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Will Collins and Charles "Chuck" Melfi speaking at the 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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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Christie Young Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
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Will Collins and Charles "Chuck" Melfi speaking at the 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
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Christie Young Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
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David Parks oral history interview
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Oral history interview with David Parks conducted by Dennis McBride on January 31, 2007 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Parks, a member of the Nevada senate, discusses working on a Nevada anti-bullying bill and a family fairness bill, which stated that any two persons could have another person as a recipient beneficiary. Park describes dealing with opposition to the family fairness bill with some people arguing that it changes the traditional definition of family. Parks recalls running against a man with a similar name, David F. Parks, in a 2002 legislative assembly election.
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"The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love" film screening in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Bound for Pleasure AIDS Fashion Show in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Dr. Lisa Bechtel, Susan Carratelli, Holly Lee Carratelli (identified from left to right) in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
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From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). L-R: Dr. Lisa Bechtel; Susan Carratelli; Holly [Lee]Carratelli. (1994).
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John Warfel oral history interview
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Oral history interview with John Warfel conducted by Dennis McBride on March 11, 1998 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Warfel discusses his personal history and his experiences as a gay priest within the Episcopal Church. He recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada and interviewing for a ministry job at Christ Church. Warfel describes same-sex blessings and marriages in the Episcopal Church and the pressures of vestry approval that he dealt with during his career.
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Dennis McBride LGBTQ Poster and Sign Collection
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The Dennis McBride LGBTQ Poster and Sign Collection (1977-2018) contains posters and signs created by the Las Vegas, Nevada Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) community, collected by historian Dennis McBride. These handmade and commercially printed signs cover events of particular interest to the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ community, including social events, entertainment venues, political rallies, and Gay Pride events.
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Customers at Cave Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Cathy Scott oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Cathy Scott conducted by Dennis McBride on December 12, 2006 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Scott discusses reporting about the murder of Roger Jameson, a gay man who was found dead outside of a gay bar in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 25, 1995. Scott describes the scene upon her arrival and her initial reactions to the homicide. She talks about the issue of homophobia in Las Vegas at the time and explains that other newspaper publications would not want to cover this story because this was not seen as a serious issue. Lastly, Scott talks about the double life that Jameson lived and how the public reacted to his story.
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