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Las Vegas is known around the world as a flashy, libertarian oasis where an individual's pursuit of happiness and profit is paramount. This was not true for the city's queer community. Being gay in Las Vegas until the 1990s was a felony with a hefty fine and long prison sentence. The Las Vegas LGBTQ community did not organize to fight for its rights until the late 1970s and by the early 1980s had made significant headway, before AIDS stopped their momentum. While the plague was devastating, it taught compassion, self-reliance, and political savvy. In 1993, the community persuaded the Nevada State Legislature to repeal the state's sodomy law, and throughout the 1990s and 2000s--even with some significant setbacks--Las Vegas rapidly caught up with more enlightened places in the United States. By 2017, Las Vegas was a city among the most welcoming of the nation's queer community.
Ebook LGBTQ Las Vegas Images of Modern America Dennis McBride 9781467127165 Books
"This slim volume contains numerous pictures and explanatory captions; interesting visuals of LGBTQ+ history of Las Vegas. The ultimate historian of gay Nevada, McBride had amassed a treasure-trove of pictures that are now available to all of us. I highly recommend getting this in conjunction with his massive volume, Out of the Neon Closet, in which accounts of Nevada history are more fully fleshed out."
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LGBTQ Las Vegas Images of Modern America Dennis McBride 9781467127165 Books Reviews
- This slim volume contains numerous pictures and explanatory captions; interesting visuals of LGBTQ+ history of Las Vegas. The ultimate historian of gay Nevada, McBride had amassed a treasure-trove of pictures that are now available to all of us. I highly recommend getting this in conjunction with his massive volume, Out of the Neon Closet, in which accounts of Nevada history are more fully fleshed out.
