The Gay Academic Union

The Gay Academic Union (GAU), founded at UNLV in 1982, together with Nevadans for Human Rights and the Metropolitan Community Church, sponsored Las Vegas’ first Gay Pride celebration, noted then as the Human Rights Seminar, in May 1983. GAU members, left to right: Christie Young, David Adams, Dennis McBride, unidentified, Rick May, unidentified, Mike Loewy, Julian Martin-Perez, Will Collins, unidentified.

The Gay Academic Union (GAU), founded at UNLV in 1982, together with Nevadans for Human Rights and the Metropolitan Community Church, sponsored Las Vegas’ first Gay Pride celebration, noted then as the Human Rights Seminar, in May 1983. GAU members, left to right: Christie Young, David Adams, Dennis McBride, unidentified, Rick May, unidentified, Mike Loewy, Julian Martin-Perez, Will Collins, unidentified. by Ron Lawrence, photographer / UNLV Special Collections / Courtesy