The 2019 research files includes materials (approximately 2019) on various aspects of the LGBTQ community in Las Vegas that have been gathered by Dennis McBride in 2019. Primary topics include biographical files on LGBTQ persons in Las Vegas, brochures and pamphlets from local organizations, and transgender issues.
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Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
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The David R. Parks Papers (1981-1994) contain a house appraisal, memorial card, copy of a plaque, a certificate of appreciation, and brochures, a surety bond, and correspondence involving the Camp David Men's Health Club. There is also a copy of a law suit and sales papers for the JTJ Corporation.
Candice Nichols, executive director for The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, was honored for her community service.
Nichols has been a community activist and professional in the nonprofit sector in Nevada for more than 20 years. Her activism began in 1989 when she became the chairwoman of Pro-Choice Advocacy, a coalition that codified Roe v. Wade in Nevada through a ballot initiative in 1990.
The 2018 addition includes materials (1989, 2005, 2017) on various aspects of the LGBTQ community in Las Vegas that have been gathered by Dennis McBride in 2017. Primary topics include biographical files on LGBTQ persons in Las Vegas, brochures and pamphlets from local organizations, and transgender issues.
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Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00802 Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada Box/Folder: N/A
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.