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Musical group performing at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay parents, 2016
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 27
Archival Component
Leslie at the Cave Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Gay rights, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: National Organization for Women, Las Vegas Chapter Records
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
James A. Gay III interview, 1973: transcript
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Archival Collection
Description
Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Joyce M. Wright in 1973. Edited by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick, and transcribed for the project "Black Experience in Southern Nevada, Donated Tapes Collection," James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1978. Arriving in 1946 from Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay became the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He later worked as Assistant Manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino and Union Plaza while serving as an executive board member of the Culinary Union. Instrumental in the Las Vegas community, Gay worked to improved race relations, addressing social, economic, and civic issues. Gay was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988.
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James A. "Jimmy" Gay oral history interview
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Oral history interview with James A. Gay III (Jimmy Gay) conducted by Perry Kaufman on April 12, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Gay discusses becoming the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas, Nevada and his work improving race relations, social, economic, and civic issues.
Archival Collection
Darcelvis performing at Gay Pride, image 002: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Customers at Vicious Rumors Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Rick May oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Rick May conducted by Dennis McBride on December 29, 2001 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. May begins by discussing his upbringing in Texas, what it was like growing up knowing he was gay while living in a conservative area, and the moment he accepted his sexuality. May describes some of his early sexual experiences with other men and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, so that he could contribute to the gay community. May details attending and organizing gay pride events in Las Vegas, participating in the gay community, and starting his own gay-friendly business, named "R & R Sorted Sundries." May also discusses his work as a nurse.
Archival Collection
Nevada State Assemblyman James Healey at the Pulse Nightclub (Orlando, Florida) mass shooting vigil at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image, 2016 June 12
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component