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Promotional vide for Jahna Steele aka Jahna Reis, 1992 to 1995

Level of Description

Item

Identifier

MS_00251_AV-011

Scope and Contents

Jahna Steele, aka Jahna Reis [d. January 24, 2008], was a renowned transgender performer in Las Vegas whose reputation became international through the 1990s and 2000s. Steele hosted The World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Contest at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 2004. For information on Steele, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016], pp. 153-154. For Steele's obituary, see the Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 29, 2008, p. 4B. Also see "Jahna Steele: Woman of Steele" [QVegas, December 2005, 34] and "Jahna Steele" [Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 10, 2010, 4J]. This videotape is a promotional item of Steele's entertainment career. [00:00:00 - 00:06:38]

Date

1992 to 1995

Extent

1 vhs_tapes
1 digital_files
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00251
Collection Name: Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection
Box/Folder: Box 19, Digital File 00
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