25 20 690 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/fe275c248ba0dbafa7183acaf093ec10.pdf 4d660208dae603563b4e8c3a5a02f83a PDF Text Text Oklahomans for Equality Oral History Interview with Warren Ray Duvall Interview Conducted by Toby Jenkins Date: February 10, 2026 Transcribed and Edited By: Dennis Neill using Reduct.Video AI, February 23, 2026 Restrictions: Interviewee requested: N/A Oklahomans for Equality History Project 621 E. 4th Street Tulsa, OK. 74120 918.743.4297 historyproject@okeq.org 1 �About Warren Duvall Summary This interview with Warren explores his life story, from growing up on a family farm in Oklahoma to his military service and his journey as a gay man. Warren shares personal insights into his experiences with sexuality, military service during Vietnam, and navigating life in Oklahoma and Florida. This interview provides a deep insight into the life experiences of a long-time LGBTQ+ community member, covering personal stories, community involvement, and the evolution of LGBTQ+ rights and health issues over decades. Keywords Oklahoma history, LGBTQ+ journey, military service, Vietnam era, personal stories, Oklahoma farm, gay life, military healthcare, social change, personal growth LGBTQ+ history, community activism, AIDS awareness, gay rodeo, bear clubs, senior LGBTQ+ support, Tulsa Key Topics ● Family farm history in Oklahoma ● Military service during Vietnam era and Japan ● Journey of sexual identity and coming out Personal stories of LGBTQ+ life and community involvement ● The impact of AIDS on the community and healthcare responses ● The development of gay rodeo, bear events and community events ● Support for LGBTQ+ elders and seniors Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 02:02 Family Farm History in Oklahoma 03:53 Growing Up in Muldrow and School Life 2 �08:01 Experiences with Segregation and Community 12:01 Post-High School Education and Military Draft 14:53 Military Service in U.S, Navy in the Vietnam Era and Stationing Japan 19:58 Reflections on Military Service and Vietnam Memorial 21:02 Realization of Sexual Orientation 24:57 Exploring Gay Identity in the Military and Florida 29:54 Relationships and Coming Out to Family 40:08 Life in Tulsa and Connecting with the LGBTQ+ Community 48:04 First Experiences in Gay Bars and Social Life 54:59 Personal Relationships and Life Changes 02:29 Meeting the First Partner and Early Community Life 06:55 First Encounters with AIDS and Healthcare Response 14:53 Community Involvement and Fundraising Efforts 24:57 The Role of Gay Rodeo and Cultural Identity 34:55 Support for Elders and the Impact of COVID-19 45:11 Reflections on a Life of Service and Activism 54:59 Advice for Younger Generations and Future Outlook Warren Duvall Oral History Interview Feb 10, 2026 Toby Jenkins: All right, this is Toby Jenkins and Amanda Thompson, the archivist at Oklahomans for Equality, and Dennis Neill, the founder of Oklahomans for Equality. Here we are in the Joe and Nancy McDonald Rainbow Library for our archival interview with a wonderful person. Your name, please? Warren Duvall: Warren Ray Duvall. Toby Jenkins: And you live here in Tulsa, Warren? Warren Duvall: I live here in Tulsa, I've returned. I've been back for six years. I lived here for 33 years. Had to go back to the farm for 13 years. And we sold off half of it, but that included the house. Toby Jenkins: And where is the farm? Warren Duvall: It's south of Muldrow, Oklahoma. The farm's about two miles from the Arkansas River down there. Toby Jenkins: Oh, wonderful. So, in Tulsa, and I'm still- What county is that? Warren Duvall: That's Sequoyah County. Toby Jenkins: But you're still in Oklahoma? Warren Duvall: Yes. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, Sallisaw and Sequoyah? Warren Duvall: Yeah, Sallisaw is the county seat. 3 �Toby Jenkins: All right, so Warren, where were you born? Warren Duvall: Well, I was conceived in Oklahoma. I was the first member of my siblings, and there was four of us. My mother and my three siblings were all born at home in the same bedroom. I was the first one that they took my mother to the hospital, and I was delivered in St. Edward's Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Toby Jenkins: I know it well. That's where my son was born. Toby Jenkins: So, are you from down around that area? That's where your farm is? You told me. Is that a payor's farm? Warren Duvall: Yeah, it's 15 miles east of the Arkansas-Oklahoma border. Toby Jenkins: And so that's down by Muldrow, as we talked earlier. How long has the farm been in your family? Warren Duvall: It's my mother's father. He came there in 1900 and started buying land from some of the Indians that, at that point, had been allotted 160 acres or whatever they gave back then. And so he started buying up land. At one point, he had about 500 acres. So he was a big farmer. I wouldn't say he was a rancher, but he ran a dairy also. So he was a pretty big-time farmer over the years. Toby Jenkins: So this farm has now been in your family over 100 years. Warren Duvall: Yes. Toby Jenkins: And your mother was born there, your siblings. But they took you, she went to the hospital for you. Warren Duvall: For me. Toby Jenkins: And what year would that have been? Warren Duvall: That was, my Lord… Toby Jenkins: Your date of birth. Warren Duvall: December 20th, 1947. Toby Jenkins: 1947, right after the war. Warren Duvall: Right, I’m a post-war baby. Toby Jenkins: So you were born there in Muldrow. Did you grow up there? How long did you? Warren Duvall: I grew up on the farm just south of Muldrow. The only part of being in Arkansas was, that's where the hospital was. So I went across the border and was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas at St. Edward's Hospital. Toby Jenkins: Did you go to school in Muldrow, or was there? 4 �Warren Duvall: I started out in a little country school called the Lee's Chapel, which is the Lee's Chapel community. When I started, they had eight grades there. And probably, I'd say 35 students. And after a couple years, they went down to one teacher because the population started reducing, it was worse for the students. And so for probably the third and fourth grade, we were just sixth grade. And then we just were part of the Muldrow. Toby Jenkins: You were consolidated with Muldrow? Warren Duvall: Consolidated, well, yeah, yes. Toby Jenkins: Did you go to high school in Muldrow? Warren Duvall: Did everything else outside of a very short period of time in Oklahoma City for two weeks in the fourth grade. I did that when I left Lee's Chapel and went to Muldrow in the fifth grade, all the way through graduation. Toby Jenkins: So you would have graduated from high school in 1966 from Muldrow? Warren Duvall: From Muldrow High School. Toby Jenkins: Okay, now did you, y'all lived on the farm. Did your family farm? I mean, is that what your parents did for their careers? Warren Duvall: Well, by the time, I don't know exactly when, but when I was a very small child, they had to, dad was farming the farm. Dad had a drinking problem and it was my mother's farm. She would never sign him over to it because she always said he'd just lose it. And so anyway, we farmed it. We started leasing out the bottom land, which is the farm land, crop land, the upland, the pasture land. We still kept that, kept cattle. And my brothers and dad and mom all had horses. I never had a horse back then. I rode behind my dad a lot. Used to, you know, he'd start galloping some and I was about to go, bouncing. Hanging on for dear life. Toby Jenkins: You lived out in the country. Did you ride a school bus? Warren Duvall: School bus. Toby Jenkins: What were your interests in school? Warren Duvall: In school, recess. Warren Duvall: Geography, history. Actually, I didn't enjoy history in school. You learn to enjoy history after Toby Jenkins: So were you in like school activities? Warren Duvall: Well, at least chapel, the school, there really wasn't much school activity. Field trips and things like that. But there were no active sports for us. We just did, I guess you'd call it intramural things on the playground. Toby Jenkins: So when you got to Muldrow, were you involved in school activities there? 5 �Warren Duvall: In junior high, I played basketball and football in the summer of the eighth grade, or in the spring. Two weeks before the school year was out, I came down with a rare disease called infectious mononucleosis. It was also, the nickname of it was the kissing disease. I don't know if you've heard that, but that's because the soldiers picked it up in Europe and brought it back to the United States. I was one of two people in the county that had it that year. I have no idea where it came from. Toby Jenkins: Were you kissing soldiers? Warren Duvall: Not yet. Toby Jenkins: So that was there in Muldrow. Warren Duvall: So after that, they wouldn't let me play sports for three years, and by the end, I didn't feel like it. Toby Jenkins: Were you in choir, or in a band, or? Warren Duvall: No, boys didn't do that in Muldrow High School. Toby Jenkins: But you worked on a farm, so you had to do chores. Warren Duvall: Rigorous farm chores. Toby Jenkins: And you had to do all that before you went to school? Warren Duvall: Oh yeah, got up at the crack of dawn and milked the cows and fed the cows. Toby Jenkins: Just out of curiosity, you said you graduated in 1966. Integration would have been an issue that would have been happening all around you in Oklahoma. Do you remember if your school class was an integrated school in Muldrow? I mean, were there black students? Yeah. Native American students? Warren Duvall: The Muldrow had a one through six black elementary school. For black students. Toby Jenkins: Segregated. Warren Duvall: Segregated. But then once they came to junior high, it was integrated. And I, it was before I graduated, they closed down the elementary school, so the black elementary school. So they were fully integrated. Toby Jenkins: By the time you were in high school? Warren Duvall: Yeah, I would think so. Toby Jenkins: Now, I know that Fort Chaffee's not far from there. Warren Duvall: Correct. Toby Jenkins: So there's kind of a large population of Cuban refugees, Vietnamese refugees. Did you go to school with any Vietnamese or Cuban? 6 �Warren Duvall: No, because that was after. Toby Jenkins: That was later. Warren Duvall: Yeah, that was much later. Toby Jenkins: So you graduated from high school in Muldrow. Now, did you go to the north side high school or the south side high school, or was there just one high school? Warren Duvall: Just one high school. Yeah. Toby Jenkins: Yeah. And still that way. Warren Duvall: My class graduated 103. Toby Jenkins: Well, now, that's a big class for an Oklahoma. That was the biggest class. Warren Duvall: Well, it was the biggest class they ever had. Warren Duvall: It was several years before they exceeded that. Of course, it's a lot more now. Toby Jenkins: And you graduated in 1966. Just out of curiosity, do you remember anything about our times, like your favorite music or your favorite movie star or your favorite... Warren Duvall: Well, I loved to dance. We partied a lot. This is junior high only. We didn't do that particularly in elementary school years. I don't know. Toby Jenkins: You remember your favorite music, your favorite musician? Warren Duvall: Just, you know, rock and roll, bebop, whatever you want, swing dance and all that sort of thing. And then by senior high, we had a little group of guys for a band and we had picnics and we'd... fill up one of those covered picnic areas. We did that a lot in my senior year. Toby Jenkins: Were you in the band? Warren Duvall: No, no. I have no musical talent. No one in my family does. Toby Jenkins: Just danced. Warren Duvall: But loved to dance. Toby Jenkins: Now, you get finished with high school. What did you do after that? Warren Duvall: I went almost directly. I graduated at the end of May, and I went into the radiology program at St. Edwards Mercy Hospital in July of 66. It was a two-year program, hospital based. Most nursing programs and lab techs and radiology students and so forth, the hospital owned back then. Even OU had a program, but it was a certificate program. It wasn't a degreed program at that time. So, I have a graduation certificate in licensed radiology for 40 years. 7 �Toby Jenkins: Through St. Edwards in... Warren Duvall: That was my school. Toby Jenkins: And was that where you went to work right after that? Warren Duvall: For a short period of time. Toby Jenkins: And then what happened? Warren Duvall: Well, we graduated in July and in August I got my Selective Service Physical Request. So, I went down, well, with Dad and Mom's advice, go join... Dad was in the Navy. So, he said, go down and join the Navy. I don't want you in infantry. Toby Jenkins: So, you had your certification in radiology. So, you had a medical background. Warren Duvall: Correct. Toby Jenkins: And you got your draft notice. What war was the United States fighting? Warren Duvall: The Vietnam War. Big time. Toby Jenkins: Do you remember your feelings when that happened, when you got that notice? I mean, by then you're a young man, you're already having a career path. Do you remember... Warren Duvall: Well, back then, the Selective Service, once you got out, whoever you were employed with, they had to hire you back. I don't know if it's still a policy or not because it's voluntary now. But, so when I got out, and I did radiology in the Navy, that typical military. The Navy had programs in schools, so they had A, B, and C as you went up the line. So, they had their own radiology program. So, they made me go, obviously through boot camp, and then they made me go to a core school for six months, even though I was a radiographer. And then when I got... I joined the Naval Reserve, and that was an obligation for six years, minimum six years. Two years active duty. And I did about, of six years, I did about half of it active and about half of it active reservist. I had to go to meetings during the week and summer camps. And that was from 68 to 74. Toby Jenkins: Now, were you ever deployed into Vietnam? Warren Duvall: I wasn't deployed to Vietnam, but I was sent to the US Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. We got medevacs every day from Vietnam, which was mostly Marines, all kinds of shapes. Some of them didn't make it. Some might get a little emotional here. You know, these guys came in all kinds of shapes. Some of them didn't leave the hospital alive. You would have incidents like you would maybe doing a portable x-ray in ICU. And let's say the patient was, you know, lost his legs and one arm. And he was delirious and had a fever. I was trying to do a portable xray on him. And he kept calling for his mom. He kept wanting me to scratch his foot. He 8 �didn't have legs, you know. So those kinds of things. Now, a corpsman on the floor wouldn't be directly involved with patient care. As a radiographer, I just dealt with them when we were performing some kind of radiology procedure on them. We had a separate unit upstairs for the officers. They were cared for separately. Got more care, more specific one-on-one type of care than the ward guys did. Some of the guys would come down with diseases in Vietnam. The U.S. Naval Hospital was the Navy's Far East Hospital. So we were the primary hospital for, you know, let's say a soldier or a sailor was injured seriously or moderately. They would come to us. We would do triage. The triage initially took place in Vietnam. And then they sent them to us for a lot of correcting surgeries and things. Then they were sent to the state side, to the military hospitals for major repairs. Additional medical care. Toby Jenkins: So you had to stabilize them. So you were in a trauma unit, basically seeing people in trauma.. Warren Duvall: Well, the hospital was basically a trauma. You could also serve civilians, dependents. There was housing on the base. Not a lot for dependents And then there was a place about, I don't know, 20 miles off the base where they had a unit just for civilians of the military housing. And I don't know how many, let's say a few hundred there. So we took care of them. And the World's Fair was taking place. Let's see, I went there in February of 1970. It was actually February 20, 1970. And I got out on February 20, 1972. So it had been two years to the day I left for it. I returned home. Toby Jenkins: And that was in Japan. You were stationed in Japan. And what was the name of the city again? Warren Duvall: Yokosuka, Y-O-K-O-S-U-K-A. Toby Jenkins: OK. Well, on behalf of our staff here, we want to thank you for your service to the American people. Warren Duvall: We weren't treated very well back then coming home. Toby Jenkins: No, there was such a, it was a volatile time in our nation's history. Warren Duvall: And you didn't wear your uniforms off base. You just didn't talk about your military openly unless it was just someone you knew or whatever. So the way we're accepted now was so foreign in the beginning it took me a long time to put on a cap or whatever. And I do that regularly ever since, ever since I guess Iraq and Afghanistan. Conflicts and so forth. Then people started thanking you for your service. Toby Jenkins: Well, I think probably just my thoughts. There began to be a strong advocacy that the Vietnam vets had done their duty. They did what they were told and required to do. They didn't make the decision whether we were in or not. And don't you feel like the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. began to change the nation's attitude? 9 �Warren Duvall: It was such a- Well, I'm sure it had a lot to do with it. Such a moving and meaningful- Yeah, if you've never been there, it's extremely moving because you have the Wall. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, and they have a replica of it that travels around the country. It's been in Tulsa at least twice. Warren Duvall: Yeah, I've been to it in Oklahoma City and in Tulsa. Toby Jenkins: So how old were you when you got out of the military? Warren Duvall: How was I? I was 24. Toby Jenkins: So you were just a young man. Were you married? Did you marry? Warren Duvall: Never married. Toby Jenkins: Okay. Now, during this time, how do you identify? What is your sexual orientation? Warren Duvall: Well, I'm a gay man. Toby Jenkins: You're a gay man. Warren Duvall: I've been gay all my life, but I didn't know it. Toby Jenkins: Yeah. So when did you become aware of your sexual orientation, you had attraction to your same sex? Warren Duvall: So there was a, yeah, there was a, I guess. Toby Jenkins: When did you, when were you aware that you were attracted to men and that others were not? That the other boys didn't have those things? Warren Duvall: Well, I battled that, let's say in high school. Cause, you know, my best friend, I mean, you know we were growing up and slept together and everything. So it was very comforting for me to snuggle up with him. He was just about as straight as you could ever be. But that sort of thing, because I started realizing that, you know, that I was more interested in my same sex than I was in the opposite sex. Toby Jenkins: So in high school, this wouldn't have been, were you able to tell anybody you had those feelings? Warren Duvall: No, I didn't admit that to myself at that time. I was always under the impression that I would, you know, this was an adolescent thing, and that I would like to grow out of it. Toby Jenkins: Okay. So you went off, you got out of high school, you went over to school in Fort Smith, to radiology as an adult, now. Did you pursue that then? I mean, did you… 10 �Warren Duvall: I did get offered one after I graduated, and I was solo working the night shift. I had a student with me part of the time, but this guy that was in the, he was orderly in the ER, and he started getting extra friendly with me. Toby Jenkins: Okay, so he flirted? Warren Duvall: Yeah, and actually talked me into taking him into a room and locking the door. Toby Jenkins: So he was your first intimate? Warren Duvall: No, my cousin. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, okay. Warren Duvall: Eventually, we were little then, but eventually in junior high and into high school, so now we would still… Toby Jenkins: You were a young adult. You knew what you… Warren Duvall: When I started realizing and accepting, it was when I was overseas in the Navy, and you're around men everywhere. The only women were nurses, basically, young officers. They had male and female nurses, but it started in my attraction. Some of my friends are just someone that I physically was attracted to. I realized in high school that I was extremely fond of some of the male…The Big Valley, you remember the half-brother, what was his name? Anyway, he was always shuffling his shirt. It was a country and western. I was very attracted. Toby Jenkins: Bonanza? Warren Duvall: No, it wasn't Bonanza, but I think it was the Big Valley, but anyway. Yeah, I think that's what it was. Toby Jenkins: So you definitely liked some of the guys on the Big Valley. Big Valley was a TV show. Barbara Stanwyck was in that. Toby Jenkins: In the military. .. Warren Duvall: Didn't do anything in the military. Toby Jenkins: But you became aware. Warren Duvall: Became very aware. Toby Jenkins: Were there other gay men? Did you meet other gay men in the military? Warren Duvall: Not until, well, I was around them, but I didn't learn to just, I don't know. The last month or two I was there, I found out there was a group of gay guys that lived off base that leased a house, and there's about six or seven of them. But I never had any contact with them. Toby Jenkins: Any relationship. 11 �Warren Duvall: There was one guy that was, he was a lab tech, and he was very feminine, and he was very expressive and everything, and a voice that went along with the stereotype, so he was pretty obvious. Nobody said anything, well, I mean, they may have, but not in the general population of the hospital. Toby Jenkins: So you said you never explored that while you were in the military. Now, when you left the bases, while you were deployed, did you ever go out and find gay clubs in Japan, or? Warren Duvall: I knew of one off base, which we went into. I mean, they would be straight guys, and some of them might have been gay, but you know. We went as a curiosity of going into a gay bar, that sort of thing. Before I left the active duty, I'd made up my mind that I was going to explore my gayness when I got back to the States. I didn't know it was all around me. But so I went exploring sooner if I don't make it. Toby Jenkins: Finished with your deployments, and you returned to the United States, and where was it, did you go directly back to Oklahoma? Warren Duvall: I went back to Oklahoma, and went back to work at the hospital where I trained, because they had to hire me back. And then a friend of mine, a good friend before, went to a neighboring community, Roland. Of course, we were adversaries in school, but Roland was, at that time, much smaller, it really wasn't even much, a couple service stations. Then Interstate 40 came through, Roland, and Roland just exploded. Toby Jenkins: So you had come back, decided that you were gonna explore your sexual orientation. Warren Duvall: So this guy graduated from Rowland, but when the fall semester started and my fellow classmates were going off to school, he was in Wilburton, junior college in Wilburton. Okay, some of my fellow students were down there and they met him and when they came home on the weekends and the partying and stuff, that's how I got acquainted with him and we had particular fondness for each other. Toby Jenkins: So y'all developed a relationship? Warren Duvall: Not an intimate relationship, but over time. He showed up after I had come back. One night he showed up, he'd become a teacher and taught in Ponca City for a year before he came back. He was going to Florida, he had two fellow female teachers that had gone to Florida and found jobs down there and he said, why don't you go with me and let's look for work down there. Well, that was just an ideal thing for me because I was going to get away either to Florida or New York State. The only gay cousin that I know I had, but probably not, but he was older than my mother because his father was my grandfather, Tidwell, mom's father. His first wife died from one of those diseases they had back then, consumption or whatever. And then he was single for many years. So he had one son and the one son got married and had two kids, one girl, one boy. Well, Fred was actually four years older than mom, but mom was his aunt because there was a long gap between when my grandfather married the second time. 12 �Toby Jenkins: Was he gay? Warren Duvall: Well, yeah, he was gay, but no one knew that. He went through the military during the war. He was an officer, he had a doctorate in business, so he taught at universities and things in California. When I was getting out, or let's say the last six months or so, he started writing to me. He'd come home because his parents were in California and they were dying one at a time and his sister took care of them. I don't think she ever married, but I didn't really know her. I don't know if I probably saw her when I was young. Toby Jenkins: And where did he live? Warren Duvall: When he started contacting me, he was in New York City. I think he taught business at New York City University, I believe. So he started writing me letters because he'd come home, stopped spending time with mom, either going or coming from his parents, and they died pretty close together. So mom put him in my old bedroom, and so he started writing to me. He would tell me, well, your mom put me in your bedroom, I just, you know, I felt really comfortable there and I felt like I needed to write you a letter if you'd wanted me to communicate with. So we communicated back and forth until I got out and he wanted me to come and see him. He told me that he had this young man that lived with him. That's as much as he told me. So when I got out and then my friend came along and went to Florida, so I was gay, he was gay, and after we moved to Florida, Roy and I got an apartment and then the night I pulled in with my U-Haul, my motorcycle, my U-Haul and my few possessions, I saw this huge man because I pulled into the parking lot and the back of our apartment had sliding doors and I could see this huge man in there. So I, you know, I went in, and Roy introduced me to Gary, and Gary was the nicest guy. He was a school teacher. We both got jobs down there, so he hadToby Jenkins: You got a job in a hospital. What city in Florida? Warren Duvall: In Florida it would have been...The hospital was in Cocoa, which is on the mainland from Cocoa Beach, and the name of the hospital was Wusthof, a 200-bed hospital. So that's where I went to work. But anyway, after a while Gary invited me and Roy to move in with him because his roommates were leaving or whatever. I think he had a couple of roommates and so, to make a long story short, there was three gay guys living together, none of us talking about gayness, and there was a TV series, gosh, I can't remember the name of it. It was the first thing I saw in a TV series where this guy was a married man and realized he was gay and came out. And that story was the big thing because it was the first thing on TV that talked about being gay. I don't know if you remember it or not, and so that kind of opened us up, you know, because we were very interested in that and so forth. But when I went to work at Wusthof, there was this gorgeous Italian man who was a respiratory therapist... And when I'd see him in the cafeteria, you know stealing glances, never talking to him personally or anything. And so time went on and I had just gotten me a, I had just ordered me a new car and I was going into the bank, you know, to get my loan and everything, and I was in my cut13 �off jeans and you know, and I come out of the bank and this car was sitting there and the sun was to my back so I couldn't see who was in the car and he had pulled up and rolled his window down and yelled out at me. So you know, I really couldn't see him. So I walk over to the window and I say it's this guy, you know. And he's like, do you live around here? And I'm like, yeah, a couple miles down in the Atlantic. And he said, well, I just live a few blocks from here, but we'll have to get together, that sort of thing. He had two kids, his wife worked on the base, there was an Air Force base- St Patrick Air Force Base, I think, which was south of Kennedy Space Center, and anyway. So one thing led to the other. And then he showed up as a patient one day for an IVP, which is a kidney x-ray procedure that you did back then with contrast with the kidneys and bladders would show up, ureters and bladders would show up. So he came in for that. So we got real friendly while I was doing the procedure on him. That happened just before I ran into him at the bank, but anyway he made arrangements for me to come over when his wife was working. That was my first affair of sorts. The guy was nuts. Toby Jenkins: They usually are. Warren Duvall: First thing he wanted to do, he wanted to move out and he wanted to, he insisted on me telling my roommates that I was gay, which was very hard for me to do because we'd never talked about it. Toby Jenkins: But your roommates were gay. Warren Duvall: Yeah. But they didn't particularly react to that. Roy seemed to be quite jealous of this guy. I can't think of his name right now. I don't think he's with us for several years now, but anyway, so we moved out. He always changes his mind from day to day, and so I didn't know anything to do except run away from him and come back home. At the same time, my mother was complaining that dad was falling off the wagon and that was her excuse to get me back home too. Well, when he found out that I was going to leave, he packed up and came to Oklahoma with me. I can't get rid of this guy. Toby Jenkins: So this was the Italian guy. Warren Duvall: This was the Italian guy. Toby Jenkins: And he had left his wife and his kids. Warren Duvall: At that point, he had left his wife and kids and came to Oklahoma with me. Toby Jenkins: And that wasn't the plan. Warren Duvall: That wasn't the plan. I had job interviews in Oklahoma City and job interviews in Tulsa and one interview in Bartlesville. He was a respiratory therapist. I don't know if I said that. So he interviewed, he didn't have any appointments or 14 �anything, but he interviewed in some hospitals in Oklahoma City, I guess in Tulsa too. He got accepted for a job in Bartlesville was the only place he got an offer to go to work. So that worked for me because he had to go to Bartlesville and I was intending on finding a job in Tulsa anyway. So I found a job at Doctors Hospital at 25th and Harvard. I worked there 27 and a half years for a variety of routine procedures, thoracic procedures, surgical procedures, emergency room procedures. CAT scan came along. I worked with CAT scans in the early stages, so I really didn't like it. That's more one-onone with my patients. CT was, you know, you stuck them in this unit out there and you were in a separate room. Warren Duvall: So back in Tulsa, did that relationship end? Warren Duvall: Yes, but it was very difficult because I could not get rid of him and he kept coming down and said, I'm gonna move in with you. And I'm like, no, you can't do that. So when he saw that I wasn't going to do that, he called his wife, sell the house and came up here. So she came up there. Of course, he was always wanting me to come to their house on the weekends and things. She was very nice, very innocent, and from a big family. They were, you know, they were fromToby Jenkins: Was she aware that he had relationships with men? Warren Duvall: No, she might've suspected. She never asked me directly. But he was very belligerent to her once she came there and they bought a house and everything. But he kept trying to come back into my life. So, you know, I just, it was a very uncomfortable situation. And I would take him down to my parents. He wanted to go down... that thing. And the first time I took him, my brother was down in the field and they were cutting greens, I think, spinach. Warren Duvall: And mom said, oh, we'll take him down. Jerry's down there. Made him see a farm, you know, what goes on on a farm. So I took him down there. Well, I swear to God, he was so self-conscious of whether he was butch or not that he literally had a friend film him walking to see if he swished too much or, I meanToby Jenkins: So he had a lot of internalized homophobia. Warren Duvall: He had all kinds of….He was, I don't know, he was bipolar, I think. Toby Jenkins: Now, did you take him down with you, did you come out to your family as gay? Warren Duvall: No, no, no, still had not come out. After him, I decided, well, I'm not straight. I mean, I'm not gay, because this is nuts. So I tried, I came back to Oklahoma and tried to come to Tulsa, tried to play the straight game for two or three more years. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, that almost broke you, huh? So you're in Tulsa. Let's speed along, because that was all fascinating to me. So you're in Tulsa, and this relationship, you got away from that. Did you begin to connect with the community here? Warren Duvall: Well, so my friend that we went to Florida with, he stayed down there for that two or three years, and then he finally came back and was in the Muldrow, 15 �Roland , Fort Smith area. He was a school teacher, but he wound up going to EMT school down in Florida and worked for their ambulance and worked in the hospitals and things like that, even though he had a, he was a math major. He came back. Toby Jenkins: Well, you're in Tulsa. I'm just curious, when did you start connecting with the gay community? Warren Duvall: Okay, he showed up, and we went to an adult movie theater downtown on Main Street on about 5th, and the Taj Mahal was around the corner. Well, I knew that that was a gay bar, even though I was still doing the straight scene. But anyway, he brought a fellow school teacher who was obviously a feminine gay man. They wanted to go to the Taj Mahal, and I was like, oh no, because my thought was every family member and every person I work with is gonna be outside the door watching me walk in this gay bar. I mean, that was my mindset. I was so scared to do it, so they were kind of put out with me. But anyway, that was kind of the opening. Then this girl came to work at Doctors, a fellow tech. She was a really attractive, pixie girl, and we got along really well, and then she got what wound up being her roommate, a job there in radiology as an aide, getting patients and helping running in the dark room, things like that. So I got really, we got closer and closer and ran around with them and everything, and slowly got around to the point that we were both gay. So lesbians brought me out. They took me to, it was before Queen of Hearts on Main Street. It was, what was it, it was a drag bar. What was the name of that one? And they took me to another bar that was on Utica and what's that, 4th Street. There was a TG&Y there, and now it's a County Medical, some kind of department there, but right on the north side of the parking lot was this bar that was a gay bar. That's the first place they took me. So we go up and we sit down at the bar, and here's these two or three floozy gals in there, and this black one walks up and sits down on the barstool beside me and strikes up a conversation with me, and I'm just talking to her, blah, blah, blah, blah, you know, and she goes about her way. And one of the girls leaned over and said, you know, that's a drag queen, don't you know that? Toby Jenkins: Thought they had you in a lesbian bar. Warren Duvall: I just thought she was a, you know, a floozy gal, you know, trying to put the make on me. Toby Jenkins: So did you ever start going to the bars by yourself? Warren Duvall: So this continued, you know. I would talk to them while going out, and they, of course, there was a lesbian bar on Memorial between 15th and 21st. Toby Jenkins: Do you remember it? Shotzi's, or the Club? Warren Duvall: That was the later name of it. Toby Jenkins: The Club. 16 �Warren Duvall: The Club, yeah, the club. It was really a girls' bar, but the guys would go in early there. Back then, you know, it was liquor by the wink, you know, you had a brown bag, you know, and so forth, but, so they'd take me there, and they had to introduce me to some guy here, and nothing happened, you know, and one night I wanted to go out, and, uh. Susan said, just go out on your own. Oh, I'm afraid to do that. Well, you know, come to the Club, you know, some of the girls in there and everything. So I did. I struck out on my own and I was just having my drinks and smoking and that sort of thing. And I got this other mixed drink. I'm like, I didn't order that. Well, there's a gentleman over there that bought you this drink. And I said, well, who is it? And I looked around and there's this big old guy over there and he was just grinning. So that was my first introduction to the gay community. Because he introduced me to all his gay friends and I became part of their group. Back then, gay Tulsa was kind of cliquish. I mean, if you weren't in a group, you know, you didn't have much of a gay social life. Toby Jenkins: Now, did you eventually end up with a relationship? I mean, you… Warren Duvall: Well, for once I came out and that was a whole new experience for me and everything. So I was partying hard, meeting lots of tricks. And at some point along about the time it was about like 1980 or so, there was this little one paragraph article in Tussle World about these gay men in New York City and L.A. that were coming down with this strange disease, you know. Of course, that caught my attention. And then you start hearing more and more rumors about that. And I thought in my mind, I need to settle down with someone. Well, about four of us went to Oklahoma City for one weekend and I met this cowboy down there, Roger. And we were at one of the bars up on 39th Street, a smaller bar. Of course, it changed, and had many names. I don't remember what it was called back then. But anyway, he caught my eye when he came in and we were back in the pool area, playing pool. So he caught my eye and I commented on him to my friends. Well, why don't you go up there and talk to him? Well, I'm very shy, very shy back then, especially gay shy. But finally I got my nerve up and went up there and he was sitting there by himself. It was early. There was just us and him. All that was in there at that time, the bartender. So I sat down with him at a high table and we struck up a conversation and people came in, people came in. And he kept, he would say, well, I'll buy us another round if you'll go get it. So I'd go get it. So I sat there with him for two or three hours and finally he said, I'm gonna have to go to the bathroom. He says, I've got a cast on my leg. And he did get a cast on his leg. So he'd gotten into a wreck. He was a druggie. He had a wild gay life in the Navy on board ships that I knew nothing about. Anyway…. Toby Jenkins: So you all ended up together. Warren Duvall: So we ended up together that night and the next weekend I called him and I went down. And some of my friends were there too. Anyway, we went out to dinner and he was high as a kite. And anyway, we spent the night at the new gay club at the hotel in Oklahoma City, the Habana Inn. I haven't been there since the new owners, but. 17 �So we ended up, he came up the next weekend and I took him out to Zebra's to play some, about 33rd and Yale. Toby Jenkins: Zippers. Warren Duvall: Zippers. And anyway, before the weekend was over, he told me, well, you know, I'd like to have a permanent relationship with you. And he was starting to, he had just went through a treatment program at the VA, but he was falling off the wagon and the reason he broke his leg was because heToby Jenkins: Sobriety program. So y'all ended up together. Warren Duvall: Right. And he was from Oklahoma City. So he moved to Tulsa with me. And that was 82, early 82. Toby Jenkins: And how long were y'all together? Warren Duvall: 10 years. Toby Jenkins: You said that you were in the medical field and you had seen the notice about some of the first AIDS patients in New York. What did that begin to look like in Tulsa? Warren Duvall: Well, it was, you know, it started to be a general conversation when you went out, you know, guys talking about it and so forth. And of course you got more and more information. And then the first gay patient we got was this big old man. You know, like any big straight man. I mean, no sense of being gay. Of course, the rumor was he was in ICU coming in sick. And the rumor was this guy's gay, you know? And so he was, I don't think he got out of there. I think he died in the hospital after a couple of weeks. So he was the first AIDS patient that I dealt with. Toby Jenkins: What was the hospital’s…Y'all were dealing with your first AIDS patient. What were the general policies? Warren Duvall: Well, I mean, they just put him in isolation. So just a typical isolation patient, you know, you had to get on up and mask up and everything. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, you were afraid to work with him. Didn't really know, did you? Warren Duvall: Didn't know very much at all. But he was very, he wasn't a stereotypical type gay guy. You know, and so our staff couldn't believe that that man was gay, you know? But anyway, that was my first time working with a gay patient. Toby Jenkins: When did you get involved with the community, the gay community, and their response to AIDS? Warren Duvall: Okay, when the guy bought me the drink at the club, I got acquainted with his circle of friends. I would be with him. We'd go over here and do that and go out to dinner and all the things you do. And one weekend, we took a long weekend and went to the [horse] races in Arkansas. Hot Springs is that down there? I can't think of which Springs it is. Anyway, we rented a Winnebago, and there's about eight or nine of us in this Winnebago. So we drove down to Eureka Springs. 18 �Toby Jenkins: Hot Springs. Warren Duvall: Hot Springs. So we drove down there. Toby Jenkins: To the horse races. Warren Duvall: Yeah, spent the weekend at horse races and things. So that's how I got acquainted with the gay people and going to parties and going out and so forth. Toby Jenkins: But when did you get involved with, like I know we have this picture here, you're in the Follies. When did you begin to get involved with the gay community's response to people with AIDS and your caregiving? Warren Duvall: Well, once I read that article, I'd be concerned about my own health, you know? Which is, like I say, when I decided I needed to settle down with one person, so, and Roger came along and I settled down with him. So, a year or so later, might have been two years, we'd been together for some time. This guy showed up that was a past friend of his in Oklahoma City and he was a scrub tech that had come up to work with one of the doctors that worked at Doctors Hospital, a plastic surgeon. But anyway, we got acquainted with him. He was an old friend of Roger's and he got really sick. And we went up to see him and his mother was there and he was from Ardmore originally. So, he was in the latter stages, you know, his skin and bones and she had had problems with so-called his friends taking things from his apartment and stuff like that. And so, she gave us the 9th degree and then when she figured out that, you know, we were coming to visit him, his friends, she was very happy that we were there. And so, we would spend some time with him and, you know, he was at the end, and said he had diarrhea all the time. And like I say, he was skin and bones. And I would clean him up, you know, because I'm a medical person, you know, you gotta keep cleaning people up. He didn't survive more than a week from the first time we went in to see him, I don't think. And then, they took him, so he was, I guess he was at Hillcrest. They took him to the old Moore's facility on 14th and Peoria, somewhere around there. Well. The funeral home. The funeral home. After he died. Well, the big funeral home is south of the cemetery off of Memorial. They were used to taking care of AIDS patients. They were scared to death. They took him and put him in a garage out back when his family came to see his body. Then they had to drag him back in. But that's how scared they were. He had AIDS, they stuck him out there, butt naked with the sheet over him. So, we went through all that rigamarole and everything with his family and him. So, that was a good introduction. That's when we went down and joined SHANTI. Toby Jenkins: Okay, and tell us what SHANTI was. Warren Duvall: Well, you were assigned an AIDS buddy. Of course, we were a couple, so we were doing it together and we went through the training program. That's when I met David Parsons. He was going through the, he had just started out. I can remember David, I can remember distinctly, we're sitting there in this classroom setting with just 19 �the two of us right then, and then David walks in, real friendly, how are you, gets his chair, drags it right up in front of us, and... yadda. He was going through, or he was starting one, I think. I think he was starting one because, anyway, so that's how we met David. So, I knew David off and on, over time, and got better and better acquainted with the times. So, we got assigned this guy, and then we split up. Uh, and thenToby Jenkins: You and Roger ended your relationship. Warren Duvall: We did pre-Christmas in 91. Anyway, so, you know, we started taking this guy out and doing things with him and everything, and then we split up. Roger stayed here for a while, and then he moved to Oklahoma City with this little nelly guy. I'm like, Roger always thought he was butch and everything. He got caught in drag driving, and they took him to the hospital, and his parents came in, and he was in the emergency room in drag. Toby Jenkins: But So you had the AIDS patient and Roger and you had split up, so did you continue to get more involved in SHANTI? Warren Duvall: Well, SHANTI had gone by the wayside pretty much, because, you know, one person couldn't handle an AIDS patient by themselves, so they came up with—what's that called? Toby Jenkins: RAIN [Regional AIDS Interfaith Network}. Warren Duvall: Okay. Anyway, that took over. I continued—Roger and I split up, but I continued to— Toby Jenkins: Be a part of the RAIN team. Warren Duvall: To be a part of this guy. Toby Jenkins: This patient. Warren Duvall: This patient, yeah, and Roger moved off to Oklahoma City. Toby Jenkins: So what was it like in those days? You're doing the RAIN team, and you're a medical— Warren Duvall: No, I'm not doing the RAIN team. I didn't even join it. But I was still taking care of this guy Toby Jenkins: So the community—you were a medical professional, so you were seeing it from a different angle. And then you were seeing the community's organization. We've had multiple people who've interviewed and talked about that period. It was a difficult time, because people, as you said, you'd be diagnosed, and then you would be gone quickly. There was no treatment to save your life, and yet some people would get sick, and they would survive and still would be living with it, you know, 30, 40 years later. What was the mood in the community, and you as a medical professional, what was it like? I mean, was it— 20 �Warren Duvall: Well, it was very cautious. People became much more concerned and cautious about their sexual habits. Toby Jenkins: Right. So it transformed the communities. Warren Duvall: It definitely transformed the community. You still, I mean, you still socialized and so forth. But the worst thing was you would have, let's say, you'd have a social friend that came down with it and there would be no time until they were gone. So you went through that over and over and over and over and over. Toby Jenkins: How many funerals do you think you went to during the time of the pandemic? Warren Duvall: Probably a dozen. Toby Jenkins: Of close friends who died? Warren Duvall: Socialized friends. I never had a really super close friend until much later. I had a friend that came down with it much later after they were starting to have some successful treatments. Toby Jenkins: We've talked about this. You've talked about how you liked to dance and things like that. Were you involved in what we call the Follies and some of the fundraising efforts? Warren Duvall: I was in the, Roger and I, in the picture. We did the Follies the first two years, did that dance routine with that group there. I think it was almost verbatim, there was only one or two that weren't in that picture that was in the first year. Then I stayed active with Linda and them, but I didn't do any kind of active work on stage with them until her final year, the 10th year, and of course, Roger was long gone by then. Toby Jenkins: What were the Follies? It was an annual fundraising event for those living with HIV and AIDS. Linda started it. Toby Jenkins: Linda Stevens? Warren Duvall: Linda Stevens. Toby Jenkins: Who's recently deceased. Warren Duvall: I didn't know that. Toby Jenkins: Yeah. We just lost her in the last— It's been almost three months now. Warren Duvall: Oh, man. I wanted to get to see her. I went to their house one time to knock on the door, but nobody came. Man, I knew she was in really bad health, but I didn't know that. Toby Jenkins: You talked about you being involved with some other affinity groups, community organizations. You mentioned you were part of the Drillers Bears. Was this a socialization group for men who identified as bears? Warren Duvall: Yes. 21 �Toby Jenkins: Tell us kind of what a bear is. Because you've talked about this a lot in your interview about the flamboyant, effeminate, all the different— Warren Duvall: Right. To me, Roger and I's first introduction to it was when we were on vacation in Florida, and we were in Orlando and there was a gay hotel there in Orlando [Parliament House], kind of like the one in Oklahoma City. So we went there. Anyway, there's this group of big guys, big burly guys, and they were in this bar that was next to the hotel, and I think it was called the Blue Moon, maybe. It was kind of a Levi Leathers kind of bar. So there's all these guys in there. My conception was that a bear was a hairy man. Toby Jenkins: More masculine, more hairy, working class. Warren Duvall: Beer gut, whatever. Toby Jenkins: Wasn't the typical Hollywood depiction of slender sleeves, muscle-lift gay guys. Warren Duvall: Yeah, just the common guys. Toby Jenkins: So you became a part of that group, Drillers Bears here in Oklahoma. Warren Duvall: Well, I became part of that. That was after Roger and I split up, but the initial group in Orlando, which I think, I was told that was the first time that a group of guys had met and formed a bear group. Of course, and then it spread nationwide and worldwide in a very short period of time. So I was active in that, and then we would go to gay rodeos all over, in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and actually, Roger and I split up when I went to Arkansas, but Missouri and stuff, and then once he left, I got acquainted with Rick Poston, and he was trying to form a new gay rodeo division in Tulsa because you weren't a real close part to the OGRA, particularly. Toby Jenkins: And OGRA stands for what? Warren Duvall: Oklahoma Gay Rodeo Association. Toby Jenkins : And that was basically based in Oklahoma City. Warren Duvall: Yeah, it was statewide. Toby Jenkins: And so when you say gay rodeo, for our viewers, explain what that means, gay rodeo. Warren Duvall: A gay rodeo, well, it was a typical rodeo version, the gays' version of a rodeo. Toby Jenkins: So people who like Country and Western music… Warren Duvall: Western living, and like to ride horses and do all the things, and there were different organizations and you were all affiliated with IGRA. 22 �Toby Jenkins: Our viewers might be familiar with the explosion of interest when you had Urban Cowboy come out and Gillies, and where country and Western were people who were not farmers or cowboys or ranchers. They dress as cowboys and go out in twostep dancing. So this is theWarren Duvall: Right, kind of a popular thing. Actually, the first time I started going back to what I grew up in, it was still in the straight bars. And then after I was going to the straight bars and dancing, I started my gay paraphernalia, up again. Then it morphed right into the gay scene real quick. So I just, I returned to my roots, still in straight life and then morphed into the gay scene. Toby Jenkins: So you weren't playing or role-playing the role of a cowboy because, for our viewers, there were gay country and western bars, and there'd be country and western bar nights, country and western nights at our clubs, but it was kind of almost like a culture where you dressed up in cowboy boots and wranglers and you looked the part, but you had never been near a horse or a rope-to-cow. Warren Duvall: Common name for it was Drugstore Cowboys. Toby Jenkins: What'd they call it? Warren Duvall: Drugstore Cowboys. Toby Jenkins: Drugstore Cowboys. But you actually were a part of the group that became, what was it called here in Tulsa, the? Warren Duvall: It was Sooner State Rodeo Association. Toby Jenkins: So it was. Warren Duvall: We were the first organization that separated from an existing state organization, the IGRA. And we were the first that split our state. Toby Jenkins: And so these organizations would have been all over the country. Warren Duvall: Yeah, they're all affiliated with the IGRA, which is International Gay Rodeo Association. So we applied for a new membership, and so that involved us going to meetings and things. I think it was probably the second annual meeting that I went to, and that was, let's see. We got accepted, not exactly sure what city we were in, but anyway, we were the first to put in to separate from, to be separate from OGRA, Oklahoma Gay Rodeo Association, which it was basically, it was a state organization, but it was 90% Oklahoma City metro area. Warren Duvall: Once they accepted us, there were two or three other groups in different states that were right there wanting to put their application in. So I don't know where, then I got separated from the Sooner State Rodeo Association kind of on a political situation. Toby Jenkins: So this group came together, and one of the things they did is they hosted a yearly rodeo. Warren Duvall: Yes. 23 �Toby Jenkins: Just like you would have, which was very common in our culture here in the middle of the country. Warren Duvall: And it didn't have to be a big rodeo. It could be in somebody's barn. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, and what would y'all do at the rodeo? What kind of entries would there be? Like, name off the different things. Warren Duvall: Oh, well, calf roping. Toby Jenkins: Barrel racing. Warren Duvall: Bulldogging, barrel racing, and there's another rehab pole, line of poles. You didn't do this in the straight. You need to zigzag through them. I can't remember that term. They had bull riding, horseback, bareback, saddleback, and then they did more kinky, campy things, just fun things. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, they'd have drag queens perform. Warren Duvall: Yeah, they had, what do we use the goat for? You had to tie a ribbon on the goat or something. But anyway, there were fun things to do, but the other was semiserious. The livestock class of livestock we did, it's about university-type stock. Maybe you'd say high school and university. That's probably on the same level. There's not many high schools, but there are high schools in Oklahoma that have a rodeo program. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, so you would have these big rodeos that would be a full-blown rodeo, but it would be imprinted with being LGBT proud, being out and proud. So for our viewers, it must have meant a lot to you to be able to return to your childhood and your experiences and blend those two together. Warren Duvall: Back when we were just a little kid... the rodeo in Fort Smith every year, which was a big thing. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, I will say this. I want to make sure our viewers are aware of this. This was an extremely successful, what I would call community crossover. Every gay rodeo that I personally attended- and I've been to Oklahoma City, I've been to them in Wyoming, Texas- half the crowd is straight. Yeah, it was a very good environment for people outside of the community. Allies like these gay cowboys would have their families there and you allowed straight people to enter the competitions. Warren Duvall: As I remember right there weren't any restrictions on it. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, it was a very good way for people to mix with the community and get to know us. Did you enjoy being a part of that? Warren Duvall: Very much so, yeah, I was very active and held health officer positions and then one year I was a rodeo coach. I was a rodeo director, which was the first rodeo we had here which actually was sponsored by the OGRA. And I had told you earlier that Rick and his boyfriend at the time started putting this Sooner State Rodeo Association together. So since we were working to separate and since Rick got that in Tulsa from his membership and officer in the OGRA in Oklahoma City, they were not happy with him 24 �but he'd already signed up and everything. Our first rodeo here was sponsored by the OGRA but the Sooner State did 90% of the involvement in putting it together and so forth. They might disagree with that percentage. But even before we became an active, accepted member in the IGRA, we put the rodeo on- I think that was 2003,, maybe 2002.. Toby Jenkins: And hosted the international here in Tulsa. So the International Gay Rodeo Association came here in Tulsa and your Sooner State Rodeo as a part of the Oklahoma Gay Rodeo Association. Y'all served as the host. Warren Duvall: Yeah, well, OGRA served as the host, but the majority of the staff came from the Sooner State. Toby Jenkins: People came from all over the country, didn't they? Warren Duvall: Yes, right, and it was a three-day event. Toby Jenkins: When did you get involved with Oklahomans for Equality? I mean, I know, would you have cowboys and horses in the pride parade? I mean, was this something? Warren Duvall: Yeah, sometimes, yeah, and we put on a float every year, back when I was active in it. And, yeah, I think I remember some people were. .. Toby Jenkins: And when did you get connected to this Oklahomans for Equality year at the Equality Center? Warren Duvall: Probably not until I, really not until I came back in 2019, just before COVID. I came back at the end of October and by early 2020. Toby Jenkins: Because you had gone home and lived on the farm for a while… Warren Duvall: Right, yeah, for 13 years now my mother had died, and my brother, who had a home on the farm. My mother had given him three acres to build him a house. He was in bad health too. He started early in life with cardiac problems. He had a bypass at age 40 or 42. But anyway, she had died in April of 2004, and he died in May of 2005.. So my oldest brother and my sister- there's four of us, two boys and then my sister, and I was the youngest, and I was nine years younger than our oldest brother. Toby Jenkins: So we're kind of coming towards the end, so I just want to, so you move back to Tulsa and then you begin to get involved here at the Equality Center. Warren Duvall: With the two senior citizen organizations. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, Prime Timers. Warren Duvall: And SAGE, which we got more into. Toby Jenkins: For our viewers, kind of tell us what Prime Timers is, what kind of organization is it for? Warren Duvall: Prime Timers is an organization for gay, bisexual men. 25 �Toby Jenkins: Older. Warren Duvall: 50 and older, typically. If you were a partner of someone and you were much younger, you could be a member because of your relationship to your partner that was a member of the group. Toby Jenkins: And then the SAGE, it was called, which is Services Advocacy for Gay Elders, what SAGE stands for. But eventually, SAGE's program began to be called the OkEq Seniors Program, and so you began to get involved in that. Now, earlier in our time together, you talked about David Parsons, who you first met at a training session, with SHANTI, where you're gonna take care of people living with HIV-AIDS. So he's been your friend all of these years. Warren Duvall: Yeah, and we've gotten closer and closer after Roger and I split up. I think Roger and I used to have a Christmas party every year, and I think after we met David, I think he came to a couple of those. This was before his partner Al. But anyway, Roger and I had bought a condo out on 51st between Memorial and Mingo. It's called Idlewild II. Toby Jenkins: Well, you've been connected with David Parsons all of these years. Warren Duvall: Roger and I split up. I got left with the condo because he wanted to sell it right away and it was worth, it priced for 15,000 less than what it was. And I said, well, I'm not gonna take that loss. So I ended up taking over the whole thing, which put me in a financial bind until I sold it. So, early on, I had moved downtown when I had come out and actually met another married man and had a short affair with him. That's when I pulled the floor off of having any kind of relationships with married men. Not a good thing. Because they just don't, they don't work out basically because they're doing a double life and you're kind of always the secondary part of that relationship. Well, that was my experience with it and most people that I've talked to, same thing. Toby Jenkins: So you were getting involved with the seniors program here and you and David, you'd bring David to the program. Warren Duvall: Yes, well, when I sold the condo, I moved just off of downtown on 17th and Carson. You know, what I call the Jetson building. We were on the south side of the street behind the Mansion. In fact, the duplex I was in was owned by the owner of the Mansion, what I call that law firm that had that Mansion back then. So I sold the condo and lived there for four or five years and that's when mom died. And my brother was, I had just moved back to the farm. Well, the reason I did that was because I became physically unable to keep my job when I ruptured my L5-S1 and I'd already had my first hip surgery and had ruptured my neck, moving a patient. So I had so many medical things going on with me and it just became too hard for me to work and do my job properly and everything. So I wound up, initially I planned on semi-retiring at 57 and I wound up retiring at 57 because of my physical injury. So, I was just a few blocks from David and Al. So, you know, we intermingled and it was over because, you know, they had, after he met Al, you know, they had gatherings at their house and dinners and parties and things like that. So, we came closer and closer and then I moved off for 13 years. And when I came back, which was the end of 26 �October, 2019, I had called David and I would come up and we'd go out to dinner when I was on the farm. And I'd come up and go to doctor's appointments up here. I would get in touch with them and, you know, we'd go to eat and sometimes I spent the weekend here. So, we became pretty close before, in fact, I was at David and Al's house when I got the call that my mother had died. So, we became good friends. Some of my friends came down when I first moved to the farm. Some of them came down and about five or six of them came down to see, you know, where I was living and what was going on down there. David came, I don't know if Al came or not, probably so, they got a big kick, because they wanted me to show them around the country side. And like I said, as a crow flies, I was a mile from the river, but I was about three miles from it to get to it from either the upper side of the dam or below the dam, which was Locking Dam 14 on the natural part of the Arkansas down there. So, we had about, well, we had about 90 acres of farmland. 75 or so of it was good, productive farming land where you grew different crops. Typically, over the years it changed, but in recent years, pretty much in that part of Oklahoma you grew corn one year, next year you put in winter wheat and when the winter wheat came off, you combined that and then you put in soybeans. So, you had three crops in two years. That's what it was, all the, it was already that when I moved. Toby Jenkins: And so, these boys would come down here to see that. Warren Duvall: So, I'd take them down into the corn field and you go down this road, it's actually an extension of the county road, but the county didn't take care of it anymore and we were on one side and there's another owner on the other side of this road. But, we got down to a 90 degree turn and they had just put up street signs out in the country down there and there was a street sign in the corner of the corn field. They got the biggest kick out of it. They couldn't believe that there was a, of course, it didn't take long for them. .. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, that's called urban sprawl, you know. So, I know that you, and we're gonna wrap this up, you, I know you would, you and David would come to Sage because your good friend, he was diagnosed with dementia and for several years, you were his ride or die. You took him to Prime Timers. Made him. Took him everywhere I went. And allowed him to be able to continue to participate. Warren Duvall: Right, be active. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, and so, I was always so impressed with that. Could you maybe speak to that? Why did you feel that was important? Warren Duvall: Well, when I came back, I initially called him and he was okay then and then COVID came along and I didn't, basically, I only had one friend that we spent, you know, in contact and together but I didn't really call anybody during that first year or so. And so, when I called him back after COVID, I left a message and then I got a message from him and he seemed very excited to talk to me, you know. When I got the message, I called him back and he proceeded to tell me that he had had this, as David said, I 27 �drank a quarter of wine one night and went to bed and the next morning, I couldn't get out of bed. Couldn't do anything. And he thought it was all to do with the quart of wine. And I said, well, that and many others helped you get to where you are now. But he told me that the doctors had told him that he had Alzheimer's, dementia, Alzheimer's is another form of dementia. But they specifically said, I, observing him in the beginning, I didn't really think he had, because it gets misdiagnosed a lot, Alzheimer's gets diagnosed when somebody's got another form of dementia. He could no longer drive, he couldn't even ride a bicycle, and he had limitations, but he still had a brain, and he walked daily, walked with his dogs, and then he lost a dog, and he walked with his other dog. So he was just at home all the time, Al's working, so he's, you know, and he can't go places because he can't drive anymore. So I started taking him with me and coming down here and we joined up. I was getting ready to join when COVID came along and he didn't join. After it became where we could get out and get around again is when I came down and joined and brought David down. So I took him to all the meetings and I took him out to eat a lot. I took him down all the trips that I would take down to the farm and had a couple of doctors down in the Fort Smith area that I like so well, like my dermatologist. I go down there. Toby Jenkins: So you kept him active. Warren Duvall: So I kept him busy, and, you know, that was good for me too, because I had not made really good contact with my old friends. I don't know if they're all dead or moved away or what, but I just haven't been able to, just, besides David and Al, there's only one other couple that I've had anything to do with and they seem to be content with retiring and sitting at home. Toby Jenkins: And recently, we lost David. He died. And, um... Warren Duvall: Within the past year, he'd gotten to the point that he really couldn't communicate. You could talk to him and he might, you might ask him something and he would answer you or tell you that he didn't know. Toby Jenkins: So I've always been grateful that you kept him involved. Warren Duvall: As long as I could to keep him involved. Toby Jenkins: I just wonder, as we finish up, this will be my last question for you. You've lived a long life. You've served your country. You've had an active career. You've lived in multiple places. You saw the world. You've lived in other countries. Warren Duvall: Been to the gay games. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, so, which is like the gay Olympics. But you saw things change over the last 30 or 40 years. Do you have a message for younger people or people who come after us? Do you have a message for the future? 28 �Warren Duvall: Be active as you can. Be aware that the political situation in this country is bad and gonna get worse for the LGBTQ group. I mean, they've already singled out the trans, you know. That's just the first step. If the public doesn't succeed in getting this group out of the White House and the Senate and Congress and the judges, I mean, it's just, never in my life would I ever assume that that would happen in the United States. It just never entered my mind. It concerns me greatly. So my advice is you fight it and you fight it and you never give up. Never give up. For many of us, it took a lot to come out and it was a lot. Some gay people knew all their life that they were gay. Now, I can look back and know that I always was, but I didn't know that. I didn't know what gay was for many years. Probably first started getting some conception of it in high school. I remember this group of future farmers. We'd gone into Fort Smith. We were probably trying to do some fundraisings or something. And this one guy, I don't know how they got on the subject, blowjobs, this one guy. He said, well, you know, these homosexuals, and he probably said faggots. He says, you know, their sexual organs are in their throat and that's why they blow each other on that. And I'm like, oh my God. He was a weird son of a bitch. Toby Jenkins: But that's the homophobic culture we live in. Warren Duvall: My first thought was, the sexual organs in my throat? Toby Jenkins: Well, this has been very helpful and very informative. And thank you so much for your service. Warren Duvall: And I have one other person I want to talk about briefly. Bart Elwell. He's a guy about my size. Pretty bald, wore a beard a lot. He had a degree in clothing design. He specialized initially in children's clothing. He was from the Oklahoma City area. He grew up in Moore. And I met him much later in life. This is after Roger and I had split up. And I'd seen him at the Silver Star dancing. He was a good dancer. But anyway, I met him again when we were forming the Driller Bears. He came to that, and we started talking, and getting acquainted, and became really close friends. And he came down with HIV late. I mean, he came down with two, three years after we'd gotten acquainted and been really good friends. So eventually, he came down with it. And I won't go into any detail. And just that he became positive. He worked just all kinds of fabric. And he never could get after his initial job. He came to town for this little children's clothing factory. That's how he came here. And then it got closed down, and couldn't compete with the international market, I guess. But we became closer and closer. He's the only one that would come down and spend the weekend with me, all the 13 years I was on the farm, after the initial guys came down the first couple weeks I was there. But he started, oh, about my last two or three years on the farm. So prior to October of 1919, he was a Christmas baby. My dad was born on Christmas Eve, and I was born on December 20th. And my half-brother was born on December 10th, I think. Lots of friends and had other friends and family that were December babies. 29 �I tried to get in contact with him over the Christmas holidays and didn't hear from him. Sent him a birthday card, didn't hear from him. And so finally, I got a call from him. I think it was probably early January of, I don't know how many years ago that was, about four or five. Anyway, he proceeded to tell me, oh, last year that I would come up and I'd go out to lunch with him, he kept complaining about stomach problems. He couldn't keep food down. He couldn't eat, but just a little bit, blah, blah, blah. And this went on, and they did tests on him and everything. And finally, they told him on Christmas Eve of that year, I'll say 2020, I'm trying to think, was that before? No, he died before I moved up here, I think, the disease was pancreatic cancer. Well, by the time they diagnosed it, it was almost already stage four. From the time he called me after, I didn't hear him remember the Christmas holiday, they told him the day before Christmas that he had it. So he went down to his family for Christmas Day to tell them that he had pancreatic cancer. But anyway, he went down like a rock. The time he called me and the time I came up the very next time, he was just, when I went to pick him up, he was just skin and bones. Didn't have a hair on his head because he was in chemo and everything. He didn't have a hair on his body. Wasn't very hairy anyway, he had a nice beard. But I wouldn't have known him. You know, you could have told me he's gonna be coming down the sidewalk here in 30 minutes and he could have walked right by me and I wouldn't have known it was him. That's how much he was just skin and bones. And he had a long-term relationship lover who was also HIV positive from down in the Dallas metro area. They were together, that long distance relationship for about the last four or five years of his life or more, maybe. But anyway, it was just a shock Okay, so he was never financially real secure because of his career and trying to stay in and so forth. But anyway, he wound up kind of being the office manager of an independent children's clothing store that was out at 81st and Harvard in that little shopping center and it's on the southwest corner. So he worked there the last few years. He gave me this picture of a cowboy that he had picked up at a garage sale or something and it was in this horrible frame. And this cowboy's bare-chested. He's got his saddle over his shoulder. Really good picture, watercolor. He said, I want you to have this because I know you'll do something good with it. So it's a great picture. I had it professionally framed and everything. Spent $300 just getting it framed. I was gonna take it to him so he could see what I did with it one weekend. And then I had to back out. The next weekend, by the time we got there, his lover had called me to say he had died. I hated it he never got to see it because he would have been so happy and proud that he gave that to me. Toby Jenkins: And that beautiful story is a reminder…. Warren Duvall: One of my very best friends ever and I've had lots of good friends over the years. Toby Jenkins: We can't delay, we can't put off. We gotta seize the moment and see the moment. All right. Warren Duvall: Tomorrow may be too late. 30 �Toby Jenkins: Well, thank you so much. Warren Duvall: Thank you. Toby Jenkins: This has been beautiful. We've covered areas that we've never covered. We talked about things that I don't think we've ever talked about in any other interviews. Warren Duvall: I could talk to you for two weeks. Warren Duvall: I mean, I've had an interesting life and amazing experience. Today I came through it. Toby Jenkins: This has been Warren Duvall on February the 10th, 2026. 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Title A name given to the resource [2000] TOHR Follies Time Worp with the Cast of Helga's Horribles Description An account of the resource Fundraiser for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights 2000 TOHR Follies Fundraiser https://history.okeq.org/files/original/82c9bde7fc1405437f839caf5fe15330.jpg f159bc7815b49e677f69f2980326b23c https://history.okeq.org/files/original/f59e3ec865be443e9998aa87e67e2a10.pdf 7b404330d41ba274da7953374520d6b9 PDF Text Text Helping Donors Assist Tulsa Area Nonprofits That Are Committed to Diversity Every day, the LGBT community and its allies support causes and organizations in Tulsa that affect everyone's quality of life. Because there has been no way of identifying money coming from these committed community members, this philanthropy has been, to some extent, "invisible." In 2003, a group of Tulsa, Oklahoma citizens formed the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa as a donor-advised fund of the Tulsa Community Foundation. The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa is committed to making visible the philanthropic contributions of the LGBT and allied community to Tulsa. The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa will consolidate and brand money given locally by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) community and their allies. These funds and certain matching funds from the Gill Foundation will provide an important source of grants to issues we all care about; helping children and the aged, eliminating disease, feeding the homeless and promoting equal opportunity for everyone. It will also provide incentive for organizations to examine and update their employment practices to ensure that they provide equal opportunity to all, regardless of their sexual orientation. Organizations that receive grants from the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa must have an employment nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and must recognize the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa as the grant source. This effort is modeled after the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, a fund of the Gill Foundation, which since 1996 has given millions of dollars to nonprofits on behalf of the gay and lesbian community in Colorado. We are proud to be an affiliated program with the Gill Foundation and very much appreciate their willingness to provide matching dollars, which will increase the giving ability of the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa, please see our website at www.gayandlesbianfund.org (click on Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa or contact the Tulsa Community Foundation, (918) 494-8823. If your nonprofit is interested in applying for funds or wishes to have assistance on revising your policies and procedures to include sexual orientation in order to be eligible to receive funding, please contact us at tulsa@gayandlesbianfund.org. You may also call the Tulsa Community Foundation at (918) 494-8823 and they can help direct you to more information. The mission of the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa is to support effective Tulsa nonprofits which practice diversity in their policies and workplace while building public awareness of the contributions that the LGBT community and their friends, family and other allies make to improve the quality of life in the Tulsa area. �How can you make a positive impact through the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa? • Create Positive Visibility Are the words “gay & lesbian” being heard openly in Tulsa? Having members of our community hear the words “gay and lesbian” in a positive and non-politicized context can be an effective means of normalizing and building awareness. To create positive visibility consider… ü Sponsorship of highly visible events, particularly ones that provide donor recognition visibility to moderate and conservative members of the community. ü Underwriting of public television or radio programs. This is the #1 source of name recognition for the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado. • Increase Equitable Employment Policies By requiring that nonprofits have an employment non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation, funding provides an incentive for Tulsa nonprofits to adopt more equitable and inclusive policies. It is also important education, as many mistakenly think that current laws protect gay men and lesbians from employment discrimination. To increase equitable employment policies consider… ü Support for key Tulsa area nonprofits that do not currently have equitable employment policies ü Support for large Tulsa nonprofit organizations with a significant number of employees. ü Support for local chapters of national nonprofit organizations that can contribute to momentum for national policy change. ü Support for nonprofits whose boards of directors include prominent business owners and leaders. • Build Social Justice Alliances The Tulsa LGBT community shares social justice concerns with other marginalized groups. What a great way to support and remind those communities of our shared challenges and to build those relationships. It is easier to ask for support of LGBT families and civil rights when we are reaching out to support other communities and their civil rights. And, as we promote justice for other populations, we raise the commitment of the whole community to equality for everyone. To build social justice alliances consider… ü Support for nonprofits serving People of Color, women, and the disabled. ü Support for programs advancing social justice and civic participation for allied constituents. • Challenge Public Perceptions and Stereotypes What do gay men and lesbians care about? By visibly supporting valued mainstream nonprofits, the community is challenged to recognize that we all care about the same things. Particularly when those contributions go to organizations that clash with negative stereotypes, it can provide a “learning moment”. To challenge public perceptions and stereotypes consider… ü Support for nonprofits or issues that are considered moderate or conservative. ü Support that directly contradicts negative stereotypes, such as supporting organizations serving children, families and the faith community. �• Leverage Community Allies Seeing well-known and well-respected Tulsa nonprofits and their leaders modeling comfort and appreciation for their gay and lesbian donors can be very influential. Community partners give a “seal of approval” with their acknowledgment of support from the Gay & Lesbian Fund. There is a sense that “If the American Red Cross and Boys & Girls Club feel comfortable accepting and acknowledging contributions from the gay and lesbian community, it must be OK.” To leverage community allies consider… ü Support for nonprofits that are influential and well respected in the Tulsa community. ü Support for nonprofits that are considered “mainstream” and not typically associated with gay issues. ü Support that provides donor recognition opportunities linking your Gay & Lesbian Fund with influential allies and leaders, such as an on-stage “thanks” from organizational leaders where they will model their comfort and support in front of community members. • Influence Specific Issues When specific gay and lesbian issues are in the news and before the Tulsa public, Gay & Lesbian Fund support can focus attention and influence attitudes on these issues. Positive exposure to LGBT contributions can influence public perception, opinion and support. To influence specific issues consider… ü Support for Tulsa nonprofits strengthening marriage and families ü Support for Tulsa nonprofits promoting employment equality. ü Support for organizations or events that expose policy makers to LGBT support. ü Support for issues of concern and debate in Tulsa. • Build a Sense of Reciprocity While LGBT donors give up to 50% of their charitable dollars to non-LGBT programs that benefit the whole community, few straight donors contribute to LGBT organizations. Are there significant and influential donors in your community who might be influenced to contribute to LGBT causes if the contributions of the LGBT community to their causes were made visible? Would organizations like your local United Way include LGBT organizations or programs if they were aware of the valuable contributions LGBT donors are making to their fundraising? To build a sense of reciprocity consider… ü Support for causes and nonprofits valued by Tulsa donors who might reciprocate by supporting LGBT causes and organizations. ü Support for Tulsa events or organizations that contribute to multiple causes, when LGBT organizations or causes are included. • Enhance the quality of life in your community Underlying all the work of the Gay & Lesbian Fund is the commitment of LGBT donors to making a positive contribution for everyone in their community. These strategies should compliment sound philanthropic decision-making and considerations regarding the financial and administrative stability of nonprofits and their ability to achieve concrete positive results on issues of importance. �� https://history.okeq.org/files/original/b278a1996d6bfedcc1b37101a80f4644.pdf a8c82c073e001794f5d9fde0e0210c7d PDF Text Text GnL Brochure 2006 11/8/06 10:24 AM Page 1 Make your contributions count twice Our goals Making a difference in Tulsa while highlighting the important contributions of the Gay, Lesbian and Allied Communities • Create positive visibility • Increase equitable employment policies • Build social justice alliances • Challenge public perceptions • Leverage community allies • Influence specific issues • Build a sense of reciprocity • Enhance our quality of life For more information: www.gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Email: info@gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Or call the Tulsa Community Foundation 918-494-8823 © Copyright 2006. Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10.04 Making a difference in Tulsa while highlighting the important contributions of the Gay, Lesbian and Allied Communities �GnL Brochure 2006 11/8/06 10:24 AM Page 2 Support Tulsa non-profit organizations while promoting equality and inclusiveness The gay, lesbian and allied communities, along with their family and friends, are generous contributors to and supporters of the Tulsa community. Their efforts to improve the quality of life for Tulsa’s citizens include supporting non-profit organizations that are focused on eliminating diseases, helping our youth and our seniors citizens, feeding the homeless, and improving the arts. However, these significant contributions are often overlooked or go unrecognized. The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa (GLFT) was formed to increase the visibility of gay and lesbian philanthropy and promote equality and inclusiveness in the Tulsa community. By consolidating and branding tax-deductible contributions we can leverage and direct them to Tulsa non-profit organizations that embrace diversity through their outreach programs and promote equality in the workplace. Organizations receiving grants through the GLFT are required to have a non-discrimination policy which includes sexual orientation and credit the GLFT as the grant source. If you support quality non-profits in the Tulsa area, consider giving your tax-deductible contri-butions through the GLFT. You will be able to specifically direct your funds to any of the pre-screened Tulsa Area Non-Profits, ensuring that your contributions are going to agencies which support diversity in their policies and outreach. Your donation may be matched at a certain level by other financial sources which means a larger contribution to your designated agency. Make donation payable to: Tulsa Community Foundation/ Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa. ❑ Enclosed check for $ ❑ Pledge amount for $ ❑ Monthly ❑ Quarterly ❑ Annually ❑ Please designate my gift to benefit non-profit non-profit ❑ I understand contributions are given in the name of the “Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa.” I would like individual recognition. ❑ Please send me more information. Name Street Address A good number of non-profit organizations in the Tulsa Area have added Sexual Orientation to their non-discrimination policies. Please support these progressive organizations with tax-deductible contributions in the name of the GLFT. Just clip and fill out the donation slip on the next panel. Thank you for helping us make Tulsa a better place for everyone! City State Zip Phone eMail Send completed form with donation to: Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa c/o Tulsa Community Foundation 7020 S. Yale, Suite 220 Tulsa, OK 74136 � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/9b29596622803181e7245397f33f1529.pdf 107b76759bbe709024fb2c018d913e29 PDF Text Text Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2004 by Dennis Neill ��������� https://history.okeq.org/files/original/7c3d3d3305927e2260f16bac30efcbf8.pdf 521c4cfab4a6a350d4da8f5df412086a PDF Text Text Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa – Grants Funded 2004-2009 Last Updated: November 3, 2009 All Souls Unitarian Church Community Outreach Programs Alzheimer’s Association of OK and AR American Red Cross – Tulsa Chapter Arthritis Foundation Arts & Humanities Council Big Brothers & Sisters of Green Country, Inc. Campfire USA, Green Country Council Child Abuse Network Clarehouse College Hill Presbyterian Church Community Action Project Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Community Service Council Diversity Arts Association Domestic Violence Intervention Service Emergency Infant Services, Inc. Family & Children's Services Fellowship Congregational Church Gilcrease Museum Association Girl Scouts of Magic Empire Council Greenwood Jazz and Blues Festival HOPE Testing Clinic Iron Gate at Trinity Komen Foundation - Race for the Cure League of Women Voters LIFE Senior Services Light Opera of Oklahoma Maple Ridge Park Endowment Fund Mental Health Association of Tulsa Midwestern Theater (Nightingale Theater) National Conference of Community and Justice Oklahoma Center for Community & Justice Oklahoma State University Foundation Oklahomans for Equality Open Arms Youth Project Parent Child Center of Tulsa Parents, Family, Friends of Lesbians and Gays Philbrook Museum of Art Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma Preservation Oklahoma Regional AIDS Intercommunity Network Resonance, Center for Women Route 66 Marathon Retired Senior Volunteer Program 12 & 12 Tulsa AIDS Walk Tulsa Area United Way Tulsa CARES Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless �Tulsa Foundation for Architecture Tulsa Global Alliance Tulsa Historical Society Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Tulsa Opera Tulsa Reaches Out Tulsa Street School Tulsa University – BLGTA Student Organization Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Visiting Nurse Association of Tulsa Vocal Pride Foundation YWCA Youth Services of Tulsa � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/7bd1861a55870d4fc14ae88937aa5f82.pdf 1fcd4e36807c42c14ae5dd48ba6259d1 PDF Text Text Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa Employment Non-Discrimination Policy Requirements and Samples Nonprofits eligible to receive funding through the Gay and Lesbian fund for Tulsa must provide a copy of their official employment non-discrimination policy that includes “sexual orientation” (required) and “gender identity and expression” (recommended). The required wording may be inserted into your existing employment non-discrimination policy, or a sample policy is provided below. Sample Employment Non-Discrimination Policy [Organization’s name] provides equal employment opportunity. [Organization’s name] does not discriminate against any individual in the terms or conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, nation or ethnic origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical or mental disability, marital or family status, military or veterans status, or any other basis made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations. This policy applies to all aspects of the application process and employment relationships, including recruitment, application, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, job assignments, transfers, performance evaluation, promotions, layoffs and terminations. This policy also applies to relationships with outside vendors and customers, use of contractors and consultants, volunteers and clients, and in dealing with the general public. The following examples are sufficient to document the official employment non-discrimination policy of your organization. 1. Copy of policy text is in organization's by-laws, employee manual, or other official source. Please include copy of relevant page(s), highlight the policy text and reference the source and date of passage. 2. Policy text on organization's letterhead, signed and dated by Chair of the Board of Directors 3. Policy text on organization’s letterhead with statement of approval, such as "unanimously approved by Board of Directors on month, day, 20xx." 4. Minutes of Board of Directors meeting during which the policy was approved. (Be sure the complete text of the policy is included in minutes, or attach complete policy.) � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/efefbe23be9a2a2c50cd31ebfb458d6b.pdf a5537980804d9ec41253ffbab37708a5 PDF Text Text Frequently Asked Questions - Non-Discrimination Policy Requirement The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa requires organizations to have an employment nondiscrimination policy that specifically includes “sexual orientation” (required) and “gender identity and expression” (recommended) in order to be eligible for funding. This will help to explain why we have such a requirement and why it is necessary to include this specific language. Q: Why does the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa require an employment nondiscrimination policy? A: The founders and donors of the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa include gay men, lesbians, their families and allies. We have made the decision not to provide funds to organizations who do not extend employment protection to their gay and lesbian employees. It also allows us to educate local nonprofits and the public on the need and importance of employment protection for this group of employees. Q: Why do we need a formal policy? Isn’t it enough that we don’t practice discrimination based on sexual orientation? Q: Why does our non-discrimination policy need to specifically list “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression”? A: Many people are surprised to learn that gay men and lesbians are not protected by current federal employment non-discrimination laws. While a few states have passed their own employment protections, in 36 states including Oklahoma, it is legal to deny employment or to fire an employee based only on their sexual orientation. Only 9 states provide employment protection based on gender identity and expression. The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 established nine protected classes: race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, and familial status. The 1990 Americans with Disability Act extended protection to persons with physical or mental disabilities and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 added age to the list of protected classes. The only legal protection available to gay, lesbian and transgender employees is for employers to specifically list “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression” in their employment non-discrimination policies. Q: Can’t we just pass a policy stating that we don’t discriminate against anyone? Do we have to include a long list of all the groups that the non-discrimination policy applies to? A: Although this is an appealing notion, a general policy stating that you do not discriminate has no legal significance. �The term “discrimination” is often misunderstood. A dictionary defines “discrimination” as “to draw distinctions, distinguish from or between.” In this ordinary sense, all organizations discriminate, because all organizations need to draw important and valid distinctions between current and potential employees based on their qualifications, skills and performance. We all might agree that it is appropriate for a child-serving organization to discriminate, i.e.: draw valid distinctions in hiring, against persons with substance abuse or criminal histories. In a legal sense, discrimination has a different meaning. “Discrimination” in law refers to drawing invalid distinctions based on established legal classes. The case above, in which the organization might refuse to hire, or fire an employee, based on substance abuse is not “discrimination” in the legal sense, because substance abuse is an appropriate distinction for purposes of employment. In the same way, under current law, employment decisions based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression are not legally “discrimination” because these are not established by law as protected classes. It is perfectly legal to fire an individual based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Only by specifying “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression” in the employment policy, can organizations extend legal protection to all their employees. Over 3,000 organizations, including 88% of Fortune 500 companies have taken this step to ensure equal employment opportunities for all their employees. � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/2d6757b03dfa71c15e256fbf70ce3904.pdf 6a78f2698efa7daa39e01b827db549f5 PDF Text Text March 20, 2004 Dear Tulsa Community Donor Recently, four of us in Tulsa (Nancy McDonald, Mona Pittenger, Doug Campbell, and Dennis Neill) established the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa with the Tulsa Community Foundation. As more fully explained in the attached copy of our Web site (www.gayandlesbianfund.org/tulsa), our mission is “to support effective Tulsa area nonprofits which practice diversity in their policies and workplace while building public awareness of the contributions that the LGBT community and their friends, family and other allies make to improve the quality of life in the Tulsa area.” Our goal is not to ask you to contribute more to Tulsa area non-profits, but to consider directing some of your charitable giving thru the Fund, with the following benefits: • • • Branding dollars as coming from the LGBT community and their allies Encouraging non-profits to include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies and procedures. Enhancing the level of local giving with the possibility of matching some of our giving with dollars from the Gill Foundation of Colorado. The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa has been working to encourage non-profits to add Sexual Orientation to their non-discrimination policies. To date, some 35 Tulsa area non-profits have indicated that they have such policies or are working to do so. We have already sponsored events with 5 non-profits. The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa has been recognized in their programs and other appropriate publicity. We hope to support many other non-profits through grants for events, programs and capital campaigns. To do so, we need you to consider re-channeling some of your giving through the Fund. This will allow us to encourage non-profits to recognize diversity and maximize the dollars available through the Gill Foundation matching program. To learn more about the purpose of this Fund and the benefits to the local non-profit community and you, we would like to invite you to a casual continental breakfast on March 31st. Our special guest will be Jan Brennan, Executive Director of the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado which is affiliated with the Gill Foundation. She will explain the enormous success of this fund over the last 5 years in the Colorado nonprofit funding area and we will discuss the local Fund and answer questions. Date: Wednesday, March 31 Time: 8 am Place: 2nd Floor of the Ambassador Hotel, 14th and Main, Tulsa – Continental Breakfast To RSVP: Please call Dennis Neill, 743-4354, email dneill@cox.net or Tulsa@gayandlesbianfund.org We hope you can join us on March 31. Also, if you know of others who may be interested in this program, please feel free to contact us and we will make sure and extend an invitation. Sincerely, Nancy McDonald, Mona Pittenger, Doug Campbell, Dennis Neill � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/2395228fb9640a3506e2e8e51357e210.pdf fdc3c3759eff1b688118986b9745c8b4 PDF Text Text The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa Cordially invites you for Wine and Cheese Thursday, October 28, 2004 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Harwelden 2210 South Main Hosts: Joe and Nancy McDonald, Dennis Neill, Mona Pittenger, Doug Campbell, Kelly Kirby and Charles Johnston. Please join us to thank the individuals who have made taxdeductible contributions through the Fund this first year. With the additional support of the Gill Foundation, we have provided grants totaling nearly $100,000 to twenty-four non-profits in the Tulsa community that support diversity in their workplace. If you have not yet contributed to your favorite non-profits through the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa, come learn how the Fund is making a difference in the Tulsa Community and how YOU can be a part of this exciting partnership with the Gill Foundation and the Tulsa Community Foundation. Regrets: Nancy McDonald - 742-8565 � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/63648a70c80ef2093a0e680af10c418f.pdf 9e0af04c3ffa788b79b30b19372a2b34 PDF Text Text �������� https://history.okeq.org/files/original/15214bdb678ddf47535e0abf37fd1054.pdf 0c354ea76e62488b4c9578b75076eca2 PDF Text Text GNL.OperaAD.F 10/16/07 3:59 PM Page 1 Congratulations toTulsa Opera for 60Years of World-Class Entertainment. The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa provides grants to support the efforts of nonprofits in our community which embrace diversity in their workplace and outreach. With tax-deductible contributions provided by a cross-section of our donor community, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa highlights the contributions made by gay men, lesbians, their family and friends to the Tulsa Community. Making a Difference in Tulsa while highlighting the important contributions of the Gay, Lesbian and Allied Communities. For more information: www.gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Email: info@gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Or call the Tulsa Community Foundation, 918-494-8823. � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/aa887d7687c425f17a524064a46cab7a.pdf 06ff5f0527299d789e143e0ab3a5032d PDF Text Text �� https://history.okeq.org/files/original/57eea6019f4e2becce8ce53f2bdc0b18.pdf da4490c00d6974a7234d1c75a6a212f5 PDF Text Text Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa Grants/Payments By Year Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Year Number of Grants Total Grant Amounts 2004 38 $69,125.00 2005 41 $87,550.00 2006 33 $43,000.00 2007 29 $36,900.00 2008 26 $31,200.00 2009 18 $40,100.00 185 $307,875.00 Scheduled Amount $500.00 $500.00 Paid 38 40 32 28 26 17 181 Paid Amount $69,125.00 $87,550.00 $43,000.00 $36,900.00 $31,200.00 $39,600.00 $307,375.00 Void 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Void Amount Grant Number Recipient Fund Grant Date Grant Am 2362:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/12/2004 $2, 2641:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/23/2004 $ 2686:LJ-7 LIFE Senior Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/10/2004 $1, 2747:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/24/2004 $1, 2748:LJ-7 National Conference on Community & Justi Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/24/2004 $1, 2805:LJ-7 Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/21/2004 $1, 2818:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/28/2004 $2, 2971:LJ-7 League of Women Voters of Metro Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/13/2004 $1, 2972:LJ-7 DVIS Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/13/2004 $1, 2973:LJ-7 Light Opera Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/13/2004 $3, 2974:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/13/2004 $ 3002:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/2/2004 $10, 3018:LJ-7 National Conference for Community/Justice Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/7/2004 $2, 3082:LJ-7 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/17/2004 $2, 3093:LJ-7 Community Action Project of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/21/2004 $1, 3181:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/23/2004 $5, 3185:LJ-7 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fdn., Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/23/2004 $5, 3275:LJ-7 RAIN Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $ 3276:LJ-7 Tulsa Community Aids Partnership Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $ 3277:LJ-7 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fdn., Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $5, 3278:LJ-7 Child Abuse Network Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $ 3279:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $1, �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3285:LJ-7 Arts & Humanities Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/24/2004 $1, 3355:LJ-7 Tulsa Global Alliance Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/18/2004 $1, 3370:LJ-7 Harwelden Arts & Humanities Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/27/2004 $ 3371:LJ-7 Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/27/2004 $2, 3372:LJ-7 Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/27/2004 $ 3395:LJ-7 Council Oak Men's Chorale Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/15/2004 $1, 3396:LJ-7 Philbrook Museum of Art Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/15/2004 $3, 3424:LJ-7 LIFE Senior Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/13/2004 $1, 3425:LJ-7 Open Arms Youth Project Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/13/2004 $ 3474:LJ-7 Camp Fire USA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/17/2004 $ 3492:LJ-7 Midwestern Theater/Nightingale Theater Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $ 3501:LJ-7 12 & 12, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $1, 3502:LJ-7 Arthritis Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $1, 3503:LJ-7 Community Service Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $2, 3504:LJ-7 League of Women Voters Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $1, 3505:LJ-7 Preservation Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $ 3596:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/19/2005 $3, 3597:LJ-7 Parent Child Center of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/19/2005 3604:LJ-7 Parent Child Center of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/24/2005 $10, 3607:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/24/2005 $2, 3630:LJ-7 PFLAG, Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/4/2005 3631:LJ-7 ORCAR Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/4/2005 3632:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/4/2005 3920:LJ-7 Community Service Council - Greater Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/16/2005 3934:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/23/2005 3966:LJ-7 Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/9/2005 $1, 3967:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/9/2005 $10, 3995:LJ-7 Tulsa Foundation for Architecture Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/14/2005 $1, 4012:LJ-7 DVIS Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/23/2005 $1, 4192:LJ-7 Oklahoma State University Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/25/2005 $ 4193:LJ-7 Community Service Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/25/2005 $ 4194:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/25/2005 $1, 4195:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/25/2005 $ 4258:LJ-7 Arts & Humanities Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/9/2005 $2, 4259:LJ-7 PFLAG, Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/9/2005 $1, 4260:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/9/2005 $5, 4292:LJ-7 Light Opera Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/16/2005 $3, 4302:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/18/2005 $5, 4303:LJ-7 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/18/2005 $2, 4331:LJ-7 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fdn., Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/1/2005 $10, 4408:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/20/2005 $ 4522:LJ-7 HOPE Testing Clinic Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 $1, 4523:LJ-7 Big Brothers & Sisters of Green Country Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 4524:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 $2, 4525:LJ-7 Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 $5, 4526:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 $ 4635:LJ-7 Philbrook Museum of Art Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 8/16/2005 $2, 4671:LJ-7 Regional AIDS Intercommunity Network (RAI Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/7/2005 $1, 4684:LJ-7 American Red Cross Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/7/2005 $ $1, $2, �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4685:LJ-7 Gilcrease Museum Association Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/7/2005 $1, 4686:LJ-7 Tulsa Aids Walk 4797:LJ-7 Tulsa Area United Way Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/7/2005 $ Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/5/2005 4798:LJ-7 $ YWCA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/5/2005 $1, 4987:LJ-7 College Hill Presbyterian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/25/2005 $2, 5047:LJ-7 Arthritis Foundation Eastern Oklahoma Chapter Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/2/2005 $1, 5283:LJ-7 Community Service Council - Greater Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/13/2005 $2, 5453:LJ-7 Council Oak Chorale Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2005 $1, 5689:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/30/2006 $2, 5696:LJ-7 YWCA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/30/2006 $ 5903:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/8/2006 $10, 5904:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/8/2006 $1, 5905:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/8/2006 $2, 6251:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/14/2006 $1, 6252:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/14/2006 $5, 6253:LJ-7 Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/14/2006 $1, 6513:LJ-7 Rizley Opera Education Endowment Fund Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/28/2006 6514:LJ-7 Light Opera Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/28/2006 6586:LJ-7 University of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6589:LJ-7 HOPE Testing Clinic Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $1, 6607:LJ-7 Camp Fire USA Green Country Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6608:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6609:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6610:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6611:LJ-7 RSVP Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6612:LJ-7 Tulsa Aids Walk Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6799:LJ-7 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/28/2006 $2, 6800:LJ-7 PFLAG, Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/28/2006 $ 7236:LJ-7 Arthritis Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $1, 7237:LJ-7 Fellowship Congregational Church UCC Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $ 7238:LJ-7 Gilcrease Museum Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $1, 7239:LJ-7 PFLAG, Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $ 7240:LJ-7 Tulsa Area United Way Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $ 7241:LJ-7 YWCA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $ 7464:LJ-7 Regional AIDS Intercommunity Network (RAI Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/2/2006 $1, 7469:LJ-7 OCCJ Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/7/2006 $2, 7470:LJ-7 OCCJ Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/7/2006 $ 7477:LJ-7 Route 66 Marathon, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/9/2006 $1, 7478:LJ-7 Girl Scouts, Mid-Columbia Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/9/2006 $1, 7488:LJ-7 Route 66 Marathon, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/9/2006 7648:LJ-7 YWCA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/6/2006 $1, 8118:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/12/2007 $2, 8119:LJ-7 Community Service Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/12/2007 $3, 8167:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/21/2007 $2, 8255:LJ-7 Association for Women in Communication Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/7/2007 $ 8256:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/7/2007 $ 8257:LJ-7 Route 66 Marathon, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/7/2007 $2, 8258:LJ-7 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/7/2007 $2, 8330:LJ-7 Resonance Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/12/2007 $1, $ �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 8331:LJ-7 Retired Senior Volunteers Program Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/12/2007 $ 8452:LJ-7 Alzheimer's Association, Oklahoma/Arkansas Chapter Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/29/2007 $ 8740:LJ-7 Association for Women in Communication Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/11/2007 8741:LJ-7 Multiple Sclerosis Society Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/11/2007 $ 8765:LJ-7 Street School Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/11/2007 $1, 9162:LJ-7 Camp Fire USA Green Country Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/29/2007 $1, 9383:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/12/2007 $ 9384:LJ-7 HOPE Testing Clinic Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/12/2007 $1, 9626:LJ-7 Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 8/24/2007 $1, 9818:LJ-7 Community Service Council - Greater Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2007 $ 9819:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc. 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With tax-deductible contributions provided by a cross-section of our donor community, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa highlights the contributions made by gay men, lesbians, their family and friends to the Tulsa Community. As a donor wishing to support a progressive and diverse community, consider giving some of your charitable contributions through the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa, a donor advised fund established with the Tulsa Community Foundation. Making a Difference in Tulsa while highlighting the important contributions of the Gay, Lesbian and Allied Communities. For more information: www.gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Email: info@gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Or call the Tulsa Community Foundation, 918-494-8823. � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/a0e9282686547586b605cb605e7f6ad2.jpg ed836dbaad8f3701d025ed9a5643a11e 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 [2003] Gay and Lesbian Fund For Tulsa Description An account of the resource In 2003, Dennis Neill attended the Gill Foundation's Outgiving Program. At the meeting Gill explained the use of a donor fund, the Colorado Gay & Lesbian Fund, to bring awareness to LGBTQ giving and ensure non-profits have appropriate non-discrimination policies. In 2004, Nancy and Joe McDonald, Mona Pittenger, Doug Campbell, and Dennis Neill established the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa with the Tulsa Community Foundation. The mission is “to support effective Tulsa area nonprofits which practice diversity in their policies and workplace while building public awareness of the contributions that the LGBT community and their friends, family and other allies make to improve the quality of life in the Tulsa area.” Leveraging off of a matching grant from the Gill Foundation, the organizers contributed funds and reached out to others to consider directing some of their charitable giving thru the Fund, with the following benefits: • Branding dollars as coming from the LGBT community and their allies • Encouraging non-profits to include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies and procedures. • Enhancing the level of local giving with the possibility of matching some of our giving with dollars from the Gill Foundation of Colorado. The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa has been working to encourage non-profits to add Sexual Orientation to their non-discrimination policies. To date, some 35 Tulsa area non-profits have indicated that they have such policies or are working to do so. We have already sponsored events with 5 non-profits. The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa has been recognized in their programs and other appropriate publicity. We hope to support many other non-profits through grants for events, programs and capital campaigns. To do so, we need you to consider re-channeling some of your giving through the Fund. This will allow us to encourage non-profits to recognize diversity and maximize the dollars available through the Gill Foundation matching program. Dennis Neill Doug Campbell Gay & Lesbian Fund Gay and Lesbian Fund Mona Pittenger Nancy and Joe McDonald https://history.okeq.org/files/original/038cb18c43eb249d44fbe5b3f10ee212.jpeg 5ad18d8052bc96b96df473d0fda123a6 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/fcdaa5c7f217b645c599e95b69270044.pdf 7added536cc48d16adc1e5567435c58c PDF Text Text Early Home for LGBTQ Movement in Tulsa From Vernon Jones on Facebook 10/4/19From Vernon Jones on Facebook 10/4/19 The home base of Tulsa's gay equal rights activist organizations was crushed into rubble and the rubble removed during the 50th Anniversary Year of Stonewall. I owned the structure during the 1970s. Tulsa Gay Alliance(TGA) was one of the many gay activist organizations that sprang up from coast to coast within a year after the Stonewall Riots in New York City June 28,1969. The house was the home base for all the gay activists' organizations for most of the decade of the 1970s including TGA,Tulsa's Gay Awareness Program (GAP), GAP's newsletter GAP RAP, and the Tulsa Caucus. Initial meetings of Tulsa Metropolitan Church (MCC)were also held there to provide those who needed a more friendly Christian faith church. Gay activism was out-of-the-question for most Tulsa gay men In 1969. They feared being outed and facing life-changing outcomes of total rejection by family,friends and employers. But five gay men gathered secretly for the first time in a small meeting room on the 3rd floor of the Tulsa City-County Main Library. Names, identification, or phone numbers were not exchanged for fear that Tulsa police might learn who the activists were. Meetings then moved to 1629 South Cincinnati.. The address of the building that police eventually labeled "a nest of queers". The rich gay rights history associated with the house is as interesting as some of the activists themselves were. One of Tulsa's activists had been a homeless teenager who was thrown out by his parents for being gay. He survived as a dishwasher and go-go boy at Stonewall Inn when the riots broke out. Two of the activists had been committed to mental institutions by their families because they were gay. One activist had been an emergency room nurse. Another was an honorably discharged veteran after serving In a highly classified career field. One was a black activist who singularly dared to publicly raise the issue of being gay to Tulsa's African American community. One had a law enforcement background. Another later became an ordained Priest-Pastor at Tulsa's St. Jeromes Angelican Church. President Herbert Walker Bush appointed one of the activists to be 28th recipient of the President's "1,000 Points of Light" award and medallion. Another activist received a Letter of Commendation from President Bill Clinton for his previous activism for equal gay rights Most of the activists had been abandoned by their families and churches. All the activists were as common as any except all were deeply committed to securing equal rights for themselves and others. 1 �The first activist group of TGA failed to enlist less than a dozen Tulsa gays and lesbians to join the effort to seek their equal rights. Being outed was too dangerous In the "City of Churches" and living in such anti-gay political and law enforcement environment. Dallas gays were not as shy as Tulsans were in 1972.They asked me and my companion as TGA organizers to lead Dallas' first and only gay "March" through the main downtown streets of the city. In 1974 the GAP RAP newsletter broke a story that Associated Press picked up. Newspapers around the country published their own articles about the Tulsa story. Tulsa local government recoiled from all the bad press. But, GAP and its GAP RAP had finally managed to get the attention and concern the group sought about the need for local government to address the abuse and discrimination Tulsa gays were experiencing from police and others. GAP's sister activist group of the Tulsa Caucus followed through with their part. Their appeals to Tulsa Human Rights Commission secured that Commission's attention. A Special Task Force was created by the Commission that included gay activists. Assertions of the Special Task Force eventually resulted in the Mayor declaring an Executive Order(EO). The EO prohibited discrimination of gays by businesses that had any relationship with the City such as licensing, approvals, agreements, etc. The EO was rescinded by the next Mayor James Inhofe after encouraged by the "Orange Juice Lady" Tulsa native Anita Bryant. Tulsa law enforcement's retaliation toward gay activists was harsh. The house of gay activists might have accurately been labeled a "nest of queers". The queer activist's certainly 'hatched' their plans there. I was the activists who was falsely labeled as being associated with "organized crime" and targeted by the RICO Act(racketeering). But, the accusations were debunked by an IRS investigation. The entire contents of the Tulsa Caucus were striped by unknown persons. I and my partner experienced relentless police harassment likely Intended to intimidate or drive us out of the city. We were stopped, detained, and harassed repeatedly for no valid reason. The stops were so numerous they became was a subject of jokes to police dispatchers. The black activist(my partner) was the easiest target by police He was arrested 3 times. One arrest resulted in a ten day work assignment. Another bogus charge was dismissed in court. The third was ruled as "Unconstitutional" by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and dismissed. My employer attempted to fire me due to my sexual orientation and activism. My partner and I began to receive frequent threats of violence. A night-time brick enclosed in a sack of burning substance crashed through one of the house's windows seriously jeopardizing the lives of the sleeping residents. The house that became the home base of gay activists in the historic Maplewood District had been built in the early 1900s during the oil boom. Due to the dryness and flammability of the near 70 year old wooden structure, the terrorist's act would have 2 �burned to the ground within minutes. It would have likely trapped residents on the second story if the fire had not been detected immediately. I vacated all the activists "nesters" and renters. I then sold the property at a loss to end Its being a serious endangerment to residents because it was the home base of the activist's groups. The "nest of queers" had its own interesting history that preceded the struggle for gay equal rights. There was a weird, weird, sense of strange quality about the house. Residents and visitors alike believed "spirits" were present. Others claimed they witnessed unexplained and unnerving sights. There were suspicions expressed by persons who were not in a position to know things that proved accurate after being investigated. There was evidence that a murder may have occurred on the property years previously. Two persons who were known to have been present in the house multiple times before they were In fact actually murdered elsewhere. Gay Tulsans had valid reasons for not wanting to be outed in the 1970s. But significant advances associated with the house at 1629 South Cincinnati Avenue in Tulsa began making a difference. Gay Tulsans began to regain their courage. The new decade presented new challenges. Gays began to revel -- RECKLESSLY -- in their new sense of emerging freedoms. The 1980's decade was the one of HIV and AIDS. But new and effective support organizations in Tulsa were created and dealt with It. The "nest of queers" Is now gone. But the details of its rich history, secrets, and personal knowledge of the details of events and activists who contributed so much to help secure equal rights for Tulsa's LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS communities still resides In the hundreds and hundreds of hours of notes, audio, video, and printed records I preserved over the years and written about in my book. The home base of Tulsa's gay equal rights activist organizations was crushed into rubble and the rubble removed during the 50th Anniversary Year of Stonewall. I owned the structure during the 1970s. Tulsa Gay Alliance(TGA) was one of the many gay activist organizations that sprang up from coast to coast within a year after the Stonewall Riots in New York City June 28,1969. The house was the home base for all the gay activists' organizations for most of the decade of the 1970s including TGA,Tulsa's Gay Awareness Program (GAP), GAP's newsletter GAP RAP, and the Tulsa Caucus. Initial meetings of Tulsa Metropolitan Church(MCC)were also held there to provide those who needed a more friendly Christian faith church. Gay activism was out-of-the-question for most Tulsa gay men in 1969. They feared being outed and facing life-changing outcomes of total rejection by family,friends and employers. But five gay men gathered secretly for the first time in a small meeting room on the 3rd floor of the Tulsa City-County Main Library. Names, identification, or phone numbers were not exchanged for fear that Tulsa police might learn who the activists were. Meetings then moved to 1629 South Cincinnati.. The address of the building that police eventually labeled "a nest of queers". The rich gay rights history associated with the house is as interesting as some of the activists themselves were. 3 �One of Tulsa's activists had been a homeless teenager who was thrown out by his parents for being gay. He survived as a dishwasher and go-go boy at Stonewall Inn when the riots broke out. Two of the activists had been committed to mental Institutions by their families because they were gay. One activist had been an emergency room nurse. Another was an honorably discharged veteran after serving in a highly classified career field. One was a black activist who singularly dared to publicly raise the issue of being gay to Tulsa's African American community. One had a law enforcement background. Another later became an ordained Priest-Pastor at Tulsa's St. Jeromes Angelican Church. President Herbert Walker Bush appointed one of the activists to be 28th recipient of the President's "1,000 Points of Light" award and medallion. Another activist received a Letter of Commendation from President Bill Clinton for his previous activism for equal gay rights Most of the activists had been abandoned by their families and churches. All the activists were as common as any except all were deeply committed to securing equal rights for themselves and others. The first activist group of TGA failed to enlist less than a dozen Tulsa gays and lesbians to join the effort to seek their equal rights. Being outed was too dangerous in the "City of Churches" and living In such anti-gay political and law enforcement environment. Dallas gays were not as shy as Tulsans were In 1972.They asked me and my companion as TGA organizers to lead Dallas' first and only gay "March" through the main downtown streets of the city. In 1974 the GAP RAP newsletter broke a story that Associated Press picked up. Newspapers around the country published their own articles about the Tulsa story. Tulsa local government recoiled from all the bad press. But, GAP and Its GAP RAP had finally managed to get the attention and concern the group sought about the need for local government to address the abuse and discrimination Tulsa gays were experiencing from police and others. GAP's sister activist group of the Tulsa Caucus followed through with their part. Their appeals to Tulsa Human Rights Commission secured that Commission's attention. A Special Task Force was created by the Commission that included gay activists. Assertions of the Special Task Force eventually resulted In the Mayor declaring an Executive Order (EO). The EO prohibited discrimination of gays by businesses that had any relationship with the City such as licensing, approvals, agreements, etc. The EO was rescinded by the next Mayor James Inhofe after encouraged by the "Orange Juice Lady" Tulsa native Anita Bryant. Tulsa law enforcement's retaliation toward gay activists was harsh. 4 �The house of gay activists might have accurately been labeled a "nest of queers". The queer activist's certainly 'hatched' their plans there. I was the activists who was falsely labeled as being associated with "organized crime" and targeted by the RICO Act (racketeering). But, the accusations were debunked by an IRS investigation. The entire contents of the Tulsa Caucus were striped by unknown persons. I and my partner experienced relentless police harassment likely intended to intimidate or drive us out of the city. We were stopped, detained, and harassed repeatedly for no valid reason. The stops were so numerous they became was a subject of jokes to police dispatchers. The black activist(my partner) was the easiest target by police He was arrested 3 times. One arrest resulted in a ten day work assignment. Another bogus charge was dismissed In court. The third was ruled as "Unconstitutional" by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and dismissed. My employer attempted to fire me due to my sexual orientation and activism. My partner and I began to receive frequent threats of violence. A night-time brick enclosed in a sack of burning substance crashed through one of the house's windows seriously jeopardizing the lives of the sleeping residents. The house that became the home base of gay activists in the historic Maplewood District had been built in the early 1900s during the oil boom. Due to the dryness and flammability of the near 70 year old wooden structure, the terrorist's act would have burned to the ground within minutes. It would have likely trapped residents on the second story if the fire had not been detected immediately. I vacated all the activists "nesters" and renters. I then sold the property at a loss to end its being a serious endangerment to residents because it was the home base of the activist's groups. The "nest of queers" had its own interesting history that preceded the struggle for gay equal rights. There was a weird, weird, sense of strange quality about the house. Residents and visitors alike believed "spirits" were present. Others claimed they witnessed unexplained and unnerving sights. There were suspicions expressed by persons who were not in a position to know things that proved accurate after being investigated. There was evidence that a murder may have occurred on the property years previously. Two persons who were known to have been present in the house multiple times before they were in fact actually murdered elsewhere. Gay Tulsans had valid reasons for not wanting to be outed in the 1970s. But significant advances associated with the house at 1629 South Cincinnati Avenue in Tulsa began making a difference. Gay Tulsans began to regain their courage. The new decade presented new challenges. Gays began to revel - RECKLESSLY - in their new sense of emerging freedoms. The 1980's decade was the one of HIV and AIDS. But new and effective support organizations in Tulsa were created and dealt with it. 5 �The "nest of queers" is now gone. But the details of its rich history, secrets, and personal knowledge of the details of events and activists who contributed so much to help secure equal rights for Tulsa's LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS communities still resides in the hundreds and hundreds of hours of notes, audio, video, and printed records I preserved,over the years and written about in my book. f .» t A V \ txi.k 1. : J • A 6 � 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> 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] Home of Early LGBTQ Movement in Tulsa Description An account of the resource Posted by Vernon Jones on Facebook November 4, 2019 Tulsa Gay Alliance Tulsa Gay Awareness Program Tulsa Gay Caucus Vernon Jones https://history.okeq.org/files/original/9773fb1b2835fc9ff30d324e23a4ffc6.png b62633556df3f5cf42416a1026460e7b https://history.okeq.org/files/original/960db8b9a3d263f9b1ec07b7604ea6a0.pdf 5fd0e9f357d737194768bcc569f3ab57 PDF Text Text �� 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. 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Title A name given to the resource [2004] Diversity Celebration Pin Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2004 Description An account of the resource Pin from 2004's Diversity Celebration Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 4-12, 2004 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Pin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 2004 Diversity Celebration 2004 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/053aed28888defcd37c9ddaaa6443882.jpg 15cd6958befd6ef5d13043ed41062330 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/8dbbb33fe9d546552ee7cc8b4b2d6b57.pdf 4fff70c1bab4245d3f1e590230feb801 PDF Text Text ���� Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Title A name given to the resource [2003] Diversity Celebration Interfaith Service Program Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2003 Description An account of the resource Program from 2003's Diversity Celebration Interfaith Service Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 8, 2003 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Program Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 2003 Interfaith Service 2003 Diversity Celebration 2003 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/083ed3a6732d5b32d9fc719ed2c57f99.png 32214df36ce3b62b334b63e7dc9bfd29 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/1a2dedcd1216513a309c744e12bbb19b.pdf 8f48c6452bc46f57bd62e7141c5d021d PDF Text Text � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource [2003] Diversity Celebration Sponsor Ad Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2003 Description An account of the resource Advertisement featuring some of Diversity Celebration 2003's sponsors. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 9, 2002 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 Poster advertisement Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Jason Warner Pride 2002 Diversity Celebration 2002 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/fe3f820bfbad632f070d89de93586e8d.png ba64b62372dbb1d8e32ab40b92b0c6e2 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/6800e951773a3f2f914cbd17ab406a21.pdf 505b54c9c9c65161725a91c52a673aa9 PDF Text Text � 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 [2000] Pride Logo Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Logo for 2000's Pride celebrations. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 Pride 2000 Diversity Celebration 2000 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/b82a70f1ad7f70addb5662c1f51dc527.pdf 766a04e3b19ec41ee154eb9cd49f4557 PDF Text Text Tina Ann Pendola April 22, 1949 - August 4, 2016 Tina A. Pendola, 67, of Tulsa, Oklahoma died on Thursday, August 4, 2016. She was born on April 22, 1949, in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Joseph and Lorene (Aupperle) Pendola. Tina proudly served our country in the United States Army from 1973-1976, then worked Civil Service and at the Denver VA Hospital before coming to Tulsa in 1981. She worked at the Tulsa County Courthouse in Administrative Services for eight years, and then as a Veterans Employment Representative for the Oklahoma Employment Commission in the Broken Arrow office until 1995 when she had to quit due to health issues. She continued to be an advocate for veterans issues, and helped start the first group for women veterans in Tulsa. Helping and supporting all veterans became her primary mission in life. She is survived by her partner of thirty years, Sharon Segler, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, niece, Tammy Schaefer, of Edelstein, Illinois, sister in law, Karen Pendola, and nephew, Tony Pendola, both of Apex, North Carolina, sister in law, Pat Richardt, and nieces, Vicki Geffery, and Debbi Kessler, all of Oceanside, California, and numerous other family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Mike Pendola, Tony Pendola, sister, Marilyn Pendola, and half brother, Charles “Bud” Richardt. A celebration of Tina’s life will be held at 9:00 AM, on August 10, 2016 at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, 6500 S, 129th E. Ave., Broken Arrow, OK 74012, which will include The Patriot Guard of Tulsa as well “Taps” and presentation of the Flag by the United States Army Honor Guard. Tina requested, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made in her name to WIMSA (Women In Military Service for America) memorial foundation, Inc., by visiting womensmemorial.org or donate in her name to the DAV, Tulsa Chapter 32, 3131 E. Pine Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74110. �Comments “ I worked with Tina at Tulsa County in Administration Services. She was fun to be around and always made me laugh. She always cared about others and was a good friend. I think of her from time to time and and have fond memories of her. I just discovered her passing and am very sorry to hear about it. I will always remember her. Robert Brown - September 28, 2019 at 12:44 PM “ I just discovered that Tina had died. We were out of town when it happened and missed hearing the news. We both enjoyed working with her when Floral Haven did their salute to Women in Military Service. She was an amazing lady! Steve and Cheryl Moeller Steve and Cheryl Moeller - May 27, 2017 at 09:48 PM “ Sent a gift in memory of Tina Ann Pendola Larry & Lana Hurt (Patriot Guard Riders) - August 09, 2016 at 03:12 PM “ If it wasn't for Tina's compassion I would not be alive. She literally saved my life by introducing me to the benefits available to female Veterans. Tina and I became life long friends and will be lovingly missed. Her friend, Peggy Mantin Peggy Mantin - August 08, 2016 at 06:43 PM � 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 Tina Ann Pendola April 22, 1949 - August 4, 2016 Tina A. Pendola, 67, of Tulsa, Oklahoma died on Thursday, August 4, 2016. She was born on April 22, 1949, in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Joseph and Lorene (Aupperle) Pendola. Tina proudly served our country in the United States Army from 1973-1976, then worked Civil Service and at the Denver VA Hospital before coming to Tulsa in 1981. She worked at the Tulsa County Courthouse in Administrative Services for eight years, and then as a Veterans Employment Representative for the Oklahoma Employment Commission in the Broken Arrow office until 1995 when she had to quit due to health issues. She continued to be an advocate for veterans issues, and helped start the first group for women veterans in Tulsa. Helping and supporting all veterans became her primary mission in life. She is survived by her partner of thirty years, Sharon Segler, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, niece, Tammy Schaefer, of Edelstein, Illinois, sister in law, Karen Pendola, and nephew, Tony Pendola, both of Apex, North Carolina, sister in law, Pat Richardt, and nieces, Vicki Geffery, and Debbi Kessler, all of Oceanside, California, and numerous other family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Mike Pendola, Tony Pendola, sister, Marilyn Pendola, and half brother, Charles “Bud” Richardt. A celebration of Tina’s life will be held at 9:00 AM, on August 10, 2016 at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, 6500 S, 129th E. Ave., Broken Arrow, OK 74012, which will include The Patriot Guard of Tulsa as well “Taps” and presentation of the Flag by the United States Army Honor Guard. Tina requested, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made in her name to WIMSA (Women In Military Service for America) memorial foundation, Inc., by visiting womensmemorial.org or donate in her name to the DAV, Tulsa Chapter 32, 3131 E. Pine Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74110. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Obituary 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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Description An account of the resource An early member of Oklahomans for Human Rights and co-organizer of several Southwest Regional Softball Tournaments Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/20 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 4, 2016 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Online text PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Obituary Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/373 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Peoria---Illinois Tulsa---Oklahoma Denver---Colorado The United States of America (50 states) Oklahomans for Human Rights Southwest Regional Softwball Tournament Tina Pendola https://history.okeq.org/files/original/2a368d15ce83bf09297095ffc8853057.pdf 783006d54e8780a291d404d613479e0d PDF Text Text a:57 AM Sun Feb 9 < Netflix Facebook m AA Vanguard berlin in october i tulsawc Fidelity TulsaCorp KWGS Tulsa Opera Announces 202... Control4 RV Trip 0 Page A12 IT, Tulsa World, February 9, 2020, Page A12 Richard Alan Koenig < Th.is world lost a tn,e Opera, a position he held genlleman of substance and until his death. style \\ith the pass ng of Richard was committed Richard Koenig, 55,i of Tulsa to the organization's special heritage, vision and cul• on January 2, 2020 sur• rounded by family. ture by continuing to bring Richard was born July 11, world-class opera produc­ 1964 in Alton, Illinois, to par­ tions to the Tulsa stage. He ents, Helene Marie Koenig was excited for the future of and Harry Danvin Koenig. Tulsa Opem and instrumen­ He was reared throughout tal in planning for increased Illinois during his child· growth and achievement. Richard believed new and hood before moving \\ith his family to Plano, Texas, in his teenage increasingly larger audiences should years. He graduated from Plano High have the opportunity to appreciate and School in 1982. enjoy opera just as he did. After college in Texas, Richard The path for this in his ,iew was relocated with his parents to Owasso, Tulsa Opera introducing and offering Oklahoma, in the mid-80s. He eventu• opera and talented performers in as ally ended up in "!\Ilsa where his love many different forms and venues as of retail fashion landed him employ­ possible. lb accomplish this, Richard ment at Lochmann's at the Plaza and led Tulsa Opera's introduction of many Renbergs Department Store i.n Utica innovative vocal music education and Square. outreach programs benefiting 1>eople In October or 1988, Richard began at all age levels throughout the co m ­ what would become a 25-year tenure munity. These programs compliment• at Saks Fifth Avenue in Utica Square. ed and increased the organization's He was most notably known as the de­ unique cultural value, producing the partment manager of fine and fashion very best of time-tested and exciting jewelry during his years at Saks. opera for Tulsa. Richard forged a lifelong relation­ Richard provided enlightened, ship not only ,vith many of his clien­ vigorous and inspiring leadership for Tulsa Opera at a most opportune time tele but \\ith an array of nationally known jewelry designers during his for the organization. Every day, for time at Saks. He had a keen eye and all involved, Richard Koenig was and the knowledge to recognize the quality always will be the best of 1\ilsa Opera. and craftsmanship it took to make a ln the fall of 2013, Richard was custom piece of jewelry. diagnosed ,vith pulmonary fibrosis. He always had a very successful Despite medical therapY, he ultimately jewelry department at Saks because of undenvent a bilateral lung transplant his high standards and expectations at St. Josephs Hospital in Phoenix in in customer semce. He had an innate December of 2018. sense of what his clients' tastes in jew­ Unfortunately after making his one elry were in the 'l\llsa market on his year anniversary, complications from many buying trips to New York for fine an infection took his life much sooner and estatejewelry. than expected. A cause very close to Richard's heart Besides Tulsa Opera, Richard sat on during his time at Saks was Fashion• numerous boards and generously con­ A-Cure, a Pink Ribbon event benefit• tributed to many local organizations ing Oklahoma Project \Voman and over the years. women's breast health. Richard allvays had a sense of fash­ For over 10 years, New York fashion ion and style and was kno"�1 for being designer Carmen Marc Valvo and Saks an impeccable dresser. He loved col­ Fifth Avenue partnered to bring his lecting antiques, going to estate sales latest collection to 1\ilsa to support and enjoying a matinee at the Circle Project \Voman. Richard and Carmen Cinema. He always loved a good book, became lifelong friends through Pink especially historical reads about the Ribbon. British monarchy and Q.ueen Victoria. Richard was co-chairman of the New York City held a special place in highly. successful 2010 Fashion-A-Cure his heart. He relished the energy and event He was t.he recipient in 2012 of vibe of the city and the opportunity the prestigious Hope Award given for to see old friends in the jewelry and his outstanding efforts and dedication fashion industry. in fighting breast cancer. Richard was preceded in death by his father, Harry Darwin Koenig. He \Vhile at Saks as jewelry manager, Richard began his collaboration with is sumved by his partner of 30 years, Tod Neumann of Tulsa; his mother, Tulsa Opera. His contributions to special events, that Richard created, Helene Harper Koenig of Broken greatly benefited Tulsa Opera and the Arrow; brothers, Roger Koenig of community. A highlight was when Broken Arrow and Michael Koenig or Richard brought in famed jewelry de­ Houston, Texas; sister, Janet Koenig of signer, David Yum1an who participated Fort Smith, Arkansas and their fami­ in events for 1\1lsa Opera. lies; broU1ers-in-law, Steve Neumann Richard quickly became one of the of Basking Ridge, New Jersey and most productive board members of Scott Neumann of Brooklyn, New York Tulsa Opera and led many success· and their families; as well as numer• ful special events. He reenergized the ous cousins, nieces and nephews. organization's signature event, the A Celebration of Life Semce will be held at 11 :00 am, 111ursday, March 19, annual Opera Ball. Richard's love of opem took him 2020, at ninity Episcopal Church. In on a new career path in April of 2013, lieu of flowers, donations may be made when he became the Director of Oe1•e l ­ to 1\ilsa Opera. opment and Donor Relations for Tulsa • � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource [2020] Richard Alan Koenig, July 11, 1964-January 2, 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Obituaries of important figures associated with Oklahomans for Equality Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/20 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date of passing: January 2, 2020 Published on the Tulsa World February 9, 2020 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image PDF Online text Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/429 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa---Oklahoma Oklahoma---Tulsa Alton---Illinois Illinois---Alton Plano---Texas Owasso---Oklahoma United States Oklahoma Tulsa United States Illinois Alton Description An account of the resource In the fall of 2013, Richard Koenig was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. He recieved a bilateral lung transplant in 2018. One year later complications from an infection caused his passing. His friends and family will always remember him for his style, love for antiques, and his passion for the Opera. Richard Koenig Tulsa Opera https://history.okeq.org/files/original/adc4c46d01618f627d9fb7da5ab3562a.pdf 38e397f9ab056f822e5ab15b7b5ddaf6 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 Advertisements Subject The topic of the resource Pride Parade and Festival Description An account of the resource Advertisement for 2006's Pride Parade and Festival. Includes smaller advertisement for Community Center. 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Title A name given to the resource Pride Guide Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration Description An account of the resource Guide to 2006's Diversity Celebration activities Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2-10, 2006 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 Event program Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Diversity Celebration Pride PDF Text Text ������������������������ https://history.okeq.org/files/original/254b55ba1f78aa789e56e0cce9b1c76b.jpg 42aee485e7486c0481c49e80835e75de Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource OKC Pride Vendor Pin Subject The topic of the resource Oklahoma City Pride Description An account of the resource Vendor's pin form Oklahoma City's 2006 Pride Celebrations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource OKC Pride Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 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 Pin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride OKC Pride https://history.okeq.org/files/original/6d551acac371e2ac5ef904ef55c4b67a.pdf 4a058326f2d521541006fd43bc5391ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Tulsa GLBT Community Center Advertisement Subject The topic of the resource Tulsa Gay, Lesbia, Bi, and Transgender Community Center Description An account of the resource Advertisement for the Tulsa Gay, Lesbia, Bi, and Transgender Community Center Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 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 PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa Gay, Lesbia, Bi, and Transgender Community Center Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Pride PDF Text Text � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/617d57b092bbc47d602172fff144b43c.pdf 1a6481d4994ed1e18504cc27eabb55e4 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 Festival Maps Subject The topic of the resource Pride Festival Description An account of the resource Two versions of a map of 2006's Pride Festival. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource East Village Art Exhibit 2006 Exhibitor Registration Form Subject The topic of the resource East Village Art Exhibit 2006 Description An account of the resource Registration form for artists wanting to exhibit at the 2006 East Village Art Exhibit. 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Title A name given to the resource Special Event Application Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2006 Description An account of the resource Application to the City of Tulsa to host 2006's Diversity Celebration Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 10, 2006 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights 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 Application Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 2006 City of Tulsa PDF Text Text ��� https://history.okeq.org/files/original/1072515104ae58a00c93f275e120905b.pdf 803a334e0ea7228550a7847c71676654 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Emails and Notes Subject The topic of the resource Pride Houston 2006 Description An account of the resource Emails and notes relating to Houston's 2006 Pride Celebration Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 6, 2005 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 Emails, notes Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride Houston 2006 PDF Text Text ���������� https://history.okeq.org/files/original/54154a6bf27d23f28ad1611f5a53f79a.pdf f58cd99fa95df6232f7c8690ecc5a725 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 Partial Schedule Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2006 Description An account of the resource Part of a schedule for 2006's Diversity Celebration. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2006 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 Schedule Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 2006 PDF Text Text ���� https://history.okeq.org/files/original/ed6185856cc83ce36b5052718b98af82.pdf f8e5489212c262f0065767c896cc430d 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 Citation of Welcome Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2006 Description An account of the resource Citation of Welcome from the State of Oklahoma to Diversity Celebration of 2006. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource State of Oklahoma Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State of Oklahoma Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2-10, 2006 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Senator Judy Eason McIntyre Representative Jabar Shumate 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 Citation Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 2006 State of Oklahoma PDF Text Text � https://history.okeq.org/files/original/de9da628914d709d429c26437dd8f947.pdf c909ce639c118cd137c4b4e21a6d713e 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 Partnership Agreement Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2006 Partners Description An account of the resource Blank partnership agreement for 2006's Diversity Celebrations. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 11, 2006 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 Contract Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 2006 PDF Text Text �� https://history.okeq.org/files/original/f7982995c3973cb12fb54cccc65f0d93.pdf 98aba279fc2fc39a0b1bcb6796776b49 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 Sponsor Packet Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2006 Description An account of the resource Packet of information about 2006's Diversity Celebration. Includes registration forms. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2-11, 2006 PDF Text Text ������������ https://history.okeq.org/files/original/7d6ad7b1c5d2d293852fd4bd5e5306cc.JPG acb391b8611ffb651db817fc284e1ddf 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 All Souls Unitarian Float Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2006 Description An account of the resource Photo of All Souls Unitarian Church's float in Tulsa's 2006 Pride parade. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dennis Neal Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG file 2592x1728 pixels Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights All Souls Unitarian Church Tulsa, Oklahoma https://history.okeq.org/files/original/e5e7b84c4ce22ee24622dd76b84f061c.mp4 7e59372c9317eb4212c278f970ca56c2 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 Pride 2006 promotional video Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2006 Description An account of the resource Video produced by Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights promoting Pride Celebration events for 2006. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 1999 2000 2003 2004 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Video, roughly 6 minutes long Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Promotional 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 [2006] Diversity Celebration Subject The topic of the resource 2006's Pride celebrations and Diversity Gala Description An account of the resource Documents relating to 2006's Diversity Celebration Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 Diversity Celebration 2006