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Volume 20, issue 7

INTERVIEW

Keiynan Lonsdale

His Black Queerness Front & Center

COVID-19

OUT OF BUSINESS

Popular Vegas LGBTQ+ nightclub closes permanently BLACK LIVES MATTER

THE BLACK OUT

Black Lives Matter Vegas community protest exhibit COMMUNITY

BOYCOTT IN THE LOOP Locals refuse to visit after racist, sexist & homophobic behavior exposed

Handwashing

at Home, at Play, and Out and About Germs are everywhere! They can get onto your hands and items you touch throughout the day. Washing hands at key times with soap and water is one of the most important steps you can take to get rid of germs and avoid spreading germs to those around you.

How can washing your hands keep you healthy?

Germs can get into the body through our eyes, nose, and mouth and make us sick. Handwashing with soap removes germs from hands and helps prevent sickness. Studies have shown that handwashing can prevent 1 in 3 diarrhea-related sicknesses and 1 in 5 respiratory infections, such as a cold or the flu.

Handwashing helps prevent infections for these reasons: People often touch their eyes, nose, and mouth without realizing it, introducing germs into their bodies.

Germs from unwashed hands may get into foods and drinks when people prepare or consume them. Germs can grow in some types of foods or drinks and make people sick.

Germs from unwashed hands can be transferred to other objects, such as door knobs, tables, or toys, and then transferred to another person’s hands.

What is the right way to wash your hands?

1. Wet your hands with clean running water (warm or cold) and apply soap.

2. Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap.

3. Scrub all surfaces of your hands, including the palms, backs, fingers, between your fingers, and under your nails. Keep scrubbing for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song twice.

4. Rinse your hands under clean, running water.

5. Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.

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When should you wash your hands?

Handwashing at any time of the day can help get rid of germs, but there are key times when it’s most important to wash your hands.

• Before, during, and after preparing food • Before eating food • Before and after caring for someone who is sick • Before and after treating a cut or wound • After using the bathroom, changing diapers, or cleaning up a child who has used the bathroom • After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing • After touching an animal, animal food or treats, animal cages, or animal feces (poop) • After touching garbage • If your hands are visibly dirty or greasy

What type of soap should you use?

You can use bar soap or liquid soap to wash your hands. Many public places provide liquid soap because it’s easier and cleaner to share with others. Studies have not found any added health benefit from using soaps containing antibacterial ingredients when compared with plain soap. Both are equally effective in getting rid of germs. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

How does handwashing help fight antibiotic resistance?

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria resist the effects of an antibiotic – that is, germs are not killed and they continue to grow.

Sicknesses caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be harder to treat. Simply using antibiotics creates resistance, so avoiding infections in the first place reduces the amount of antibiotics that have to be used and reduces the likelihood that resistance will develop during treatment. Handwashing helps prevent many sicknesses, meaning less use of antibiotics.

Studies have shown that handwashing can prevent

1 in 3 diarrhea-related sicknesses and

1 in 5 respiratory infections, such as a cold or the flu.

For more information and a video demonstration of how to wash your hands, visit the CDC handwashing website:

www.cdc.gov/handwashing

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SÍNTOMAS DE LA ENFERMEDAD DEL CORONAVIRUS 2019 Los pacientes con COVID-19 han presentado enfermedad respiratoria de leve a grave.

Los síntomas* pueden incluir

TOS

Consulte a un médico si presenta síntomas y ha estado en contacto cercano con una persona que se sepa que tiene el COVID-19, o si usted vive o ha estado recientemente en un área en la que haya propagación en curso del COVID-19.

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SYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 Patients with COVID-19 have experienced mild to severe respiratory illness.

Symptoms* can include

COUGH

Seek medical advice if you develop symptoms, and have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19 or if you live in or have recently been in an area with ongoing spread of COVID-19.

FEVER

*Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure.

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Stay safe, Southern Nevada.

Take these steps to slow the spread of COVID-19.

• Continue to stay home as much as possible.

• Wear a cloth face mask or covering when you are out in public.

• Wash your hands with soap and water, or use hand sanitizer.

• Cover your coughs and sneezes with tissue.

Learn more about COVID-19 at www.snhd.info/covid19 Follow us on: SNHD.info and GetHealthyClarkCounty.org Instagram.com/SouthernNevadaHealthDistrict Facebook.com/SouthernNevadaHealthDistrict Facebook.com/ez2stop Twitter.com/SNHDinfo Twitter.com/ez2stop 15 Fab Vegas

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Las Vegas residents boycott Vegas “loop” area business Vegas locals are boycotting a nightclub/bar and restaurant in the “loop” area due to racist, misogynistic and homophobic video clips.

The “loop” commercial area is located on the corner of Paradise Rd. and E. Naples Dr. where you will find LGBTQ+ businesses such as, the now-closed Gipsy Nightclub, Quadz Video Bar, Piranha and FreeZone.

In a tirade of posts to social media, FreeZone’s Russell 16 Fab Vegas

“Russ” Taylor, insults the Black Lives Matter movement claiming they intended to loot his business. The post came after Taylor learned that a Black Lives Matter movement demonstration was being held outside his business. He begins his Instagram videos with a slew of obscenities: “So apparently f_____ Vegas BLM is deciding to have a protest or riot whatever you wanna say at my f_____ business. My actual business parking

lot is these c____ suckers f_____ meet up spot. I don’t understand how out of everywhere in the whole f_____ world, they decide my f_____ business is the parking lot they want to meet up at. Like what the f___ is that? But, I’ll tell you right now. Ain’t a thing gonna get looted in my f_____ place. I’m that f_____ Korean on the roof. You’ll see! This might be the last f_____ update you see of me!

But I’ll tell you right now there’s not going to be any God d____ looting at my

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---------------------------------------------------------------------f_____ business! Cause obviously these f_____ cops ain’t gonna do a God d____ thing! We all f_____ know that already!

So we gotta do s___ our f_____ self! Ain’t nobody f_____ gonna f____ up my s____”

Taylor continues in another video “posted up” in front of his business watching the BLM demonstrators gather whom he would not let park in his FreeZone parking lot. The actual owner of record for FreeZone, Paul “PJ” Brazier, is also shown with Russ. As people from the demonstration walk by the venue, Russ Taylor begins objectifying female demonstrators with catcalls.

He says in a video, “And they’re really honestly… sort of like a bunch of hot chicks and s____ coming down here. Look at that booty. Look at that booty! (whistle) I Like that!” “Look at this b____ I like that! I do like that!

Mmmmm mmmm mmm!

Look at the dumper on that! God d____! They just keep coming. So like f_____ 18 to like 24-year-old b_____ like to protest!”

Originally an Italian restaurant, FreeZone held its grand opening in April of 1998. Russ Taylor is the son of FreeZone’s former owner Kaye Taylor, who according to QVegas magazine, sold the nightclub to her son Russ and 17 Fab Vegas

his friend PJ Brazier in April of 2012. After the sale of the business almost a decade ago she is quoted telling QVegas, “I have made a good choice, and I know my community will continue to support FreeZone. I am confident that both P.J. and Russell will enhance FreeZone events and play [sic] close attention to the very reason it is FreeZone; the people.”

Since #FreeZoneExposed and #BoycottFreeZone has begun to make movements on social media, more incidents in the nicknamed “loop” area have come to light.

Back in July of 2018 well known Vegas performer Deserae Pendavis posted a video taken in the Quadz Video Bar parking lot. The video and post described the altercation where the club owner tried to attack her and punched her tourist friend. The owner tried apologizing by claiming he had mistaken her for another local performer that he was upset at.

A Facebook page called FreezoneExposed has posted text messages describing an alleged sexual assault incident that it claims has already been reported to the police.

If you have been sexually assaulted contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sexual Assault Detail at 702828-3421

Several of the FreezoneExposed page postings warning of racism and serious incidents at the space over the years have come from popular online review websites such as Yelp. com.

Love can shape your future.

On the 2020 Census, you’ll have the option to identify a relationship as same-sex—informing community planning for families and providing vital statistics to advocates and policymakers who work on LGBTQ+ issues.

For more information, visit:

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By: Chris Azzopardi

Keiynan Lonsdale Love, Simon star Keiynan Lonsdale talks defiant solo album, social justice uprising and embracing his Black queer identity

Once Keiynan Lonsdale made no apologies for who he is, the music followed suit. The star of the CW’s The Flash and 2018’s gay teen comedy Love, Simon celebrates his Black queer identity on his 14-track anthemic solo debut Rainbow Boy. Dance-pop song “Gay Street Fighter” is an audacious strut of a rally cry, proclaiming that even God is gay. And with a shout out to “my non-binary bitches,” “White Noise” and its buoyant groove lifts the stories of Black people that have fallen through the cracks.

Lonsdale’s album comes at the same time as Love, Victor, the Love, Simon spin-off on Hulu.

In the series, the 28-year-old Aussie star reprises his role as quiet high-schooler Bram and becomes instrumental in Victor’s journey to authenticity.

When I recently connected with Lonsdale during a Zoom

call, he was riding out the last two days of his mandatory 14-day quarantine in a hotel in Australia. At one point, the phone rang. And then it rang again. “Don’t mind me,” Lonsdale said, laughing. “I’m in the Australian quarantine right now, and so, actually, they call and check on you each day.”

momentum kept building, because I hadn’t felt that empowered to be able to write and make music that was so unapologetic. It felt really, really ripe.

In quarantine, Lonsdale has been able to “take stock of the album release, the state of the world…” He laughs again.

“And the state of myself.”

There was definitely one moment; it was three years exactly before I released it, where I had this realization that the best way for me to create would be to hold absolutely nothing back. I realized I was in control of the songs that I would write, and it would be a matter of what the writing led with, or staying in this sort of fear mindset that I had my whole life. And for good reason.

Were you feeling as defiant as the music on this album when you recorded it, or was it a personal manifestation?

Yeah, I was 100 percent feeling just as defiant. The songs were written, for the most part, pretty easily. There was so much that was ready to be expressed. And I think the

When did you feel you could be unabashedly yourself in your music?

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-----------------------------------------------------------------------shit.” (Laughs) In fact, it’s what sparked me to realize that I could have my own unique voice. Before that I would say that I spent a lot of time trying to be like others, but always wanting to have the gall to be able to be my own (person).

But I didn’t know what that meant. So it was nice to have that spell broken.

So then being able to mentor a younger gay person on Love, Victor and remind him that there’s no one way to be LGBTQ, what did that feel like for you?

It was great to be able to play a role that could share that knowledge, because it’s something that I think each of us have needed to hear at one time: that you are still the one that gets to define who you are. There is no one way, and as much as we like to paint people with the same brush, it’s just not how it works. So I think it sends an important message. I’m glad that’s the route they went with with the (lead) character.

Going back to the fear you said you felt when you were younger, before you came out: How much of that had to do with you being a Black queer person?

Yeah, it had a lot to do with that. I didn’t hear and I still don’t hear … (there’s) a lack of music that proclaims samesex love. What’s ultimately needed is that it’s normalized; that hearing a guy sing about a guy or singing about a girl, they can become one in the same and not something that

is conflicting or jarring or uncomfortable, or something that people have to avoid.

Photographer Mark Clennon, who has been sharing images of the Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations across New York City, described sharing Black stories as “whimsical defiance” in a recent interview with Interview magazine. For you, what does it feel like to be sharing your perspective and story as a Black queer person during our current racial justice movement?

It’s both empowering and exhausting. I think a lot of Black people would likely feel this way too, because it’s a story we’ve lived with our entire lives. For a lot of us, we’ve expressed it for a while.

You know, I wrote a whole album about my experience, and I wrote the album, like, two years ago. So, it’s coming out now and it’s amazing on one hand that people are listening in a different way than they were before. That provides me with a lot of hope on some days. On other days you just want to live your life.

You want to be able to live your life without having to explain it all the time. And so I think that’s where it’s important to have the balance of doing the fight and also knowing, How do you heal at the same time? Take care of yourself? So, yeah. It’s hard to describe.

I’m assuming the song “White Noise” was written

a couple of years ago too.

During the song, you sing, “All the white noise that we just don’t need, you better move over.” What kind of significance does the song take on now in the midst of this uprising?

It has reminded me of the necessity of it. I was of the mind where I felt like maybe this song was too on the nose, but then, clearly not.

(Laughs) There are a lot of people who don’t understand the importance of this, and I wanted to approach that song with a level of joy and invitation, to be able to point out an issue, pretty clear as day, yet to say that there’s a way forward. I suppose everyone has a different way of how they share their message, and with that song I wanted to kind of teach – and with the album, in general – through song and dance.

You taking pride in your Black heritage on “Ancient One” is a good example of that.

One-hundred percent.

Because I think the goal of life is to celebrate that we are here, and that we get to share this experience. It’s important to have reminders that there is a lot to this existence, and that it can be something that is full of rhythm and full of mystery and full of celebration.

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how the show and the movie handled representation?

figure a lot of stuff out.

I haven’t seen the show in its entirety yet, so I look forward to that. But that was definitely one thing I thought was exciting about this show.

When anything is getting a spin-off, you get a little bit worried and you’re hoping that it’s done the right way.

But I appreciated that it was taking a turn from the movie and moving forward, taking further steps.

But you seemed to have known what you were doing when you got on that stage in that dress.

In one way, I’m really proud of Love, Simon and how things were represented, but I’m not unaware of the fact that that was one step and that there are still many that need to be taken. As people also said, this is one specific telling of what it is for one kind of person to grow up gay in a fairly accepting environment, in a sort of privileged position.

And those are conversations to be had. I’m glad that the movie was both celebrated yet also a topic of discussion of, “How do we keep going?”

When you accepted your MTV Movie award for “Best Kiss” for Love, Simon in 2018, what was it like to get on stage as an out queer person and in a dress?

It was super weird because I had come out a few weeks after we’d filmed (Love, Simon), so I was out for only 12 months by the time the movie was out. Then I was doing all these interviews and speeches; it was really strange because I only just came out.

I was kind of very much in my own experience trying to

(Laughs) Yeah, well … I was just trying my best to listen to the spiritual aspect of it and that’s what allowed me the confidence to wear what I wanted.

How did you feel up there?

the opposite, it’s a funny juxtaposition. But I am proud.

I’m happy that Kid Flash is a superhero and the message I know that a lot of kids have been getting is: They’ve got to watch me as a Black man play a superhero, and then they compare it with the fact that I’m an out queer Black man who plays a superhero. We weren’t taught you could do that back in the day. And so if that empowers kids to know they can be limitless, then that’s the best thing ever.

I felt amazing. I was really nervous. I didn’t know what I was going to say until I started walking up. It’s a surreal kind of experience. But I was over the moon, to be honest. It felt like a dream. And I felt really supported in that moment.

And yeah, it was quite magical. I felt magical.

Did you see the crowd reactions? They were so into your speech.

I definitely heard them. It was really exhilarating.

I see how you affect a lot of LGBTQ youth, and to that end, I wondered what you think being out and playing Kid Flash has meant to both LGBTQ and people-of-color communities?

It’s meant a lot of things.

Because at first it was met with a lot of celebration, but I was also met with thousands of racist comments online the day that it was announced.

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COVID-19

Long running LGBTQ+ nightclub and bar in Las Vegas permanently closes Businesses across the country continue to struggle amidst the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) especially in major tourism cities like Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Lounge, an LGBTQ+ bar/nightclub located in the Las Vegas Commercial Center announced on April 30, 2020, that they have closed their doors.

In a Facebook post, Jennifer Hallie of the Las Vegas Lounge confirmed the closure.

“Well the rumors have been circulating and I can finally address them. Due to the COVID 19 virus

and not just its immediate effect but also the effect on future revenue from tourism, I’m sorry to announce that as of today The Las Vegas Lounge has closed. I want to take the time to thank everybody from all around the world who has supported us for over 20 years when everybody said it wouldn’t make it a year.

This space was the only one of its kind catering specifically to transgender community members. In an article by the Nevada Current, Jennifer Hallie was quoted saying, “We are welcomed at other bars but it’s different not having your own place,” “The trans community, in particular trans

women of color, is under siege.

We need at least one place where we feel safe.”

Back in February of 2018 Gay Vegas reported a shooting at Las Vegas Lounge that some believed to be a hate crime targeting the transgender community. Jennifer Hallie said that an outside shooter caused a trans woman – a customer of the establishment – to be struck in the leg by either a bullet or a piece of shrapnel, which shattered one of the bar’s windows.

Despite the challenges, Hallie is open to the idea of opening another space for the transgender community telling Nevada Current, “My community needs somewhere to go.”

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LGBTQ+ VEGAS EVENTS

Black Lives Matter Vegas ‘The Black Out’ event Black Lives Matter Las Vegas Presents The Black Out, A Community Protest Exhibit Las Vegas, Nevada, July 11, 2020 — Black Lives Matter Las Vegas will present The Black Out at Nevada Partners with performances from violinist Brandon Summers and poets Vera, Monarch and Jam. Black Lives Matter Las Vegas is proud to bring The Black Out to Nevada Partners for the first time with support from NAACP Branch #111Las Vegas, President Roxan McCoy and Mass Liberation Project NV. The Black Out is a free community exhibit open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. showcasing the experiences of those on the ground protesting.

Due to Covid-19, the exhibit will be open for 30-minute

intervals where groups of 20-24 people will be allowed entry. The organizers will provide masks and hand sanitizer at the door, but they are requesting that all attendees wear black.

“This event is in honor of all those protesting against injustice, inequality and oppression. This is for the 400+ protesters who got beat, dragged and shot at for standing with Black folk and for Black Lives Matter. This event is not mine... it’s the peoples! It’s their experience, their posters and their voices that will be centered and I am just the amplifier. This event is the first of its kind, but won’t be the last. This event is a call for community care and a way to begin the healing process.

This event is us, we are The Black Out.” Jameelah Lewis,

Organizer, BLM Las Vegas.

Black Lives Matter Las Vegas is a chapter of the Black Lives Matter Global Network founded in 2013 by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi. Our mission is to amplify the list of community demands developed by those directly impacted by race-based violence. Black Lives Matter Las Vegas is a collective group of Nevada residents who are building local power to intervene in violence inflicted on the Black community. We support the lives of all Black people, including the Black queer and transgender communities, the disabled, the undocumented, those with records, women, and all Black Lives along the gender spectrum.

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THE BACK DOOR 1415 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89104 (702) 831-0621. Backdoor.Vegas

PIRANHA NIGHTCLUB 4633 Paradise Road. Las Vegas, NV 89169 (702) 791-0100. PiranhaVegas.com Gaming. NO COVER.

BARS

CLUB MARY’S 1700 E. Flamingo Rd. Las Vegas, NV 891119 (702) 733-8787. FlairVegas.com

BADLANDS SALOON 953 E. Sahara Ave. #22 Las Vegas, NV 89104 (702) 792-9262. Badlands-Saloon.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

FLEX LAS VEGAS 4347 W. Charleston Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 878-3355. FlexLasVegas.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

CHARLIE’S LAS VEGAS 5012 S Arville Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89118 (702) 876-1844. CharliesLasVegas.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

FREEZONE NIGHTCLUB & BAR 610 E. Naples Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89119 (702) 794-2300. FreezoneLV.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER. ICONIC NIGHTCLUB 4636 S Wynn Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89103 (833) 342-6642. IconicNightclub.com Hours on website

THE EAGLE 3430 E. Tropicana Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 458-8662. facebook.com/thelasvegaseagle Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER. FUN HOG RANCH 495 E Twain Las Vegas, NV 89169 (702) 791-7001. FunHogRanchLV.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

THE GARAGE 1487 E. Flamingo Rd., Ste. C Las Vegas, NV 89119 (702) 440-6333. TheGarageLV.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER. LAS VEGAS LOUNGE 900 Karen Ave C101, Las Vegas, NV 89109 (702) 737-9350 Open 24/7. NO COVER. THE PHOENIX 4213 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 826-2422. facebook.com/thephoenixlv Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER. QUADZ VIDEO BAR 4640 Paradise Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89169 (702) 733-0383. QuadzBar.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER. SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE 975 E. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89104 (702) 431-9775. SpotlightLounge.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

NIGHTLIFE SCHEDULE SUNDAYS // GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11a-7p. Beer bust 5p-9p $7 domestic $11 import. $4 Patron Silver shots 8p-4a. MUSIC VIDEOS & LIQUOR BUST 9p-12a $12 well $22 call. RED ZONE FOOTBALL free appetizers 2p-7p.

PHOENIX SUNDAY BRUNCH WITH KEYSKA DIVA AND FRIENDS 2p - 6p ($15 All you can drink mimosa’s & sangria) 2 for 1 Happy Hour 4p - 7p SUPERSTAR SUNDAY KARAOKE w/ Shiela 9p - 2a CHARLIES SICKENING SUNDAYS CLUB MARY’S GOSPEL BRUNCH EAGLE POT LUCK BBQ FLEX SING-A-LONG KARAOKE 3p-9p FUN HOG RANCH SUPER SUNDAY ICONIC AVANT LAS VEGAS LOUNGE CHICAS RICAS Latin Show 11p SPOTLIGHT KARAOKE 10p-2a FLAIR OPEN ON SUNDAYS FREEZONE DRAG SHOW QUADZ SOCIAL SUNDAYS MONDAYS // GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11a-7p. Beer bust 9p-12a $7 domestic $11 import. $4.50 Absolut cocktails 8p-4a. MAN CAVE MONDAYS free appetizers 5p-8p, whiskey specials after happy hour and weekly prizes giveaways.

PHOENIX 2-for-1 Happy Hour 11a-7p BURNING MONDAYS (Burning Man Meetup) 6p-9p Afterburn Mondays 9p - 1a BADLANDS BINGO 30 Fab Vegas

CHARLIES DRAG QUEEN KARAOKE EAGLE LIQUOR BUST FLEX MOVIE NIGHT FUN HOG RANCH Drink Special 9p-1a ICONIC AVANT LAS VEGAS LOUNGE TRANS MONDAY FREEZONE KARAOKE SPOTLIGHT OPEN ON MONDAYS QUADZ OPEN ON MONDAYS TUESDAYS // GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11a-7p. LIQUOR BUST $12 well $22 call 9p-12a. $3.50 Fireball shots 8p-4a.

PHOENIX 2 for 1 Happy Hour 11a - 7p TWISTED TUESDAY TRIVIA 6:30p - 8p GAME NIGHT W/ ANYONKA 8p - 11p / UNDERWEAR PARTY Liquor bust for $5 in undies 9p - 1a CHARLIES DRAG QUEEN BINGO CLUB MARYS KARAOKE EAGLE KARAOKE FLEX DRINK SPECIALS FUN HOG RANCH DRINK SPECIALS 9p-1a LAS VEGAS LOUNGE TRANS TUESDAY FREEZONE KARAOKE SPOTLIGHT OPEN ON TUESDAYS QUADZ OPEN ON TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS // GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11a-7p. BEER BUST 9p-12a $7 domestic $11 import. $4.50 Jack Daniels 8a-4a.

MUSIC VIDEOS 9p-12a.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------LGBTQ NIGHTLIFE DIRECTORY --------------------------------------------------------------------------PHOENIX 2 for 1 Happy Hour 11a - 7p MUSIC VIDEO BINGO w/ E’Stefano 7p - 10p CARNIE ASADAS CIRCUS 10PM-12AM CHARLIES WET WEDNESDAYS EAGLE TRIVIA CONTEST FLEX DRAG KARAOKE 10p-2a FUN HOG RANCH PIGS ON BROADWAY KITTY LITTER LAS VEGAS LOUNGE TRANS TUESDAY FREEZONE DRAG SHOW SPOTLIGHT OPEN ON WEDNESDAYS QUADZ KARAOKE THURSDAYS // GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11a-7p. $3 OFF TOP SHELF 8p-4a.

PHOENIX 2 for 1 Happy Hour 11a - 7p THERAPY THURSDAY KARAOKE w/ Shiela 9pm - 2am CHARLIES 10s across the board CLUB MARY’S MARYS GOT TALENT EAGLE POKER TOURNEY FLEX FLAMBOYANCE DRAG SHOW 10:30p FUN HOG RANCH DRINK SPECIALS 9p-1a ICONIC HIP-HOP NIGHT LAS VEGAS LOUNGE TRANS THURSDAYS FREEZONE DRAG SHOW QUADZ POKER NIGHT SPOTLIGHT OPEN ON THURSDAYS

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GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11a-7p. Beer bust 8p-11p $7 domestic $11 import. $4 LONG ISLANDS 8p-4a.

PHOENIX BRUNCH 11a - 3p ($15 All you can drink mimosa’s & sangria) 2 for 1 Happy Hour 4p - 7p Different Party Each Week 9p - 1a BADLANDS OPEN ON SATURDAYS CHARLIES STUDS OF CHARLIES CLUB MARY’S STARS & STILLETOS FUN HOG RANCH OPEN FLEX QUEENS OF LAS VEGAS DRAG SHOW 10:30p ICONIC VARIED PROMOTION FUN HOG RANCH 1ST SATURDAY LEATHER NIGHT LAS VEGAS LOUNGE LADIES OF SECRET SHOW 1a FLAIR OPEN ON SATURDAYS FREEZONE DRAG SHOW PIRANHA PIRANHA SATURDAYS THE BACKDOOR LATIN NIGHT QUADZ SOUNDWAVE SPOTLIGHT KARAOKE

FRIDAYS // GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11am-7pm. $3.50 CHERRY OR JAGER BOMBS 8p-4a PHOENIX 2 for 1 Happy Hour 11a-7p FIRED UP FRIDAY w/ KEYSKA DIVA Showtimes 10:30pm & 11:30pm Music by DJ Panda Funk 9p-1a CHARLIES LIQUOR BUST CLUB MARY’S STARS & STILLETOS EAGLE ORIGINAL UNDERWEAR PARTY FLEX VARIED PROMOTION ICONIC VARIED PROMOTION LAS VEGAS LOUNGE TRANS FRIDAYS FUN HOG RANCH 2ND FRIDAY BEARS LAS VEGAS QUADZ FRESH FRIDAYS SPOTLIGHT KARAOKE FLAIR OPEN ON FRIDAYS FREEZONE DRAG MADNESS THE BACKDOOR GROUPS & LIVE BANDS

PROMOTIONAL GLOSSARY: LIQUOR BUST OR BEER BUST - a promotion involving a one time fee for an all-you-can-drink time frame. GAMING - this establishment has a gaming license and you can expect gambling machines such as video poker, etc. * Venue responsible for updates. Promotions are not guaranteed. Verify information with venue directly. *

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Information for Teens: Staying Healthy and Preventing STDs If you choose to have sex, know how to protect yourself against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

What are sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)?

STDs are diseases that are passed from one person to another through sexual contact. These include chlamydia, gonorrhea, genital herpes, human papillomavirus (HPV), syphilis, and HIV. Many of these STDs do not show symptoms for a long time. Even without symptoms, they can still be harmful and passed on during sex.

consider before having sex. It’s okay to say “no” if you don’t want to have sex.

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If you do decide to have sex, you and your partner should get tested for STDs beforehand. Make sure that you and your partner use a condom from start to finish every time you have oral, anal, or vaginal sex. Know where to get condoms and how to use them correctly. It is not safe to stop using condoms unless you’ve both been tested for STDs, know your results, and are in a mutually monogamous relationship.

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Mutual monogamy means that you and your partner both agree to only have sexual contact with each other. This can help protect against STDs, as long as you’ve both been tested and know you’re STD-free.

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Before you have sex, talk with your partner about how you will prevent STDs and pregnancy. If you think you’re ready to have sex, you need to be ready to protect your body. You should also talk to your partner ahead of time about what you will and will not do sexually. Your partner should always respect your right to say no to anything that doesn’t feel right.

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Make sure you get the health care you need. Ask a doctor or nurse about STD testing and about vaccines against HPV and hepatitis B.

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Girls and young women may have extra needs to protect their reproductive health.

Talk to your doctor or nurse about regular cervical cancer screening, and chlamydia and gonorrhea testing. You may also want to discuss unintended pregnancy and birth control.

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Avoid mixing alcohol and/or recreational drugs with sex. If you use alcohol and drugs, you are more likely to take risks, like not using a condom or having sex with someone you normally wouldn’t have sex with.

How are STDs spread?

You can get an STD by having vaginal, anal or oral sex with someone who has an STD. Anyone who is sexually active can get an STD. You don’t even have to “go all the way” (have anal or vaginal sex) to get an STD. This is because some STDs, like herpes and HPV, are spread by skinto-skin contact.

How common are STDs? STDs are common, especially among young people. There are about 20 million new cases of STDs each year in the United States. About half of these infections are in people between the ages of 15 and 24. Young people are at greater risk of getting an STD for several reasons: •

Young women’s bodies are biologically more prone to STDs.

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What can I do to protect myself?

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STD (SEXUALLY TRASMITTED DISEASES) INFO SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES INFO, TESTING & RESOURCES WHAT IS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE? Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), are infections that are commonly spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex and oral sex.

WHAT IS HIV? HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system.It is usually spread by anal or vaginal sex or sharing syringes with a person who has HIV. The only way to know you have HIV is to be tested.

Everyone aged 13-64 should be tested at least once, and people at high risk should be tested at least once a year. Ask your doctor, or visit gettested.cdc.gov to find a testing site. Without treatment, HIV can make a person very sick or may even cause death. If you have HIV, start treatment as soon as possible to stay healthy and help protect your partners.

Nevada is the fifth highest state in the United States for rates of new HIV diagnoses and is #1 in Syphillis *According to CDC HIV Surveillance Report, 2017 and the CDC Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report, 2017 released in 2018

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STD TESTING RESOURCE SOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTH DISTRICT ADDRESS: 280 S. Decatur Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89107 HOURS: Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.* *The clinic opens at 9:00 a.m. on the first Thursday of every month.

The following services are offered at the Sexual Health Clinic: 1.

Diagnosis and treatment of active or suspected cases of:

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Chlamydia

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Gonorrhea

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Syphilis

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HIV

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Trichomonas (females only)

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Bacterial Vaginosis (females only)

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Free condoms and instruction on how to safely use them (both male and female condom)

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Follow-up bloodwork

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High-risk behavior counseling

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HIV Nursing Case Management

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Injection series for syphilis medication

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Partner notification

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Referrals by private physicians

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Sexual assault follow-up

10. Test results and couseling Clients seeking treatment at the Sexual Health Clinic should know that the Health District is required to report cases involving assault or abuse to appropriate agencies.

HIV Testing: HIV antibody testing is a simple blood test performed by a trained professional. This procedure is strictly confidential. Counseling regarding the meaning of the test and its result take place before the actual testing to ensure you understand HIV infection and the testing procedure.

HIV testing procedure: Blood Test – Blood drawn from a vein is tested for HIV antibodies. This test is available at the Sexual Health Clinic (280 S. Decatur Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89107 ), Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Please call (702) 759-0702 for more information.

If you have questions, contact the clinic by phone at (702) 759-0702 or by email at SexualHealth@snhd.org.

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www.afanlv.org Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) provides support and advocacy for adults and children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Nevada.

AFAN works to reduce HIV infection through prevention and education to eliminate fear, prejudice and the stigma associated with the disease.