The 2017 addition contains research files (1929-2016) created by Dennis McBride in writing his book, Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State. This series contains several biographical materials on prominent LGBTQ persons in Las Vegas, as well as brochures and pamphlets on LGBTQ organizations in Las Vegas, bars and nightclubs, and transgender persons.
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Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
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From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: This lesbian-specific advertisement from the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino was prepared for the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association [IGLTA] and appeared in QVegas magazine, December 2006, p. 43.
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Equality Won! Day was a celebration of the successful passage of transgender-inclusive legislation at the Nevada State Legislature during the 2011 session. … Paul Aizley, co-sponsor of the 2011 transgender-inclusive state legislation, receives an award from Equality Nevada. Aizley's wife, Sari, served as the first Director of the Southern Nevada chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union [see the Nevada Gay Times, April 1984, p. 4 for establishment of the ACLU-Southern Nevada Chapter; and see the Bohemian Bugle, March 1986, p. 13 and the Bohemian Bugle, April 1986, pp. 1, 4, 11, and 18 for Sari Aizley's appointment as Director]. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Jane Heenan [transgender activist]; Paul Aizley [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 41 (Democrat)]
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Equality Won! Day was a celebration of the successful passage of transgender-inclusive legislation at the Nevada State Legislature during the 2011 session. … Paul Aizley, co-sponsor of the 2011 transgender-inclusive state legislation, receives an award from Equality Nevada. Aizley's wife, Sari, served as the first Director of the Southern Nevada chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union [see the Nevada Gay Times, April 1984, p. 4 for establishment of the ACLU-Southern Nevada Chapter; and see the Bohemian Bugle, March 1986, p. 13 and the Bohemian Bugle, April 1986, pp. 1, 4, 11, and 18 for Sari Aizley's appointment as Director]. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Jane Heenan [transgender activist]; Paul Aizley [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 41 (Democrat)]
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Equality Won! Day was a celebration of the successful passage of transgender-inclusive legislation at the Nevada State Legislature during the 2011 session. … Paul Aizley, co-sponsor of the 2011 transgender-inclusive state legislation, receives an award from Equality Nevada. Aizley's wife, Sari, served as the first Director of the Southern Nevada chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union [see the Nevada Gay Times, April 1984, p. 4 for establishment of the ACLU-Southern Nevada Chapter; and see the Bohemian Bugle, March 1986, p. 13 and the Bohemian Bugle, April 1986, pp. 1, 4, 11, and 18 for Sari Aizley's appointment as Director]. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Jane Heenan [transgender activist]; Paul Aizley [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 41 (Democrat)]
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Equality Won! Day was a celebration of the successful passage of transgender-inclusive legislation at the Nevada State Legislature during the 2011 session. … Paul Aizley, co-sponsor of the 2011 transgender-inclusive state legislation, receives an award from Equality Nevada. Aizley's wife, Sari, served as the first Director of the Southern Nevada chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union [see the Nevada Gay Times, April 1984, p. 4 for establishment of the ACLU-Southern Nevada Chapter; and see the Bohemian Bugle, March 1986, p. 13 and the Bohemian Bugle, April 1986, pp. 1, 4, 11, and 18 for Sari Aizley's appointment as Director]. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Jane Heenan [transgender activist]; Paul Aizley [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 41 (Democrat)]
Oral history interviews with Lee Plotkin conducted by Dennis McBride on August 02, 10, and 16; and October 04, 2006 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In these interviews, Plotkin talks about his reaction to Lieutenant Governor of Nevada Myron E. Leavitt's claim that attending the Nevada Gay Rodeo violated Nevada's sodomy laws in the early 1980s. Plotkin recalls his childhood, coming out during high school, his early involvement with the Las Vegas, Nevada gay community, and his memories of Lieutenant Governor Leavitt and Leavitt's family. Plotkin also discusses the development and activities of LGBTQ organizations and demonstrations, including Golden Rainbow and Gay Pride. Lastly, he talks about the repeal of Nevada's sodomy laws in 1993, the defeat of Nevada Citizens' Alliance's anti-gay initiative petition Minority Status and Child Protection Act of 1994, and the growth of the Las Vegas LGBTQ community.
The Kendall Stagg Collection (1998-2000) consists of material documenting Kendall Stagg’s political races in northern Nevada and also details gay activism in Reno. The collection consists of Stagg campaign materials, a t-shirt from one of his campaigns, and documents pertaining to the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student Union at the University of Nevada, Reno and Gay Pride parade organizing in Reno.
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Equality Won! Day was a celebration of the successful passage of transgender-inclusive legislation at the Nevada State Legislature during the 2011 session. … Equality Nevada presents Parks with an award. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Jane Heenan [transgender activist]; David Parks [Nevada State Senator, District 7, Democrat (gay)]