Ellen DeLand was born on April 1, 1931 and went to Santa Monica High School. She was very active in the Las Vegas LGBT community. She was interviewed January 19, 1996.
From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Party Gras Las Vegas '99, a Mardi Gras Ball at the Holiday Inn Emerald Springs (2-28-99). See photo #0098.
From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Lock, Stock, and Leather (4640 Paradise Ro., Suite 10, Las Vegas). 1995. Images include Mary Rassmussen aka "Murphy"
From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Friday night men's group. Thanksgiving dinner at Community Counseling Center, 1998. Located at 1120 Almond Tree Lane, Suite 207, Las Vegas.
Interviewed by Monserrath Hernández, Rodrigo Vazquez, and Laurents Benitez-Bañuelos. A native of Jalisco, Mexico, moved to Las Vegas when he was about 20-year old in 1987. Attended CSN and UNLV. His history with Las Vegas is embedded in the 1980s Las Vegas gay scene and education for AIDS. He is and activist and the Executive Director of Aid for AIDS of Nevada. He and Theodore Small are the first same-sex marriage in Nevada.