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Multiple booths combined at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Booth for the Imperial Royal Sovereign Court of the Desert Empire, Inc.; Backdoor Lounge; Eagle Bar; and the Spotlight Lounge. (5-8-99)

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Tamara Pickett oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-01482

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Tamara Pickett conducted by Dennis McBride on November 01, 2002 and November 08, 2002 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In these interviews, Pickett discusses her early life and the traumatizing experiences that occurred during her childhood. Pickett remembers serving in the United States Army, beginning her transition to Tamara, and completing a sexual reassignment surgery in 1999. Later, Pickett talks about her activism work in Las Vegas, Nevada, campaigning for improved health care for transgender veterans, and her involvement with the transgender community in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Gay and Lesbian Community Center Honorarium at Utopia Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1996-04-28

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Gay and Lesbian Community Center Honorarium (April 28, 1996) at Utopia nightclub.

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Larry Cooper oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03404

Abstract

Oral history interview with Larry Cooper conducted by Claytee D. White on March 05, 2018 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Cooper discusses his early life in Las Vegas, Nevada and growing up in the Westside. He talks about his educational experiences in Las Vegas, attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff), and teaching mathematics. Cooper recalls his employment at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, becoming Vice President of Emerging Markets, and relocating around the United States for work. He remembers moving back to Las Vegas in the mid-2000s, his friendship with civil rights leader Jimmy Gay, and the contributions Gay made for the African American community. Cooper describes Westside businesses, and casinos on Jackson Street. Lastly, Cooper discusses the future of the Westside.

Archival Collection

Four booths in one at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. Booth for the Imperial Royal Sovereign Court of the Desert Empire, Inc.; the Backdoor Lounge; Eagle Bar; and the Spotlight Lounge. (5-8-99)

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Aquiles Garcia oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02250

Abstract

Oral history interview with Aquiles Garcia conducted by Claytee D. White on January 10 and February 20, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Garcia discusses the political atmosphere and risks of being gay in Juan Perón’s Argentina in the 1940s, Las Vegas, Nevada life in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and his dual Las Vegas careers as a dancer and a casino dealer throughout the second half of the twentieth century.

Archival Collection

Jane Heenan oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-02552

Abstract

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

Cheryl Radeloff oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01524

Abstract

Oral history interview with Cheryl Radeloff conducted by Suzanne Becker on July 27, 2006 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. In this interview Cheryl Radeloff discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada to accept a research position at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), then being hired as a graduate assistant for the UNLV sociology department, and finally her involvement with the UNLV Gay Straight Alliance. She also talks about receiving her PhD in 2004 and going to the American Sociological Association Job Employment Fair in 2005.

Archival Collection

Aid for AIDS of Nevada booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Gay Pride 1997 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. Aid for AIDS of Nevada booth.

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Flex Lounge float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride; Flex Lounge float.

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