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Organizations: gay-straight student alliances: Teen Gay-Straight Alliance, 2019
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 33
Archival Component
Astrid Silva oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Astrid Silva conducted by Monserrath Hernández and Barbara Tabach on April 22, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Astrid Silva was born in Gomez Palacio, Durango in 1988. She immigrated with her mother to the United States in 1992, where they were met by her father before flying to Los Angeles. She recounts her first impression of the United States and her families eventual move to Las Vegas, where she describes her time living in Las Vegas’ west side and struggles she faced being an undocumented student living in Las Vegas. She describes her first meeting with Senator Harry Reid and the friendship that developed afterwards. She has spoken at the Democratic National Convention and has been vocal about her status as a Dreamer. She is currently the Executive Director for DREAM Big Nevada which was established in 2017 in order to provide aid to Nevada’s immigrant families. She writes about her hopes for Dreamers and her continued work in expanding the ways that immigrant families can be helped in an always changing political climate. Subjects discussed include: DACA, Dreamers, Immigrant Rights, and Higher Education.
Archival Collection
Dennis McBride holding a boa constrictor at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park. Dennis McBride with boa.
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Gay Academic Union and Lesbian Gay Academic Union newsletters, 1983-1985
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Crowd watching performaces at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (4-25-98)
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Stella Champo Iaconis oral history interviews
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Oral history interview with Stella Champo Iaconis conducted by Kay Long on May 14, 1997, May 21, 1997, May 26, 1997, and September 22, 1997 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Iaconis opens her interviews discussing her difficult upbringing and life on a ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada with her dad in the 1910s and 1920s. Iaconis then describes her experiences as a waitress in Las Vegas. As the interviews continue, Iaconis discusses Block 16 and sex work, the Helldorado Days, and life in 1930s Las Vegas. Iaconis ends the interview talking about her father and his career as a miner; her many husbands; and her personal history in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Tod Story and Shelley Berkley at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Shelley Berkley and Tod Story at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Roberta Kane oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Roberta Kane conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 6, 2017 and May 22, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Kane explains how she was the first born Jewish baby in Las Vegas, Nevada and her parents’ deep involvement with the Jewish community of the 1930s. She then talks about the formalization that occurred in the Jewish community with the building of Temple Beth Sholom. In a second session, Kane recalls the Wildcat Lair, a gathering spot of students from Las Vegas High School in the 1950s.
Archival Collection
Second Flex Lounge float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride (5-8-99); Flex Lounge.
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