money worries and gave him peace to write his most famous play, Green Grow the Lilacs. The Theatre Guild produced it on Broadway in 1931, featur­ing many of the old folk songs from Lynn's childhood that he loved. The same group revived it on Broadway in 1943, substituting contemporary music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein and the new title, Oklahoma!. It broke all records and continues to be produced across the U.S. and around the world. He continued to write all his years, and to encourage aspiring writers. He supported amateur theatre groups wherever he could believing that they would shape the future of American theatre . He died of lung cancer in New York in 1954. -By Phyllis Cole Braunl ich, author of Haunted by Home: The life and letters of Lynn Riggs, 1988, and "R. Lynn Riggs," Dictionary of literary Biography, Native American Writ­ers Volume, 1996, pp. 249-258. On February 10, 2018, Oklahomans for Equality, Dennis Neill & John Southard and the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation dedicated the Lynn Riggs Theatre within the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center . Tonight we present the inaugural Lynn Riggs Performing Arts Award. 2019 Gala Lynn Riggs Lynn Riggs Theatre https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/a8ac05febf46f1bdb8c32a8e714f7e9f.pdf b987068dd4a8165029471f6f0dc329e8 PDF Text Text Q)ca( CZ rv.'t ^^ kJt'. :j C)^ OK Cookie Momster 1 A box of a dozen cookies monthly from OKCookieMomster! Now located at both 31st and Harvard and in the Mother Road Market, OkCookieMomster specializes in custom sugar cookies for any V' occasion! Other flavors are available as well. This lesbianowned business will also incorporate LGBT+ themed cookies throughout the year! Donated by OK Cookie Momster ncMKIE ^ Momster �m Celine Dion at the BOK Center^ Two concert tickets to Celine Dion at the BOK Center, hotel •• &• accommodations and dinner before the concert provided. Donated by BOK/SMG Center BOK CENTER �Living Kitchen The private party experience with the Living Kitchen offers a seven-course farm table livingIkitchen 1ARM"& DAIRY dinner for 15 prepared with locally grown products. Living Kitchen schedules private parties on Thursday nights during their season. Dates are subject to availability on the Living Kitchen calendar from May through November 2019. Donated by Living Kitchen �NYC Broadway Weekend Jet away to New York City with 50,000 American Airline miles, and enjoy a three-night stay at The Westin New York-Times Square plus two tickets to the musicals Oklahomal and The Cher Show. Must be booked 60 days prior and subject to availability. I»i ii/. i i: .K 11 :1 i Da. Donated byTanniger Philanthropies and American Airlines I \^M^(;l:l\ ENTERTAI N Ivl ENT American Airlines 0 neiu mu/iCQl J �Tulsa Drillers Party Suite You and 19 guests get to enjoy a Tulsa Drillers game in the comfort of a party suite. This package includes 20 tickets, 4 parking passes, and a $150 food and drink credit. Game day is Sunday, June 23rd. Donated by the Tulsa Drillers �V..«p« Pat Gordon celebrated artist invites you and 7 of your guests for a weekend brunch and pool party at his Maple Ridge home. One of Tulsa's r most celebrated artists and •i wonderful hosts Invites you to enjoy his personal studio and gallery and enjoy a relaxing brunch and swim party. Catering by Polo Grill and spirits donated by Ole' Village Wine & Spirits. Host requests brunch be scheduled by Sept. 1, 2019. Donated by Pat Gordon, Polo Grill, and Ole' Village Wine & Spirits. .r - V m- - �Chris Mantle Painting 9 2011 piece by artist Christopher M. Mantle, whose work is displayed throughout Tulsa, including 36 Degrees North. With an innovative design, these twelve individual paintings can be assembled to form one large painting. This piece also incorporates a rare deviation from Mr. Mantle's trademark signature that was only utilized for one show. The Christopher M. Mantle gallery is located on Cherry Street at 1307 East 15th Street. Donated by Sheena Grewal �II Pride Street" Commemorative ; Bar Cart Original AA Authentic Double Flight i *■" -.1 Attendant Cart. From the rainbow handles to the hidden trays and the solid Mahogany butcher block top, this double sided cart has 6 pull out shelves made from a combination of Mahogany & Wenge wood. Turn it around and you have a wine & champagne cabinet which can hold up to 2 bottles of wine/champagne, as well as 6 American Airlines branded stemless wine glasses & chilling container. Donated by American Airlines American Airlines �II Remembering Stonewall Commemorative Bar Cart Original AA Authentic Single Flight Attendant Cart. From the rainbow handle to the hidden trays, this unique bar cart can hold your favorite beverages along with a Crown Royal spot. 3 pull out shelves made from a combination of Mahogany & Wenge wood. Comes with American Airlines branded rocks glasses, an ice bucket and set of tongs. Donated by American Airlines AmericanAirlines �Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The New Musical Two tickets to the opening night performance of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. One night stay in the king suite room at the Hyatt Regency-Tulsa and dinner for two at the Daily Grill. Donated by Celebrity Attractions, Payton Family and Hyatt Regency-Tulsa. K. STEP INSIDE A WORLD OF PURE IMAGINAT ON �£ # Trial and Eric! Cooking class and music with Eric Himan for eight guests. Renowned national recording artist Eric Himan is a triple threat: Award-winning songwriter, nationally touring singer on guitar/piano, & host of the online cooking show Trial and Eric! Eric will come to your home and instruct you and your guests on preparing a featured dish. Then enjoy the meal while Eric serenades your guests for an intimate concert. This includes food and drink for eight guests and instruction, plus a 20minute concert. Date and time to be mutually agreed upon; must be used before Dec. 31, 2019. Donated by Eric Himan �Tulsa Opera Season Tickets TULSA(Opera An extravagant season of opera classics, with Bizet's Carmen and Puccini's Madama Butterfly, followed by a new production of Tobias Picker's 1996 opera Emmeline, to be performed in Oklahoma for the first time, and led by Mr. Picker in his opera-conducting debut. Donated by the Tulsa Opera �Beer tasting party for 20 guests with 3 course meal and their choice of 3 international beers at the White Lion Pub which has been a proud supporter of the LGBTQ+ community for more than 20 years. The White Lion Pub is a charming authentic English pub nestled in South Tulsa near 71st St. & S. Yale Ave. Enjoy traditional pub fare including Fish & Chips, Bangers & Mash, Steak & Mushroom Pie, Cottage Pie, Cornish Pastie, Welsh Rarebit, and more! Donated by Betty Southard �PalrnSprings Trip Five nights with two beautiful guc St rooms that sleep four available in Palm Springs. Access to the pool an incredible view of the mountains. Hosts Shane Albee and Dirk Hunter will provide a catered dinner party and serve as concierge. Hosts request winner contact them within 30 days of purchase and to use the stay by March 31, 2020. Includes 50,000 American Airlines miles. AmericanAirlines Donated by Shane Albee & Dirk Hunter and American Airlines � Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Gala Live Auction Items Subject The topic of the resource Live Auction Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oklahomans for Equality Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 27th, 2019 2019 Gala live auction items https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/2cdd35eb7f78f00e0d8237f7c7bb0053.pdf 864c4b636ffa7c26725295d8879318cb PDF Text Text ������������� Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2007] Dennis R. Neill Equality Center Grand Opening Announcement and Events Subject The topic of the resource Grand Opening of Equality Center Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oklahomans for Equality Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007 - January and February Dennis R. Neill Equality Center Equality Center Equality Center Opening Grand Opening OkEq Equality Center https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/8f60521af059665532a0b338d0261863.pdf aaa4343ddb5107f77209e82a76034f79 PDF Text Text (s <•>( ,^0o I ^ c:c^ A'As ^v’—^ ^ck ft C'p ^c^a A£-^( Recognition of guests, Extended Family, Michelle Hoffinan’s tireless work on the video. Rene Potter, our dear friend from Tucson, coming to join us and provide this wonderful entertainment. For 27 years, OkEq has been here, working for equality, being a community supporter, providing outreach and services. For an organization which has grown from an annual budget of a few thousand dollars to one with a budget of a few hundred thousand dollars, one constant has been there, an absolute reliance on dedicated volunteers and board and recently a few loyal staff who work day m and day out for our important mission. I can only accept this very gracious gesture of OkEq by recognizing that every step ofthe way, what we have done has been a team effort sharing in our successes and dealing with our losses. We could not have done our important work without our allies and friends in the community. And the partners who provide the support throughout the ups and downs. Thank you John. We now have a center the entire community can be proud of. This new home is here today and will be �here tomorrow. And for tomorrow’s generation. Most importantly, programs and services are offered to address a great need in education, advocacy and support. Services and space together imder one roof means that OkEq provides a beacon of acceptance in a nation, state and city which have yet to fully deal with their past and current biases. Without us, fighting on the frontier, where we would be? Where would the next generation find the voice for what is right? We should all have a renewed sense of hope for equality because ofrecent developments to which mmiy in this room have contributed and to which all of us support. Let us continue our efforts, together Thank you so much,I will never forget the true meaning ofthis night-teamwork for equality! � Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2007] Gala Lifetime Achievement Award, Dennis Neill Acceptance Speech Subject The topic of the resource Lifetime Achievement Award Description An account of the resource Theme - A Night In the City Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oklahomans for Equality Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 9, 2007, DoubleTree Warren Place 2007 Gala A Night in The City Dennis Neill Lifetime Achievement Award Renee Potter