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Flex Lounge float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride; Flex Lounge float.

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Dennis McBride oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-03888

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Dennis McBride conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on various dates in March, April, and May 2023 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. McBride goes into detail in this 4-session interview and covers a wide variety of topics, including: the history of Boulder City, working at various cultural institutions in Las Vegas, the evolution of the LGBTQ+ community in Las Vegas, researching his own history and publishing a book, and local advocacy groups. Digital audio available; no transcript available.

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride and a boa constictor at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Dennis McBride and his boa.

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Publications: Gay LV.com, 2012

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Archival Component

Organizations: gay-straight student alliances: Teen Gay-Straight Alliance, 2019

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Archival Component

Fashions 94 Fundraiser for the Gay & Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1999-05-08

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). "Fashions 94" - fundraiser for Gay & Lesbian Community Center. March 14, 1994.

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Larry Cooper oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03404

Abstract

Oral history interview with Larry Cooper conducted by Claytee D. White on March 05, 2018 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Cooper discusses his early life in Las Vegas, Nevada and growing up in the Westside. He talks about his educational experiences in Las Vegas, attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff), and teaching mathematics. Cooper recalls his employment at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, becoming Vice President of Emerging Markets, and relocating around the United States for work. He remembers moving back to Las Vegas in the mid-2000s, his friendship with civil rights leader Jimmy Gay, and the contributions Gay made for the African American community. Cooper describes Westside businesses, and casinos on Jackson Street. Lastly, Cooper discusses the future of the Westside.

Archival Collection

Gay Academic Union and Lesbian Gay Academic Union newsletters, 1983-1985

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community

Archival Component

Aquiles Garcia oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02250

Abstract

Oral history interview with Aquiles Garcia conducted by Claytee D. White on January 10 and February 20, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Garcia discusses the political atmosphere and risks of being gay in Juan Perón’s Argentina in the 1940s, Las Vegas, Nevada life in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and his dual Las Vegas careers as a dancer and a casino dealer throughout the second half of the twentieth century.

Archival Collection

Pool Association of Nevada booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Pool Association of Nevada booth. (4-25-98)

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