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Tamara Pickett oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-01482

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Tamara Pickett conducted by Dennis McBride on November 01, 2002 and November 08, 2002 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In these interviews, Pickett discusses her early life and the traumatizing experiences that occurred during her childhood. Pickett remembers serving in the United States Army, beginning her transition to Tamara, and completing a sexual reassignment surgery in 1999. Later, Pickett talks about her activism work in Las Vegas, Nevada, campaigning for improved health care for transgender veterans, and her involvement with the transgender community in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

People at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (4-25-98)

Image

Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 001: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer) (4-25-98) 2nd annual parade; Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float.

Image

Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 003: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

2nd annual Gay Pride parade 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. 4-25-98. Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float.

Image

Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada float in the Gay Pride parade, image 005: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada. (5-8-99)

Image

Ben Felix oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00568

Archival Collection

Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 004: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

2nd annual Gay Pride parade 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. 4-25-98. Nevada Gay Rodeo Association.

Image

Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 002: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer) (4-25-98) 2nd annual parade; Nevada Gay Rodeo Association float.

Image

Jimmy Gay at his desk: portrait photograph

Date

1946

Description

Black and white portrait photograph of Jimmy Gay working at his desk, dated 1946.

Image

Jane Heenan oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-02552

Abstract

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