Following the death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter protests and a president stoking racial division, UNLV Libraries began a panel series titled, “We Need To Talk: Conversations on Racism for a More Resilient Las Vegas.”
Moderated by Claytee White, Director of the Oral History Research at UNLV Libraries, the live-streamed series featuring UNLV researchers and community experts discussing systemic...
What begins with postcards from camp continues into a 50-year correspondence between Melissa and Andrew in A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” presented this weekend by Las Vegas Little Theatre.
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the play that premiered in 1988 features two characters reading aloud letters exchanged on their journeys — through boarding school, the college years, Andrew’s...
Cox Charities, the philanthropic arm of Cox Communications, Las Vegas, awarded a $10,000 grant to the LGBTQ Center of Southern Nevada to aid in the Center’s addition of a self-sustaining pharmacy to its HIV / STD Testing Clinic.
Located at 301 S. Maryland Pkwy., the Center serves as a neighborhood resource for the Las Vegas valley’s LGBTQ community, local residents...
Small businesses that are members of the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Nevada have the opportunity to compete for $5,000 prizes to be used for education or to launch a new idea.
The GLCCNV teamed up with Cox Business to create the competition with the aim to help small business owners improve their leadership skills. Of the two prizes...
Like most people, the first time I met Terry Wilsey, I found him irksome and crude. He talked and walked funny, he asked strange questions apropros of nothing, he was unkempt and disorganized, he was obsessed with all things G-A-Y in a way that felt a bit cartoonish. Were it not for the natural affinity his partner, Dr. Walter...
Two new LGBTQIA housing units for vulnerable persons, which flowed from the love of two gay men for each other, have now opened in Las Vegas. A third building may be in the works.
Bright Star Foundation owns and operates two four-plexes in an area near the Boulevard Mall, just off Maryland Parkway. The buildings have 17 bedrooms that are...
Just a few months ago, more than 50 percent of the U.S. population claimed they wouldn’t take the COVID-19 vaccination when it became available. Those numbers have changed in recent days and by late December, nearly 60 percent to 65 percent of Americans say they will receive the vaccine when available.
Victor Wong, DO from Mountain View Hospital said,...
The Spectrum will be going into our third year in 2021. Like everyone else, we’ve had a tough year. We’ve struggled to get the magazine published. We succeeded most months. In 2021 our plan is to publish bi-monthly and to focus on our digital presence. Watch for Publisher Rob Schlegel to debut his Rob's Spectrum View in January. You...
Helping. Passion. Commitment. These are characteristics of our brother, Terry Wilsey, that we have seen and experienced our entire lives. Terry was always our “big brother.” Sadly, Terry left this earth much too early on Dec. 19, 2020. We are sure that he was amid many commitments and had a mind full of ideas for the next way to...
I hope you noticed we didn’t have a December issue of the Spectrum. Thanks to the COVID-19 restrictions, there just wasn’t enough advertising to pay the printer, the postage, etc. We are back but we’ll be going bi-monthly until business is back to normal.
I want to thank Gov. Steve Sisolak. As many readers know, I’ve been unhappy with...
