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In the early hours of June 28, 1969, police raided a mafia-owned-and-operated, rundown, ramshackle gay bar on Christopher Street in the West Village, an area known to be frequented by gays, lesbians, prostitutes, street kids and drag queens. About 200 people were in the bar, which had not been tipped off, per usual. The lights came on, the music shut...
Over drinks after the opening reception of “Axis Mundo,” a colleague of mine, Anita Revilla, told Alisha Kerlin that, the show had been the first time she had seen herself in the museum in her 14 years working for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. On walking in hours before the opening, I myself was taken aback by the Spanish...
By AJ HUTH The Center Youth Services Manager June 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, or as some say, rebellion or uprising. Though it has many names and monikers, Stonewall was a turning point for LGBTQ equality. The movement had been marching along for many years with organizations like the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitus leading the way....
By RAY MACFARLANE Program Manager at The Center Across the country and in our state, policies and resources are in flux for transgender and gender diverse people: transgender military exclusions, new nonbinary gender markers available on IDs, insurance coverage for gender affirming medical services, school gender diversity policies and laws regarding access and discrimination. We are at a pivotal moment in...
By Planned Parenthood staff Special to the Spectrum Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) has opened a new Las Vegas facility, Nuestros Centro Communitario, at 2785 E. Desert Inn Rd., Suite 260. Nuestros Centro Communitario means Our Community Center, and it serves as a community meeting and educational space. NCC is home to public aff airs team, responsible sex education...
May means Mother's Day. And yes, The Las Vegas Spectrum staff does have mothers, too. Considering some of them have to put up with us, even when deadlines approach, we thought we would take a couples pages to honor them, and in some cases, just remember the impact they've had on our lives. This year we decided to share...
Holy Hoover Dam! May is already here. So much gossip and some of it will be served up cold. Did you hear Mike and Kelly Smith moved to Florida They took those damn chickens across America in a U-Haul truck. You go girl! I’ve heard that Florida alligators love chicken. There's a hilarious video of Kelly on FB, painting her...
By Monti Rock III Easter has come and gone. Did you get to play with your Peeps? I asked the Easter bunny to bring me lots of pastel colored Peeps this year to celebrate the season. Frank Marino was on the phone recently. Frank is the one who actually put me together with Rob Schlegel, the publisher of this great magazine,...
If you’re a fan of TV shows with super-hot women, often playing strongwilled, independent characters or outright-lesbians then ClexaCon is the place you should have been last month! Returning to Las Vegas for its third big year, this massively attended multifandom convention featured more than 40 actresses, producers, writers and directors to mingle with throughout the weekend. Described as...
By ROB SCHLEGEL AND LYN COLLIER Photos by TONYA HARVEY Andy Marlett is the head trainer at Stolen Aces Farms in the northwest part of Las Vegas. It’s on land that at one time was part of the original 1,600 acre Gilcrease Ranch. Stolen Aces Farms is a 15-acre ranch and home to about 30 horses. They vary in ages, sizes, colors,...