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Q-Tribe booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas Gay and Lesbian Chorus marching in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print, 1999
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 040
Archival Component
Dennis McBride Collection of Gay Erotica
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The Dennis McBride Collection of Gay Erotica (1960-2006) contains a selection of pornographic publications, three VHS tapes of erotic films, and photographic prints mail ordered from gay erotica or physique photography studios. The three studios represented in this collection are Alexander Studio, Sierra Domino Studio, and Third World Studio.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Gay Pride celebration, 2000
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Las Vegas Gay Pride celebration, 1999
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
James A. Gay III interview, 1973: transcript
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Archival Collection
Description
Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Joyce M. Wright in 1973. Edited by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick, and transcribed for the project "Black Experience in Southern Nevada, Donated Tapes Collection," James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1978. Arriving in 1946 from Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay became the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He later worked as Assistant Manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino and Union Plaza while serving as an executive board member of the Culinary Union. Instrumental in the Las Vegas community, Gay worked to improved race relations, addressing social, economic, and civic issues. Gay was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988.
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Jane Heenan oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Jane Heenan conducted by Dennis McBride on June 21 and 28, and August 30, 2005 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In the interviews, Heenan begins by clarifying the vocabulary used within the transgender and queer communities for self-identification, comparing these terms with terms used in the medical and psychological fields. They then discusses the distinction between gender identity and sexual orientation. Next, Heenan recalls growing up and in Chicago, Illinois, coming out in the 1990s, and undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Lastly, they talk about arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994, the Las Vegas transgender support and advocacy community, and Las Vegas transgender organizations.
Archival Collection
Gay Pride Pageant at FreeZone night club, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Archival Collection
Description
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Las Vegas Gay Pride, advertising, 1998
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Strutt Hurley Collection on the Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc. (SNAPI) and Las Vegas Gay Pride
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Las Vegas Gay Pride, 1997-1998
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Strutt Hurley Collection on the Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc. (SNAPI) and Las Vegas Gay Pride
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component