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Publications: Gay Vegas, 2017
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 31
Archival Component
Gay.Vegas, approximately 2015
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Jane Heenan oral history interviews
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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.
Archival Collection
Susanne E. Morrow oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Susanne E. Morrow conducted by Dennis McBride on September 29, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. Morrow begins by discussing her childhood in a military family, her marriage and children, and her move to Genoa, Nevada in 1961. She then talks about her move to Carson City, Nevada in 1962 and her twenty-nine year career as a journalist and city editor for the Nevada Appeal newspaper. The remainder of the interview focuses on Morrow's memories of the 1965 assault on then Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, Frank McManee, and the subsequent judicial actions and court decisions that reflected attitudes toward homosexuality prevalent in society at the time.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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Archival Collection
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The Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.
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Photograph of Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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Archival Collection
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The Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.
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Photograph of Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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Archival Collection
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The Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.
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Photograph of Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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Archival Collection
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The Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.
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Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center Honorarium: photographic prints
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Gay Fisher and an unidentified male, Las Vegas, April 1953
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Archival Collection
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