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Carlo Roncancio and an unidentified person in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Lee Martin oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lee Martin conducted by Dennis McBride on May 01, 2013 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Martin discusses his involvement with the Nevada Gay Action League and the Pacifica Hotel, an effort to open a gay resort in Las Vegas, Nevada during the mid 1980s. He describes managing Paradise Bookstore, a bookstore for gay literature, in downtown Las Vegas. Lastly, Martin discusses other gay businesses that he was involved with in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Kenny Kerr, Las Vegas performer, Las Vegas performer in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Charmers Serial Party in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Archival Collection
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Charmers Serial Party in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Lavern Cummings and Tony Midnite oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lavern Cummings and Tony Midnite conducted by Dennis McBride on August 29, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In the interview, Cummings and Midnite discuss their work as female impersonators in Las Vegas, Nevada during the late 1960s and 1970s. They also talk about other impersonators and performance venues in Las Vegas and around the United States. They explain the distinctions between transgender and straight performers, and the perceptions of transgender and straight audience members. Other subjects Cummings and Midnite cover include their early lives and arrivals to Las Vegas, and the history of sex reassignment surgeries beginning in the 1930s.
Archival Collection
Members of the Lesbian and Gay Academic Union gathered on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus. Back row: Debbie Vasquez, Sue Chaney; front row: Alan Wells, David Adams, Will Collins; background: Sue Chaney's son, Cory Chaney: photographic slide, 1983 September
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Christie Young Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Rev. Dr. Maureen Mackey oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Maureen Mackey conducted by Dennis McBride on January 10, 1998 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. Mackey discusses stories about her life and spiritual journey as a lesbian reverend and reveals her experiences of discriminatory treatment of gay people by traditional religion.
Archival Collection
Backdoor Lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Customers at Cave Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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