[Medals from the Gay Games]

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Six medals from Gay Games III, an LGBT event similar to the Olympics. They are arranged in a rough star shape against a blue background, with a bronze medal in the center and five gold medals in a ring around it. Each medal has a colored cord attached at the top and stretched toward the edges of the background.

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6 medals : gold and bronze + colored cords; 31 x 41 x 4 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1990.

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This physical object is part of the collection entitled: LGBT Collections and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 662 times, with 8 in the last month. More information about this object can be viewed below.

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Description

Six medals from Gay Games III, an LGBT event similar to the Olympics. They are arranged in a rough star shape against a blue background, with a bronze medal in the center and five gold medals in a ring around it. Each medal has a colored cord attached at the top and stretched toward the edges of the background.

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6 medals : gold and bronze + colored cords; 31 x 41 x 4 cm.

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  • Gay Games III, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 4-11, 1990

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  • Accession or Local Control No: UNTA_AR0756-SC Photos_F13_LGBT Collection13
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc277272

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LGBT Collections

Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.

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Resource Center LGBT Collection of the UNT Libraries

The Resource Center is a service organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community of Dallas. These materials span more than 50 years of LGBT social movements.

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  • 1990

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[Medals from the Gay Games], physical object, 1990; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277272/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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