Oral history interviews with Jane Heenan conducted by Dennis McBride on June 21 and 28, and August 30, 2005 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In the interviews, Heenan begins by clarifying the vocabulary used within the transgender and queer communities for self-identification, comparing these terms with terms used in the medical and psychological fields. They then discusses the distinction between gender identity and sexual orientation. Next, Heenan recalls growing up and in Chicago, Illinois, coming out in the 1990s, and undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Lastly, they talk about arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994, the Las Vegas transgender support and advocacy community, and Las Vegas transgender organizations.
Large painting of Old West dancers and gamblers hanging at the Gay 90s Bar at the Hotel Last Frontier. Site Name: Hotel Last Frontier (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Gay Pride 1999 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Political advocate Lee Plotkin introduces Las Vegas Mayor candidate Oscar Goodman at Gay Pride, Sunset Park.