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Jeff Williams, coordinator at the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Rodney Sumpter oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Rodney Sumpter conducted by Dennis McBride on January 20, 2004 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Sumpter discusses Fred Schoonmaker, a Reno, Nevada gay activist, and his efforts to create Stonewall Park, a town for LGBTQ members in Nevada that was never realized. Sumpter describes his professional relationship with Schoonmaker as his attorney. He also recalls the early stages for Stonewall Park, including finding a location and struggling to find financial and local support for the town. Lastly, Sumpter talks about Schoonmaker's HIV health issues and his personal thoughts on the LGBTQ community.
Archival Collection
Unidentified group meeting at the Spotlight Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Archival Collection
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Contact sheets used for publication: photographic print, approximately 1997 to 1998
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Box/Folder: Folder 11
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Negatives used for publication: photographic negative, approximately 1997 to 1998
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Box/Folder: Folder 11
Archival Component
People at Angles Nightclub: photographic print, approximately 1994 to 1995
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Christopher Kamis in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Dennis McBride LGBTQ Poster and Sign Collection
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The Dennis McBride LGBTQ Poster and Sign Collection (1977-2018) contains posters and signs created by the Las Vegas, Nevada Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) community, collected by historian Dennis McBride. These handmade and commercially printed signs cover events of particular interest to the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ community, including social events, entertainment venues, political rallies, and Gay Pride events.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Kenny Kerr by Dennis McBride, May 29 & 30, 2001
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Archival Collection
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In the years following this interview, Kerr continued entertaining, although he never returned to the Las Vegas Strip. Kerr performed at OUTfest Phoenix, at Palm Springs’ Awesome August celebrations, Las Vegas’ National Coming Out Day event, and for the Gay and Lesbian Community Center’s Youth Service’s Division. Kerr also gave shows at small bars and restaurants such as Café Nicolle and DeStefano’s in Las Vegas, the Wilde Goose in Cathedral City, California, and the Plush Room in San Francisco. There were rumors that Kerr was set to replace emcee Joey Arias in Cirque du Soliel [2004] and Frank Marino in La Cage [2005], but neither turned out to be true. Instead, Kerr performed in such local gay nightclubs as Flex, Sasha’s, Krave, Suede, and, on July 31, 2012, at the Onyx Theatre in Commercial Center. In 2006, Kerr made peace with his former rival, Frank Marino. Kerr’s son, Kristin Vidal, made Kenny a grandfather with his own son, Alexander. It was clear during his July 2012 performan
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