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James Healey at the podium, Pulse Nightclub (Orlando, Florida) mass shooting vigil at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image, 2016 June 12

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Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00263
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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James Healey at the podium, Pulse Nightclub (Orlando, Florida) mass shooting vigil at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image, 2016 June 12

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Item

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00263
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00802

Abstract

This collection is comprised of research files dating from approximately 1980 to 2021 created by Boulder City Nevadan, Dennis McBride, primarily in support of his book, Out of the Neon Closet: A History of Gay Las Vegas on the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, gay, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community in Southern Nevada. Materials in this collection also include ephemera and clippings documenting LGBTQ establishments and organizations in Las Vegas, biographies of individuals, and other issues pertinent to the LGBTQ community. This collection also includes some materials about the LGBTQ community and their issues in Northern Nevada. The collection represents McBride's overall efforts to document and preserve the history of the LGBTQ community in Nevada.

Archival Collection

Rob and Jason at the Free Zone Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

2001 (year approximate) to 2002 (year approximate)

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). FreeZone (nightclub) 610 East Naples Drive, Las Vegas (c. 2001-2002) Rob and Jason. Handwritten on verso: "Rob & Jason at FreeZone."

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Representatives from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund attend the Sevcik, et. Al. vs Sandoval rally at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2012-04-10

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Sevcik, et. Al. vs Sandoval was the court case which led in part to overturning Nevada's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. On April 10, 2012 the Lambda Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of eight Nevada same-sex couples; the rally depicted in these photographs was called at the Center to celebrate the filing. For more on the same-sex marriage issue in Nevada, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016], pp. 273-318. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: representatives from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund; second left: Tara Borelli, attorney

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Representatives from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund attend the Sevcik, et. Al. vs Sandoval rally at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2012-04-10

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Sevcik, et. Al. vs Sandoval was the court case which led in part to overturning Nevada's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. On April 10, 2012 the Lambda Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of eight Nevada same-sex couples; the rally depicted in these photographs was called at the Center to celebrate the filing. For more on the same-sex marriage issue in Nevada, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016], pp. 273-318. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: representatives from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund; center with hands clasped: Tara Borelli, attorney

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Representatives from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund attend the Sevcik, et. Al. vs Sandoval rally at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2012-04-10

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Sevcik, et. Al. vs Sandoval was the court case which led in part to overturning Nevada's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. On April 10, 2012 the Lambda Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of eight Nevada same-sex couples; the rally depicted in these photographs was called at the Center to celebrate the filing. For more on the same-sex marriage issue in Nevada, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016], pp. 273-318. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: representatives from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund; center, smiling: Tara Borelli, attorney

Image

Representatives from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund attend the Sevcik, et. Al. vs Sandoval rally at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2012-04-10

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Sevcik, et. Al. vs Sandoval was the court case which led in part to overturning Nevada's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. On April 10, 2012 the Lambda Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of eight Nevada same-sex couples; the rally depicted in these photographs was called at the Center to celebrate the filing. For more on the same-sex marriage issue in Nevada, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016], pp. 273-318. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: representatives from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund; center, clapping: Tara Borelli, attorney

Image

Photocopy of 1946 "Gay Panic" newspaper clipping regarding McKay, Ladell (NPS 0098/#4791), State of Nevada vs McKay: Nevada Supreme Court Opinion on Appeal, approximately 2016

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00802
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 28

Archival Component

Michael Loewy speaking at the podium, Second Annual Gay Pride Awards and Banquet, in the Moyer Student Union Ballroom at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: photographic slide, 1984 June 09

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Item

Archival Collection

Christie Young Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00350
Collection Name: Christie Young Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02

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