Interviews were conducted by Dennis McBride with members of the LGBT community of Las Vegas, Nevada for his forthcoming book
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The Marge Jacques Papers (1960-1990) comprise the personal papers of Marge Jacques, a prominent member of the Las Vegas, Nevada gay and lesbian community, and owner of the gay bar, Le Cafe. The papers contain correspondence, licensing records, financial statements, and artifacts from clubs that Jacques owned or managed. Also included are photographs, videotapes, audiotapes, newspaper clippings, and Gipsy Nightclub promotional material.
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Established in 1982 in Las Vegas, the queer Satyricon Motorcycle Club hosted an annual run they called Hell on Heels, which was attended by queer motorcycle clubs from throughout the Western United States. Celebrated over two or three days, the run included a fundraising stage production featuring musical numbers and lip-synched drag performances by club members. This video records the 8th annual Hell on Heels stage production, which includes Las Vegas lesbian activist and Satyricons member Lisa Hernandez--here in top hat and tails. See "Satyricon Bash Celebrates 8th Year" [Las Vegas Bugle, May 1989, 1]. [00:00:00 - 01:56:00]
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Established in 1982 in Las Vegas, the queer Satyricon Motorcycle Club hosted an annual run they called Hell on Heels, which was attended by queer motorcycle clubs from throughout the Western United States. Celebrated over two or three days, the run included a fundraising stage production featuring musical numbers and lip-synched drag performances by club members. This video records the 9th annual Hell on Heels stage production, titled, Ankles Aweigh, which includes Las Vegas lesbian activist and Satyricons member Lisa Hernandez. This version does not include the advertising introduction in MS_00251_AV-023a, and so has not been digitized. See "Ankles Aweigh: A Satyricon Show" [Las Vegas Bugle, April 1990, 1].
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From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc., Board of Directors, 1996. See oversize copy for Identification. Handwritten on oversize sleeve: "Southern Nevada Associtation of Pride, Inc. (SNAP) Board of Directors. (1996). Standing, L-R: Lisa Catherine, Susan Carratelli, Rick Grumbach, Dean Facklam, Craig Walker, George Pettus, Michael Wirick, Tony Clark. Seated, L-R: Strutt Hurley, Anne Davis Mulford, LeeAnn Human, Sherry Mulligan, Sue Ann Melfi."
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Michael Loewy was the founder of Desert Mountain States Lesbian and Gay Conference and the Lesbian and Gay Academic Union at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Loewy moved to California in 1987, but remained involved with the gay community in Las Vegas. In 2002 he graduated with a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2003 he won a Foundation Award, "Honoring the Pioneers of Gay Las Vegas."
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