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2ND ANNUAL
OKLAHOMA PRIDE ALLIANCE
RAINBOW AWARDS GAYLA

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

TOWER THEATRE

THROUGH THE RAINBOW AWARDS, OUR ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES LOCAL AND STATE LEADERS, CHANGE-MAKERS, ACTIVISTS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS MAKING A DIFFERENCE.  AWARD WINNERS WILL BE HONORED AT OUR 1ST ANNUAL OKLAHOMA RAINBOW AWARDS GAYLA!

2023 QUEER JOY: THE RESISTANCE

WINNERS

  • Hot Pink - Mataia Blackwell

  • Red - Life // Laura Lang

  • Orange - Healing // Russell Rooms

  • Yellow-Sunlight-Visibility // Shawnda Adams

  • Green-Nature-Environmentalism-Conservation // Kris Marek

  • Turquoise-Magic-Art- Drag-Creatives-Artists // Laal Shams

  • Indigo - Serenity // Moss and Mike Abla

  • Violet - Spirit // Mauree Turner

GRAND MARSHALS

  • Rebel // Nicole McAfee (they/she), Executive Director Freedom Oklahoma

  • Legend // Kelley Blair (they/them), CEO, Director Diversity Center of Oklahoma 

2022: LOVE TRANSCENDS

​HONOREES

  • Red - Life // Val Weistner

  • Orange - Healing // Liz Charles and Hadley Wagoner

  • Yellow- Sunlight- Visibility // Cassidy Fallik

  • Green - Nature- Environmentalism/Conservation // Jerí Irby

  • Turquoise - Magic/Art- Drag/Creatives/Artists // Urban Pride Events, Brandi

  • Indigo - Serenity // Sara Adams Cornell

  • Violet - Spirit // Elizabeth Horn

 

GRAND MARSHALL

  • Gina Ortiz Jones // Air Force Undersecretary

2021: Rainbow Revolution

HONOREES

  • Hot Pink - Sex // Adele Wolf (she/her)

  • Red - Life // Cynthia Garcia (she/ella) 

  • Orange - Healing // The Center at UCO 

  • Yellow- Sunlight- Visibility // Tyreke Baker The Black Times (he/him)

  • Green - Nature- Environmentalism/Conservation // Katrina Ward (she/they)

  • Turquoise - Magic/Art- Drag/Creatives/Artists // Am’re Ford (he/him) of Arts in Action and Fire in Little Africa 

  • Indigo - Serenity // Dr. Kate Arnold and Phil Burke at Variety Care

  • Violet - Spirit // Adriana Laws (she/her) at the Collegiate Freedom and Justice Society 

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GRAND MARSHALS

  • Rebel // Representative Mauree Turner (they/them)

  • Legend // Paula Sofia (she/her)

2019: Legends & Rebels

[ON 39TH STREET]

HONOREES

  • Hot Pink - Sex // Maria Mancebo

  • Red - Life // Michael Moss

  • Orange - Healing // Dr. Shauna Lawlis, OU Physician Dr.

  • Yellow- Sunlight- Visibility // Sara Cunningham

  • Green - Nature- Environmentalism/Conservation // Matthew Johnson Salcido

  • Turquoise - Magic/Art- Drag/Creatives/Artists // Maria Isabel - Armando Designs

  • Indigo - Serenity // Kris Williams, Q Space

  • Violet - Spirit // James Cooper

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GRAND MARSHALS

  • Rebel // Margaret Cox

  • Legend // Don Little

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