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Safer Sex Party at Angles-n-Lace Fundraiser in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1995-08-04 to 1995-08-05

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Safer Sex Party at Angeles-n-Lace fundraiser for Aid for AIDS of Nevada. (Aug. 4-5, 1995).

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Lee Plotkin with Alan Stock radio interview

Identifier

OH-02562

Abstract

Radio interview with Lee Plotkin and Alan Stock on KXNT-AM 840 radio on August 27, 2002. This interview was collected by Dennis McBride as part of the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Oral History Project. The interview took place over the radio on KXNT-AM 840. Plotkin and Stock discuss Question 2 with the radio host, and take phone calls from listeners both for and against the ballot measure.

Archival Collection

Peter and female impersonator at Angles Nightclub in 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). Images of people at Angles [Nightclub], 4633 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. "Pewter" and female impersonator "Tausha".

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Marlon Tinana and the Mariposa Café float: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Gay Pride 1997. First annual parade; lining up behind Flex Lounge at Charleston Boulevard and Arville. Marlon Tinana and the Mariposa Café float. (5-10-97)

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Unidentified bartender, Spotlight Lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1998 (year approximate)

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Unidentified Spotlight Lounge bartender, c. 1998.

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Gay, James A., III, 1916-1999

Alternate Names

Jimmy Gay

James A. Gay III was born March 6th, 1916 in Fordyce, Arkansas. Arriving in 1946, 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.

Person

Lori Lipman Brown oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02537

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lori Lipman Brown conducted by Dennis McBride on September 12, 2005 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Brown discusses Question 2 in the Nevada state elections of 2000 and 2002, which added an amendment to the Nevada constitution that banned same-sex marriage. Brown describes the process of introducing legislation that advocated for equal rights for the gay community and an incident where parties opposing her efforts hired a spy to observe her work. Lastly, Brown talks about the involvement of the Church of Latter-Day Saints and their opposition to same-sex marriage.

Archival Collection

Giovanni at the Goodtimes Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1994

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Goodtimes nightclub - 1775 E. Tropicana Ave. in the Liberace Plaza, Las Vegas. (1994). Two views of Giovanni. Stamp on verso of both images: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306"

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Anthony M. Valentino Erotica Collection

Identifier

MS-00568

Abstract

The Anthony M. Valentino Erotica Collection (1950s-1990s) contains homoerotic drawings, stories, photographs, ephemera, and magazine articles collected and created by Valentino. This collection provides insight into gay erotica and pornography dating from the mid- to late- twentieth century.

Archival Collection