Pride Parade Festival, 1992: Susan Koenig and Patrick (Pat) Phalen

An image of guest speaker Susan Koenig, from the National Organization for Women (former president of the Omaha Chapter from 1990 to 1991) writing in a notebook, Patrick (Pat) Phalen (ICON Emperor VI) standing near her on folding tables, and one unidentified Caucasian person holding a PRIDE rainbow flag. Flags each color of the rainbow (made by Terry Sweeney and Patrick (Pat) Phalen) and a banner reading "EAGLE - Employee Association for Gays and Lesbians, a US West Resource Group, Omaha Chapter" also at the PRIDE Parade and Festival held at Turner Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
 [NOTE: Every year, in July, the Imperial Court of Nebraska (ICON) elects and Emperor and Empress. These individuals are the public face of the organization both in town and across the nation. Patrick (Pat) Phalen was elected as Emperor VI in 1985.], UNO Libraries' Archives & Special Collections
Abstract/Description: An image of guest speaker Susan Koenig, from the National Organization for Women (former president of the Omaha Chapter from 1990 to 1991) writing in a notebook, Patrick (Pat) Phalen (ICON Emperor VI) standing near her on folding tables, and one unidentified Caucasian person holding a PRIDE rainbow flag. Flags each color of the rainbow (made by Terry Sweeney and Patrick (Pat) Phalen) and a banner reading "EAGLE - Employee Association for Gays and Lesbians, a US West Resource Group, Omaha Chapter" also at the PRIDE Parade and Festival held at Turner Park in Omaha, Nebraska. [NOTE: Every year, in July, the Imperial Court of Nebraska (ICON) elects and Emperor and Empress. These individuals are the public face of the organization both in town and across the nation. Patrick (Pat) Phalen was elected as Emperor VI in 1985.]
Subject(s): Sexual minorities -- Nebraska -- Omaha
Queer Omaha Archives
Photographs
Tag: ICON Emperor
Tag: Imperial Court of Nebraska
Tag: Pat Phalen
Tag: Pride Parade
Date Created: 1992

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