User:Nevada

About Out History Nevada

This outhistory.org entry was created by the Out History Nevada Project ([1]) as part of the Since Stonewall Out History Project.

Contributors:

• Dennis McBride (Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas)
• Paul Ershler (Web Workers International)
• Marcia Gallo (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
• Crystal Van Dee (Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas)

Below is a list of the articles we have submitted to the Since Stonewall Out History Project.

• Nevada Timeline: A timeline of events since the Stonewall Riots, 1969 - 2009

• Kenny Kerr: Entertainer Kenny Kerr shares memories of the 1969 Stonewall Riots

• Le Café : Established in 1970, Le Café was the base of operations for the emerging Gay community in southern Nevada

• ACLU-Las Vegas: In 1975, The American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] opened an office in Las Vegas with a $5,000 grant from the national office. ACLU involvement in Las Vegas eventually leads to the community's first newspaper.

• Boylesque: Female impersonation in Las Vegas, with a focus on Boylesque, which began its long run in 1977

• Las Vegas' first Gay Pride Celebration: Las Vegas held its first Gay Pride Celebration in 1983

• Senate Bill 466: Until the 1993 passage of Senate Bill 466, the history of Gay people in Nevada was largely one of criminal prosecution

• Question 2: The fight for equal rights suffered a severe blow with the 2002 amendment to the Nevada constitution that denied same-sex partners the right to marry