Las Vegas Spectrum

I hope everyone had a great Pride month and you were able to check out some of the events the Clark County Library District held in June. Just a heads up, the District will be hosting the second annual Family Pride Day at the Clark County Library on Sept. 28. More information will follow in the coming months. As...

by ANTHONY DEFELICE The show kicked off with a musical performance to the 5th Dimension’s “Age of Aquarius.” “Zumanity’s” Mistress of Sensuality, EDIE, and Sean McAllister, from FOX 5’s MORE Show, returned as host, and introduced over 200 performers from more than 21 Strip shows and community organizations as they sang, danced, and defi ed gravity with aerial acrobatics. Performers...

Where in the hell did June go? My goodness! Suddenly, I’m a 53-year-old drag queen and find myself marveling at a 50 year-old movement that started at the Stonewall Inn when I was a three years- old princess and just starting to try on my mother's jewelry. As we recognize the beatings, broken bones, lost jobs, lost families, we...

This last month has been a whirlwind of concerts, long time residencies closing, and some great surprises from the entertainment industry. 'On my 80th Birthday (Hurrah!) I gave myself an A-List only intimate birthday party! Instead of my usual birthday ball and brouhah-ha, I decided I only wanted the people who are near and dear to yours truly to share...

Longtime Las Vegas LGBTQIA+ community members and supporters Cody Clark and Jordy Perry have partnered with “Legends in Concert” creator John Stewart and Dean Coleman to present “Blond Invasion” at the V Theater in Planet Hollywood. There is plenty of real talent here with live singing, dancing and lighting effects. There are a few sexy scenes but nothing to...

Las Vegas’s summer community theatre scene makes a hot summer hotter. The coolest spot to catch Broadway quality musical theater is Super Summer Theatre (SST) at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park. SST kicked off their 44th summer season with the Stephen Sondheim hit “Into the Woods” in May. The woodland fantasy continues June through July 13 with a musical...

By SFC Dixie "Sgt. Dixie" Thompson US Army Retired There are approximately 25,000 women veterans in Nevada with only about 2,500 enrolled with the Nevada Department of Veteran Services and the VA. Many women veterans do not self-identify because the common idea of a veteran is a male who served overseas or in combat. Some do not self-identify because they...

By FATHER JIM LYONS Priest at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church I just celebrated 23 years of ordination and it has been quite a ride. Our family started on the more Evangelical part of the Body of Christ. After a long windingå road through the major denominations I was ordained priest by the Roman Catholic Church. Starting in 2004 I began a...

Let’s be honest. For many of us, hooking up seems to be as easy as going through the drive-through of the nearest fast-food restaurant. LGBTQIA+ folks, as well as heterosexuals, have no problem hooking up; it’s finding the partner who wants to do life with us in a meaningful and sustainable way that is the challenge. In our community,...