Pride is celebrated across the nation, mostly around June, but here in Las Vegas, it’ll be with a night parade on Saturday, Oct. 11 and a festival on Sunday, Oct. 12.
While the celebration of pride is about “coming out” and being proud enough to tell the world about one’s sexual orientation, over the years it’s grown into more of...
In Denise Duarte’s exhibit “Unraveling Identities,” on display at The Studio inside Sahara West Library, there is a particular work of art in which human sexuality and identity is portrayed as a fl oral arrangement in a vase.
Its palette is brilliant. On the vase is a golden lyre. To the right of the work, made by the artist...
Our July editorial will be a wrap-up of a lot of short issues.
The Modern World
As you can see from this issue, we are carrying a new comic, The Modern World by Tom Tomorrow. It’s actually drawn and written by Dan Perkins, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated cartoonist, and in past years, has appeared in local, alternative newspapers, such as City...
Missed opportiunities.
In Nevada, we finally elected a Democrat as governor and had a Democrat majority in both the Assembly and the State Senate. I suppose we should be thankful for the scraps we were given but why, oh why, didn’t they do more?
Thinking about the Legislature reminds me of when I was a child and my grandmother sent a...
By ISLAGAR LABRADA
Spectial to the Las Vegas Spectrum
Hemos tenido una gran perdida de amigos y amigas en nuestra comunidad gay Latina de la ciudad de Las Vegas por causa o consecuencia del SIDA, (Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida).
Con toda la información que tenemos a travez de los años y se sigue cometiendo los mismos errores pensando que se pueden obtener...
In what may be a first in the US, the Las Vegas Spectrum announces the creation of a database of married or partnered, same-gender couples. This has been accomplished by using domestic partnerships registered through the Nevada Secretary of State’s office and more recently, a list of marriage licenses, created from public information files from the Clark County Clerk’s...
Change can be forced by local, ‘power of the purse’
In Nevada, we finally elected a Democrat as governor and had a Democrat majority in both the Assembly and the State Senate. I suppose we should be thankful for the scraps we were given but why, oh why, didn’t they do more?
Thinking about the Legislature reminds me of when I...
It was a dark month throughout the Kingdom of Vegas and all the dragons were in the sky. I sure do need one of Sheldon's Big Bang concoctions.
TV shows come and go, My favorite is still M.A.S.H. and I watch all the reruns. When I was kid, I wanted to be like Hawkeye. Being a doctor and drinking all...
I have been doing a great deal of investigating - amongst and from my constituents, and one of my most recent discoveries is that Dionne Warwick has a brand-new album out. She is looking for a Las Vegas residency! By the way, SO AM I!! When you think of how many stars, how many “used-to-bes,” it is all about...
