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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR HAPPY PRIDE Happy Pride! Las Vegas Pride started in 1982. That means this year will mark the 32nd Annual Las Vegas Pride. Gay Vegas Magazine would like to thank the entire Pride Board of Directors and volunteers for their constant commitment to the community and for providing the best Pride experience possible. We would like to send special recognition to the Pride Boards president Ernie “Pineapple” Yuen for his constant dedication, hard work, and commitment.

Leading up to Pride, Ernie attends various special events and pride festivals in different cities to help promote Vegas Pride. Ernie uses his creative skills to design and construct costumes for Prides various staff members, models, entertainers and royalty. This barely scrapes the surface of all the wonderful things Ernie does for the community. Ernie is a perfect example of Vegas Pride. Thanks for everything Ernie!

We would also like to thank our advertiser Rockstar Energy Drink for sponsoring Gay Vegas and making it possible for us to donate $1,000 to AFAN (Aid for AIDS of Nevada) at their 28th Annual Black and White Party.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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The Search for SinĂŠad

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Robin Williams: Forever In Our Hearts

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SEEN / 28th Annual Black & White Party

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Crystal Woods / Local Spotlight

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GAY VEGAS NEWS

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EVENTS AND CONCERTS

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Nightclub and Bar Daily Schedule

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Nightclub and Bar Descriptions

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Nightlife Map

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PRIDE CONNECTIONS

THE SEARCH FOR SINÉAD HOW SINÉA D O’C ONNOR FOUND HER SELF AND HOW THE GAY C OMMUNI T Y HELPED

In 1992, Sinéad O’Connor was at the height of her career following the success of “Nothing Compares 2 U” when, during a one-woman protest against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, she tore up a pic of

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Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live.

Causing an uproar, and eventually thwarting her pop-culture presence (not that she cared), that defiance would come to define the Irish singer’s life and career.

Over 20 years later, O’Connor found herself entangled in more controversy – this time with Miley Cyrus, who became the target of the Grammy winner’s digs last year.

The two famously feuded in 2013 over the music business, when Sinéad warned the twerker that it “will prostitute you for all you are worth” (per O’Connor’s people, questions about the viral brawl were off-limits for this interview).

Does Sinéad have balls? Of course she does. Big ones. She talked about that region during our recent conversation, insisting that sex – whether it’s with a man or a woman – isn’t necessary for making her “dick hard.” Still, she lets it all hang out on her 10th studio album, I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss, candidly revealing that, “Everybody wants GayVegas.com 7

PRIDE CONNECTIONS something from me. They rarely ever wanna just know me.”

The exception: this chat, during which Sinéad recalled her introduction to the gay community – and how that community gave her the courage to be herself, speak out and “take shit.”

With regard to this album and your last, How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?, released in 2012, you’ve been on a mission to find yourself. What kind of sacrifices and choices did you have to make on that journey to self-actualization?

Gosh, god, I don’t know. I suppose it’s the same for everybody. It’s not like you’re suddenly there and you don’t have any more work to do; it’s a life’s work for all of us, isn’t it? It doesn’t finish until you get to the other side. I think, actually, the things that help you self-actualize are the mistakes – so-called “mistakes.” I don’t like that word. But the things that you get wrong is how you learn to get things right.

The album’s lead single, “Take Me to Church,” seems partly inspired by redemption. What mistake in your life was the turning point for you?

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different female characters, one of whom turns up a lot more than the others – and there’s a certain journey that the character is taking throughout the record. In a way, that’s the answer to the question.

The character is someone who believed all her life that somehow a relationship would make everything wonderful, and that glorious man or woman would come along and carry her into the sunset, that everything would be wonderful. Those of us who have been wounded growing up want to create in our adulthood some perfect family situation or perfect romantic situation that we think will give us something back that we wish we had – that can mean we project onto people romantically. You can tell yourself that someone is just the most perfect, wonderful, glorious, la la la la, and they can be the most awful asshole that ever walked the face of the earth – and so could you! (Laughs) The song is more about the idea of romance, and on the whole album that character in particular takes a journey through being a romantic – a pedestal-putting-upon type of a character – who matures when she sees the reality of the situation as opposed to the illusion. I don’t know if that answers the question properly, but I think that’s the point at which you can understand yourself – when you see the reality of your situation as opposed to what you want to see, the illusions we all want to see.

It’s no secret that you have a history with the Catholic Church. So knowing that, and also being a gay man who grew up Catholic, I can’t help but listen to “Take Me to Church” and think it’s more than just a song about romance.

The song actually isn’t about the church at all.

I don’t explain what songs are about because I don’t think you should. I think you take away from the audience the experience of being able to imagine it’s about them, so I shouldn’t actually tell you what “Take Me to Church” is about – the reason you like it is because what it means to you. But to me, the church in the song symbolizes relationships. It’s a reference back to that old song from My Fair Lady, “Get Me to the Church on Time,” where the father of Audrey Hepburn’s character is getting married, and I’m trying to reference that song in my own song, where, really, the character is talking about relationships.

This is a person who, perhaps, has gotten very depressed about a particular relationship not working out because they completely idolize this person, but this person has turned out to be somebody frightening and not someone who could keep the character safe. It’s the, “Oh, I want to die because he or she doesn’t love me.” The character is standing there with the rope around their neck about to jump off a tree and says, “Oh, now hold on, this asshole isn’t worth it. Actually, I’m fucking great, and what am I thinking?” So that moment – it’s

not something that I’ve been through, but it’s something I suppose I can understand when I’ve been with other people. It’s that moment of understanding that actually you’re perfectly all right without this person that you’ve completely idolized and imagined as the most wonderful creature on earth. She understands in that moment that love has to be safe.

Suicide comes up on another song from this album, “8 Good Reasons,” except it sounds like it’s coming from a more personal place.

Yeah, “8 Good Reasons” and “How About I Be Me” would be the most autobiographical songs on this record.

What are the “eight good reasons” that kept you alive when you almost took your own life? I imagine a few of them were your children.

They are my children’s eyes.

During that song, you also hint toward a possible ninth reason. What would that be?

Well... that’s a secret.

“I became the stranger no one sees” – that lyric seems especially telling. With that line, what are you reflecting on? When in your life have you felt invisible, like an outsider?

Let me see... I’m trying to find the best way to answer this. Yeah, there would be times that you are invisible – for the most GayVegas.com

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PRIDE CONNECTIONS part you are invisible, except when you’re making music. It’s really a song about being in the music business and the effects the music business – the business part of it – can have on you. It’s not about the things that life does to you. There was nothing in my life apart from my job that ever made me want to run for the window. (Laughs) I can actually laugh about it now, thank god, but it’s... I’ve lost my train of thought now. I’ve forgotten, really, what you’ve asked me. I suppose it’s a delicate subject.

The LGBT community can certainly empathize with the struggle to be comfortable with who you are. When was the first time you felt a connection to gay people in your life?

I grew up in Ireland and there was no such thing as “gay” in the ’70s. I had never even heard of “gay” except for there was a female impersonator who had a big TV show in the ’70s, a guy called Danny La Rue. I used to love his show, but I never knew there was any such thing as gay until I was 17.

In your life and in your career, have you felt invisible?

Oh yeah. It’s a very complicated thing to explain, but the price you pay for being a successful musician is your life, and the more successful you are, the more of a price you pay. That makes you invisible. People project onto you, and they see something that isn’t really you, and the only time you’re with people who are relating to you and who you really are is when you’re with your family or friends, or when you’re making music. The business of music is a really ugly business, and it’s difficult that the price you pay metaphorically for being successful is your life.

I moved to London and I had a totally straight but cross-dressing cousin who brought me to all these clubs in London.

Hippodrome Nightclub & Disco was the first I went to, and it was full of guys dressed up as the most beautiful looking women – way more beautiful than any other woman was ever gonna hope to look! I thought that was incredible, and then I went to Kensington Market, and I thought, “Jesus, England is the greatest country on earth!” They were selling red stilettos – size 12! – and I was like, “Oh my god, that’s the coolest thing ever” as far as I was concerned, because I had come from a completely sexually repressed place – repressed in every way, you know? So I had actually never heard of any such thing as gay until I went to the Hippodrome, and put it this way, I was really jealous that I was never gonna look that fucking good.

Do you feel like yourself more now than ever?

Yeah, I do – certainly musically. I wasn’t comfortable when I was younger for a myriad of reasons, but now I am very comfortable with who I am as a musician.

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But in all seriousness, I’ll never forget that moment, walking into that toilet in the Hippodrome and it being a real sort of glamorous scene – real posh toilet, all fluffed up mirrors and cushions like a boudoir type of place. In the country that I came from, you couldn’t be you in any way at all. No one could’ve walked down the street dressed like those guys were. You’d have the shit kicked out of you, and not just for that, but a girl like me would have the shit kicked out of her if she walked around with a short skirt, if you expressed anything different at all. So it was real inspiring to me to see those guys able to walk around and be who they were. I actually find the whole gay community an enormous inspiration to me because, Jesus, I’ve never taken the kind of shit gay people take.

But you’ve taken a fair amount of shit.

No, I know, but I suppose in a way what I’m trying to say is that it’s easier to take shit when you are inspired by people such as those in the gay community. Because if a guy is brave enough to walk around dressed up as a woman – if a man is prepared to do that – as far as I’m concerned, any of us can fucking do anything. I just admire that so fucking much.

You told Entertainment Weekly in 2005, “I’m three-quarters heterosexual, a quarter gay.”

What fraction of you is gay these days?

I’m 47 years of age and I hope, like the character on the record, that I’ve matured somewhat. Here’s the thing: I think if you fall

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PRIDE CONNECTIONS in love with someone, you fall in love with someone and I don’t think it would matter what they were. They could be green, white and orange, they could be whatever the opposite of gay or straight is. I don’t believe in labels of any kind, put it that way. If I fall in love with someone, I wouldn’t give a shit if they were a man or a woman.

I can’t say the same for myself, because I’m just not into the lady bits.

Obviously, yeah. What I’m trying to say is, I’m old enough not to be going by my dick. It’s not about what gets my dick hard or not. I’m old enough for that to not be the point. But I think maybe females are different – what makes us want to have sex with someone is that we like their personality. Guys, whether they’re gay or straight, you all just like to fuck and think later. (Laughs) When you look out currently at the next generation of artists, what do you see? Who inspires you?

I’m old fashioned in that I’m not necessarily terribly inspired by anything that I hear on the radio that’s getting made nowadays, and that’s partly because I don’t bother my arse, which is terrible and inexcusable. I’m so addicted to the kind of music that I like, which is pretty much Chicago blues. I don’t hear anything on the radio that gets me as excited as that. Yeah, so I guess I’m a fuddy-duddy.

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was extraordinary, as is Adele. I miss Amy Winehouse enormously because the bar was raised terribly high when she stepped in. I don’t know, though... I’m inexcusably uneducated as to what’s going on now.

Are you out of touch with pop culture by choice?

It’s just that when I happen to be driving around in the car and hear any of it, it’s boring to me. I’m not saying that that’s a judgment on it – it’s as much a judgment on me, perhaps. I just can’t find anything that’s as exciting as Chicago blues to me. It used to be that people used real instruments, made real music and wrote real songs about real things. People stood up in their jeans and T-shirts and moved people.

When you initially shaved your head, you were making a statement – you were protesting the objectification of women.

What does that symbol of identity and empowerment mean to you now?

I guess it just means “me.” You know, (for the cover of I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss) I ventured into the latex and wig territory there for the laugh, and there’s been quite a desire on the part of some people that I might continue down that line, but I’m quite pleased that I look the way that I look and I guess I associate the hairdo with me. I don’t feel like me if I don’t have my head shaved.

And yeah, it does mean, too, I can put on a dress and I’m still not selling what everyone else wants me to sell.

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LEGENDARY PEOPLE

BY: JOHN LAWRENCE

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ROBIN WILLIAMS FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS In remembering Robin Williams, I think it’s very important to focus on not how he died, but how he lived. When I first heard the news of Robin Williams passing, I immediately called my sister who answered the phone sobbing. You would have thought we had known or at least met Robin Williams. I think a lot of people had this experience and had a powerful connection to him. He was a role model and an inspiration to so many. Whether he came into your life as the alien Mork, Batty in “Ferngully,” the genie in “Aladdin,” a cross-dressing nanny in “Mrs. Doubtfire,” or as a gay father in “The Birdcage,” he would quickly become America’s favorite funny man. He was an avid supporter of the LGBT community and gave laughter to those who desperately needed it.

In 2002, I saw Bicentennial Man on DVD with my little sister and cried so hard when they recognized robot Andrew Martins marriage to his human wife. My sister comforted me and was very confused by my emotional reaction and I explained, “It’s like gay marriage, don’t you see? They are recognizing their marriage based on love.”

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Robin Williams was easy to relate to and seemed to stay true to himself even in playing wildly outrageous roles. You could not help but to fall in love with the man. One of his most spiritually intense movies and one of my all time favorite films starring Robin Williams was “What Dreams May Come.”

Williams participated in Reddit AMA in 2013 in which one questioner asked “I wept like an emotionally disturbed infant when I watched “What Dreams May Come.”

What was the most valuable thing you learned about your acting from that movie/what criticism stuck with you the most afterwards?” Williams responded, “That every moment in life is precious?” and then continued, “that the gifts of your relationships with others, don’t miss it.

That was one of the hardest movies I think I ever did in my whole career. Every day was literally hell, because of the nature of the subject matter, dealing with death and being in hell literally. When I watched the final movie, I felt it was extraordinarily beautiful but I felt disappointed by the

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ending. There was a different ending that they shot that I felt was much more true to the story. It was about reincarnation, basically, that they were going to meet again. The movie ended with two babies being born simultaneously, one in Bombay and one in the United States, and they held them up, and then the screen went to black. I don’t know if it’s anywhere.”

This film was definitely not one of Robin Williams biggest hits as it only made $55 million at the box office just a little less than “Jack” or “Bicentennial Man,” but as of late it has seemed to be growing in popularity and began trending on Twitter within hours of the news that the 63-year-old Williams had died.

Today, “What Dreams May Come” is the 45th most-downloaded movie on iTunes, and the 40th top selling movie on Amazon beating “Hook” and “Aladdin”. Maybe this is because fans like myself envision Robin Williams laughing in his own personal heaven such as in the film, “What Dreams May Come.”

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OUT AND ABOUT

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FEATURE STORY

BY CHRIS AZZOPARDI PHOTOS BY: JEN ROSENSTEIN

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MRAZ How the musician is changing the world one label at a time I won’t tell you what Jason Mraz told me during our interview in early 2012. Realizing after the fact that a political remark could potentially shake up his love club, he graciously asked me to omit that bit from the story. I did.

Over two years later, I’m reminded once again of Mraz’s mindfulness.

Evident both in the meditative nature of his sun-kissed ditties and his conversational style – ruminations preceded by long stretches of thought-processing silence – it’s a quality that continues to endear the self-proclaimed “geek in pink” to hopeless romantics around the world.

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2002 major-label debut, Waiting for My Rocket to Come – he had the “Remedy” for you, but also for his soaring career. Now, and certainly with his latest release, Yes!, it’s not just the mission of the singersongwriter’s music, which has long been part of a grander plan to bring the world into community. For Mraz, it’s a manifesto.

“Labels separate us,” the 37-year-old said outright on his blog after our last chat – a chat that inspired him

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FEATURE STORY to profess his post-interview thoughts in a 1,200-word essay on one point in particular: the boxes we put one another in. “In our short lives, we strive to find meaning here,” he wrote on March 23, 2012, “and we long to be loved and accepted while we’re at it.

Therefore, anyone calling us anything other than brother, bro, friend or amigo, is literally cutting us down ... .”

Fast-forward to a recent call: Mraz is in Japan, where it’s currently 4 a.m., and we’re picking up where we left off. Dead air lingers as I ask him exactly how labels neutralize our efforts to achieve what he’s long stood for: unification.

“Man...”

(Mraz divulged via his blog that answering “why” questions are a challenge for him; “how” inquiries turn out to be just as demanding.)

“Deep breath.”

He mulls it over and eventually recalls an NPR segment he heard that morning.

The talk concerned digital etiquette and whether it’s ever appropriate to text at the dinner table, and it perfectly dovetails his take on labels. “There’s a time and place for it,” Mraz ultimately concludes, mirroring manners and labels. “So, I think it depends on how you use it (the label). By breaking down labels and barriers, it allows us to really see that we really are in this human struggle together every day – this struggle for survival.”

Mraz knows the struggle. He’s lived it.

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In high school, he was the victim of harsh ridicule. Jocks called him “fag” for being a cheerleader, and his fondness for musical theater only intensified those perpetual taunts. But, Mraz says, bullying – which he tells me is “a social pain in the ass” – exists because labels do.

“The more that we can break down labels and understand that all of us are gonna be insecure from time to time, I think that’s a plus for us all. Name-calling and all this – that’s labeling. It just comes down to manners.

Manners are the best thing we can do – say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ before and after just about everything.

“Saying ‘I did it. I am victorious. I am the winner in this struggle, and I’m really proud of that and proud of who I am’ – there’s nothing wrong in being victors, but at the same time, do so in a way that doesn’t separate yourself from others. In fact, do it in a way that invites others to share in that glory.”

Mraz certainly has. From the get-go, he’s invited everyone into his winner’s circle. You could say, actually, that his whole career has been one big group hug. The “Lucky” musician’s prizewinning path, from ridiculed outcast to Grammy-winning pop star, is a victory in and of itself, but it’s a victory he shares with fans; with Raining Jane, the girl group who paints Yes! with their distinct harmonies and writing skills (he’s currently touring with them because, he says, they’re so integral to his latest music); and, especially, with the gay community.

Donating resources to LGBT organizations like the Human Rights Campaign and Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund, Mraz continually fights on the front lines of equality. Having gone as far as vowing not to marry until everyone has that right, he’s been such a champion of gay

issues that his own sexuality has been a constant subject of speculation. Mraz chalks it up to the times.

“We’re in a period of transition where the nation is coming out. Whether you as an individual are coming out literally and announcing what your sexuality is, or we as a nation are just finally embracing it.

“Certainly in my younger years it wasn’t like this. I have a feeling in the next 10 years it’s gonna be even more revolutionary. So, during any period of transition we’re free to talk, we’re free to have those curiosities, and we want everyone to just come out. The more that we all just come out about it, the less interesting it’s gonna be and then the transition will be complete.”

Though he’s been pegged as “bisexual,” the freewheeling hipster has never made any definitive “coming out” statement regarding his own sexuality (remember, he doesn’t do labels), but he’s always indulged the public’s curiosity with respectable integrity and, to keep you guessing, an air of mystery.

Regarding the interest to know how he swings, Mraz laughs, saying, “I’m flattered when anyone is curious about my sexuality, because that makes me think that they assume I’m gettin’ some no matter what.”

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FEATURE STORY “I’m keeping more of my options open.” He stopped short of explaining how, but he did go on to confess that, “I’ve been invited by couples to join them and I’m really turned on by that. I’ve never taken them up on it, though.”

He admits now, during this follow-up, that sexuality is “a very delicate thing to have a conversation about – and with anyone!”

But he understands why it’s a conversation he continues to have. In fact, Mraz has the same curiosities about people. His own buddies, even. In particular, he mentions a lady friend who may or may not be a virgin.

“I don’t know what her sexual interests are,” Mraz says, “and I actually feel kind of creepy that I’m curious! But she doesn’t kiss and tell, and I really admire that. I kind of wish I could be that way.”

Regarding who geeks his pink, it all goes back to manners – to time and place. “It depends on what the use is for,” he says about people wanting to know how he sexually identifies. “If it’s my mom and she wants to know, if it’s a friend of mine, I get it, but – no offense – if it’s just a magazine who wants to talk about me, then I don’t know what the true integrity is of that question.”

So then, of course, I ask if, in the two years since we last chatted, he’s been able to live more “fearlessly.” You know, can Jason Mraz check off that “threesome” box on his to-do list? He cracks a reluctant laugh.

Silence.

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with my answer at the same time ...

“I’ll just say, in the years after we last spoke, I had a great time exploring this and that and checking a lot of things off my curiosity list. As a result, I found myself in a really solid relationship with someone who loves me because I have been strong enough to pursue my career dreams, and to explore my curiosities, and to have many muses and to be who I am. So yeah, to answer your question, and without giving you any details, I had a lot of fun.” (Mraz, a farmer, is more forthcoming about the “fun” he’s had with avocados: “On more than one occasion I probably put them down my pants or up my shirt and pretended to have much larger erogenous zones.”)

Once a relatively open book to the media (in a 2008 Out interview, he recalled “random, quick gay club experiences” that were sexual, and his story about getting peed on by a guy is pretty great), he admits that, as a public figure, giving too much of yourself away is a “fine line.” He isn’t just minding his manners – Mraz is being mindful.

“I learn every year, because I open my mouth in some ways thinking I’m helping and I end up hurting someone’s feelings. I have to atone for my mistakes and learn from them and try to be a little more accurate and clearer with my intentions,” he reveals, before mentioning a career endeavor that we can, and should, thank him for: “I’ve spoken up for the things that are important to me, and I just hope that other people speak up for what’s important to them.”

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LOCAL SPOTLIGHT

BY JOHN LAWRENCE

PHOTOS BY JOSE A. GUZMAN COLON

CRYSTAL WOODS

If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Crystal Woods, then you haven’t met one of Vegas’ brightest shining stars. This Divas Las Vegas legend has one of the biggest hearts EVER and I have had the pleasure of knowing her for well over 10 years. Let’s just say this Local Spotlight is WAY overdue.

Crystal Woods was born April 15th, 1958 in Ft Lauderdale, FL and was raised by her beloved mother “Juanita Cherry” a single mom with 4 children.

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after high school in 1977. When asked about her high school years she said, “I hear all these stories about kids being bullied in high school but I was fortunate enough to not have had that experience.

I think that not being bullied was very important in helping me discover myself and learning to love myself. I think everyone deserves to have a bully free environment.”

Crystal Woods began performing in Florida in 1977 as herself, Natalie Cole, Eartha Kitt, Donna Summers and Diana Ross. “We had another person performing

as Diana Ross at a show at the Wynword called “The Hottest Ticket in Town” and he was let go. They wanted me to take his place but I refused because I had never done Diana Ross. Well, they docked my pay and I learned REAL fast. So, I got the specific wig and eyelashes and sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and that night I made 500 dollars just in tips. That’s pretty much how my Diana Ross character was born.”

In 1984, Crystal Woods would be discovered by a talent scout for the Ft Lauderdale location of Lou Paciocco’s famous “La Cage” show.

In November 1980 Lou Paciocco opened a restaurant nightclub called “La Cage Aux Folles” in New York inspired by the 1973 French play of the same name by Jean Poiret. The play focused on a gay couple, Georges, who managed a St Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment and Albin his romantic partner and star attraction. The play would be adapted into a French-Italian film in 1978 with the same name and would be transformed into a contemporary American motion picture classic in 1996 starring Nathan Lane and Robin Williams known as “The Birdcage.” This fictional St. Tropez nightclub would come to life with Mr. Paciocco’s endless talent and creativity. The “La Cage Aux Folles” impersonation review and nightclub was an overnight success and was seen by countless legends such as Ethel Merman and Rock Hudson. Lou would then open “La Cage Aux Folles” in Hollywood on April 18th, 1981

followed by the opening of “La Cage” in Atlantic City in 1982. In 1983 “La Cage Aux Folles” the musical would be introduced to broadway, winning 6 Tony Awards. In 1984, Lou Paciocco would open Ft Lauderdale’s “An Evening at La Cage” starring Frank Marino at the Sunrise Musical Theatre featuring cast member Crystal Woods.

Crystal Woods would be the only original cast member who would remain at Frank Marino’s side since day one.

In 1985 a unique opportunity came to Frank Marino taking the show on a 6 week engagement to Las Vegas at the Riviera Hotel and Casino.

Crystal remembers Frank Marino saying, “Crystal... It’s only for six weeks and you can put on your resume that you worked in Las Vegas.” Crystal laughed wholeheartedly, “and now we’ve been doing this for 29 years.” On a phone call with Frank Marino regarding the Vegas bound duo he laughed and said, “If I knew this was going to happen, I would have told her to pack a little more.”

What is your favorite thing about Vegas?

My favorite thing about Vegas is being able to see people from all over the world and all the fun things you can do that are so accessible; the lakes, the mountains, and you’re still so close to California.

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We also get the opportunity to volunteer our time for charitable foundations, which I really enjoy.

What was the most impactful celebrities you have met being in the show?

Diana Ross, Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick. When I perform songs like, “I Will Always Love You” or “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” I always have people crying. When they see me perform Whitney Houston and Diana Ross’ music, It’s a nostalgia for some people. Divas is like a time machine, we take you back in time and into to the future. That can be a very emotional experience for some people.

Whats your favorite thing about Divas?

I love making people who come to our show even bigger fans than when they walked in.

People can’t believe that men can look like these beautiful superstars.

Divas Las Vegas is the longest running show on the Las Vegas strip. What’s the key to the success of Divas?

Frank Marino, he is so good with marketing and putting the show together just the right way with the acts and superstars that people want to see.

How much fun is it being in Divas?

Extremely. The cast is fantastic we are like family. We give the most professional show we 26 Gay Vegas Magazine

I used to perform as Dionne Warwick in “La Cage” and she came to see the show with her people and went backstage to take pictures with the cast and invited me to her show and we hung out in her dressing room. Later, I was invited to California for the last taping of her Solid Gold TV show.

It was an amazing experience getting to know her.

What kind of places have you traveled being in the show?

All over! South America, London, Ecuador, Mexico, Bahamas, and all through North America of course. Recently, we were performing at Harrahs Atlantic City and Diana Ross was performing at Caesars Atlantic City. I had the unique experience of

needing security at Caesars when we went to see her show. They had to escort me safely because I was mobbed by fans who thought I was Diana Ross. We have also had the opportunity to perform at Caesars in Windsor, Canada.

Are you looking for love?

(Laughs) Who isn’t looking for love. Just kidding. Actually, I’m not looking for love cause I hear thats when you find it.

Did you plan on being in show business?

Actually, I wanted to join the Air Force and be a pilot when I was 17. They told me I was too young and to finish school and then come back. Needless to say I never went back and ended up flying high as Diana Ross doing “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” When I was 18 I attended the Miss Florida pageant and I wanted to know more about drag, pageantry, and makeup. My friend Joe dared me to knock on the door at the Fontainebleau Hotel Miami and who answered the door out of all people but the legendary Larry Edwards who was crowned Ms. Florida 1976. We instantly became friends and he has helped me grow so much as a performer over the years. I began taking his advice and got my first performance job at Club Tackys in Ft Lauderdale. At that time I did not know that there would be straight and gay club promoters at the venue. After my performance, I would be booked 2 years solid. Eventually, the mayor of Miami had me come and cut the ribbon

at the new Coconut Grove mall dressed as Diana Ross. We were having hors d’oeuvres and this lady came to me and said, “Diana do you remember what a great time we had in Puerto Rico.” I was so confused and realized that she actually thought I was Diana Ross.

I just replied, “yes we did.” I was eventually discovered by a talent scout for “La Cage” at Shangri-La on the night that Vicki Sue Robinson was in the audience and I was performing her hit song “Turn the Beat Around.” “La Cage” had advertised that they had already found their Diana Ross for the show at Sunrise Musical Theatre. Little did I know, that I was the Diana Ross that they had found. They approached me after they ran the ad saying the position had been filled, needless to say I accepted the offer.

What do you do on you time off?

I work on costumes, pay bills, and catch up on personal things that I need done. I also took care of my mom who passed away last year March 16th, 2013. She held on as long she could for me. My mom was my biggest fan. She traveled with me twice for Americas Got Talent. I was used for their national commercial, which was really nice of them.

I had the opportunity to take care of my mom my whole life and to take her places she would have never had the opportunity to see. She was happy that she was with me because she had no one else. We always had each other though. My mom got to see Diana Ross perform in 2010 and she said GayVegas.com

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She loved to go to the gay clubs with me. I was surprised to see some people loved her more than they did me.

CRYSTAL WOODS ONE OF VEGAS’ BRIGHTEST

SHINING STARS

What advice do you have for someone that wants to do what you do one day?

Live your dream. You’re going to hear a lot of No’s but don’t give up. It’s going to cost a lot of money, so work real hard and never give up on yourself.

Invest in yourself. To do this, you have to look great and give yourself the resources that these superstars have and you have to fight for it. Don’t lose touch with who you are and dont be mean to people. Always have time for yourself and your fans because that is how you grow.

You can see Crystal Woods in Divas Las Vegas at the The Quad Hotel and Casino and purchase tickets at thequadlv.com SCAN TO VIEW CRYSTAL’S CLIP

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Gay Vegas was honored to be an annual presenting sponsor for AFAN’s 28th Annual Black & White Party on Saturday August 23rd at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. AFAN or Aid for AIDS of Nevada is an organization which provides support and advocacy for adults and children living with and affected by HIV and AIDS in southern Nevada. Gay Vegas was able to donate $1000.00 to AFAN with sponsorship from Rockstar Energy Drink.

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14TH ANNUAL CIRCLE OF ROSES St. Therese Center, named after Saint Therese of Lisieux, is a Catholic ministry that welcomes and serves people of all faiths and extends the Lord’s healing to all persons infected and affected

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the 15 year anniversary of services of this amazing center, and we can help celebrate it and help those in need by attending the 14th Annual Circle of Roses Garden Party. There will be carnival games, a traditional silent auction, lunch, pie baking contest, and of course the Circle of Roses Awards. To learn more about The 14th Annual Circle of Roses, and/or to RSVP for this great event, please call them at (702) 564-4224. To learn more about the St. Therese Center HIV Outreach visit sainttheresecenter.org

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Twisted Cherry Burlesque 10pm at The Onyx Theatre onyxtheatre.com

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Thirty Seconds to Mars 9pm at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas ticketmaster.com

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PIRANHA NIGHTCLUB HOTT MESS MONDAYS 2-for-1 drinks 11PM-1AM w/ TEXT. Hosted by Des’ree D St James.

Open talent showcase. 4633 Paradise Rd, piranhavegas.com, 702-379-9500. 10pm, free entry (excluding special events and holidays).

CHARLIES LAS VEGAS $2 16oz Miller Lite cans 9pm 1am. 2-for-1 drinks 3pm-8pm. 8am-3pm $2 Bloody Marys.

3am-3pm $2 well & domestic. KARAOKE! 9:30pm. 5012 Arville St, charlieslasvegas.com, 702-876-1844. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE EAGLE LIQUOR AND BEER BUST $8 well and draft 5pm - 9pm. MARKED UP MONDAYS 10pm Show Tattoo get 2 for 1 hosted by Chris Mason. $10 for bud light beer. 3430 E Tropicana Ave, 702-458-8662. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

FLEX LAS VEGAS MARTINI MONDAYS ½ off specialty martinis 7pm-11pm. 4347 W. Charleston Blvd, 702-878-3355 flexlasvegas.com, 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

FREEZONE NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2 for 1 cocktails 2am - 8pm.

SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHTS FREE DRINK with Health/Tam Card/Casino ID. $8 Beer Bust 8pm - 1am. $10 liquor bust 8pm-1am. 2 for 1 Happy Hour 2 am till 8pm. freezonelv.com, 610 E. Naples Dr, 702-794-2300.

24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

FUN HOG RANCH 8am-Noon $2 Well Drinks and Domestic Beer. 3pm to 7pm 2-for-1 drinks. LONG ISLAND & JAGER 8pm to 12am $4 Jager Shots and $3 Smirnoff Flavored Drinks.

9pm to 2am $1.50 Long Island Teas. funhogranchlv.com, 495 E. Twain Ave, 702-791-7001. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SNICKS PLACE 2-for-1 from 1pm-7pm. DART NIGHT TOURNAMENT 7pm free shots for participants. $6 buy in winner takes all. 1402 S. 3rd St, snicksplace.com, 702-3859298. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11am-7pm. Service Industry Night: discounted drinks with Health/TamCard/CasinoID. Beer bust 9pm-12am $5 domestic $8 import. $4 Absolut Cocktails 8pm-4am. Match Maker Singles Night Free “ice breaker shot” 9PM-10PM. 1487 E. Flamingo, thegaragelv.com, 702-440-6333 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

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THE PHOENIX 2-for-1 4pm-7pm everyday. BURNER MONDAYS 6pm Weekly Social Event. 4213 W. Sahara Ave, facebook.com/thephoenixlv, 702-826-2422. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

QUADZ VIDEO BAR 2-for-1 12pm-8pm. M&M MONDAYS $4 Malibu $4 Modelos. 4640 Paradise Rd, quadzbar.com, 702-733-0383. Open noon-6am, gaming, free entry.

BADLANDS SALOON 2-for-1 drinks 2pm-7pm (well or domestic). 953 E. Sahara Ave, 702-792-9262. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

GOODTIMES NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2-for-1 drinks 3pm7pm. 1755 E. Tropicana Ave, goodtimesbarlv.com, 702736-9494. 24 Hours, free entry.

SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE HAPPY HOUR 10am - 7pm 2-for1 on well drinks/domestic beer $4, and call drinks $6.

Liquor bust 9pm-12am $10 well $20 call. 975 E. Sahara Ave, spotlightlounge.com, 702-431-9775. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

TUESDAY

CHARLIES LAS VEGAS 2-for-1 3pm-8pm. 8am3pm $2 Bloody Marys. 3am-3pm. $2 well & domestic.

DRAG QUEEN GAME NIGHT. 9:30PM WIN PRIZES. 5012 Arville St, charlieslasvegas.com, 702-876-1844. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE EAGLE $8 well and draft 5pm - 9pm. 10 for bud light beer. UNDERWEAR NIGHT & KARAOKE drink free well and draft in your undies from 10pm-2am. Karaoke w/ DJ Eric 9pm. Top 40, Dance, Hip Hop. 3430 E Tropicana Ave, 702-458-8662. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

PIRANHA NIGHTCLUB LA NOCHE AT THE TROPICS LATINO. $2 Well Drink 11PM-1AM w/ text. 4633 Paradise Rd. piranhavegas.com, 702-379-9500. 10pm, free entry (excluding special events and holidays).

FREEZONE NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2 for 1 cocktails 2am - 8pm. 7pm Gay Pool League.

GAY KARAOKE!. 9pm prizes for singers Live DJ. $8 Beer Bust & $10 liquor bust 8pm-1am. 2 for 1 Happy Hour 2 am till 8pm. 610 E. Naples Dr, freezonelv.com, 702-794-2300. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

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drink free well & PBR draft beer. Go-Go dancers at 10:30pm. 5012 Arville St, charlieslasvegas.com, 702-8761844. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

FUN HOG RANCH 8am-Noon $2 Well Drinks and Domestic Beer. 2-for-1 3pm to 7pm. BEER AND LIQUOR BUST 9pm to 2am $5 Fun Hog Brew, $7 Bud Light / Miller Lite or $10 Well Liquor Bust. funhogranchlv.com, 495 E. Twain Ave, 702-791-7001. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

PIRANHA NIGHTCLUB BOYLESQUE cabaret and burlesque performers. 2-for-1 drinks w/ text 11pm-1am. piranhavegas.com, 4633 Paradise Rd. 702-379-9500.

10pm, free entry (excluding special events and holidays).

THE GARAGE 1am-4am beer bust. 2-for-1 drinks 11am7pm. LIQUOR & BEER BUST 9pm-12am $10 well $20 call $5 domestic $8 import $2.50 Jager Shots 8pm-4am. 1487 E. Flamingo, thegaragelv.com, 702-440-6333. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

QUADZ VIDEO BAR 2-for-1 12pm-8pm. BEER AND LIQUOR BUST 8pm - 11pm $5 bud light $10 well. quadzbar.com, 4640 Paradise Rd, 702-733-0383. Open noon-6am, gaming, free entry.

BADLANDS SALOON 2-for-1 2pm-7pm well or domestic.

953 E. Sahara Ave, 702-792-9262. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

GOODTIMES NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2-for-1 3pm-7pm. goodtimesbarlv.com, 1755 E. Tropicana Ave, 702-736-9494.

24 Hours, free entry.

THE PHOENIX 2-for-1 4pm-7pm. UNDERWEAR PARTY 9pm . 4213 W. Sahara Ave, facebook.com/thephoenixlv, 702-826-2422. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE HAPPY HOUR 10am - 7pm 2-for-1 on well drinks/domestic beer $4, and call drinks $6. $3 Jose Cuervo Gold 8pm-11pm. 975 E. Sahara Ave, spotlightlounge.com, 702-431-9775. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SNICK’S PLACE 2-for-1 from 1pm-7pm. 1402 S. 3rd St, snicksplace.com, 702-385-9298. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

WEDNESDAY

CHARLIES LAS VEGAS 2-for-1 3pm-8pm. 8am-3pm $2 Bloody Marys. 3am-3pm $2 well & domestic. SKIN UNDERWEAR NIGHT 10pm Men and Boyz in underwear 36 Gay Vegas Magazine

FREEZONE NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2 for 1 cocktails 2am - 8pm. INTOXICATED / TALENT SHOW Hosted by Diva Toxx 10pm. Live DJ cash prizes. $8 Beer Bust & $10 liquor bust 8pm-1am. 2 for 1 Happy Hour 2 am till 8pm. 610 E. Naples Dr, freezonelv.com, 702-794-2300. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

BADLANDS SALOON 2-for-1 2pm-7pm well or domestic.

KARAOKE! W/ JONATHAN starts at 9pm. 953 E. Sahara Ave, 702-792-9262. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

THE EAGLE $8 well and draft 5pm - 9pm. $10 for bud light beer WICKED WEDNESDAY with Hairy Happy Hour.

KARAOKE Karaoke w/ DJ Eric 9pm. . Top 40, Dance, Hip Hop. 3430 E Tropicana Ave, 702-458-8662. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

FLEX LAS VEGAS KARAOKE! Hosted by Estefano & DJ K 9pm-1am. 4347 W. Charleston Blvd, flexlasvegas.com, 702-878-3355. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

THE GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11am-7pm. MUSIC VIDEO NIGHT Request music videos & beer bust 9pm-12am $5 domestic $8 import $4 Jack Daniels 8pm-4am. thegaragelv.com, 1487 E. Flamingo, 702-440-6333. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

FUN HOG RANCH 8am-Noon Early Bird Happy Hour. $2 Well Drinks and Domestic Beer. 2-for-1 3pm to 7pm. 495 E. Twain Ave, funhogranchlv.com, 702-791-7001. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

GOODTIMES NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2-for-1 3pm-7pm. goodtimesbarlv.com, 702-736-9494, 1755 E. Tropicana Ave, 24 Hours, free entry.

THE PHOENIX 2-for-1 4pm-7pm. AMPED! LIVE MUSIC 9pm-1am. 4213 W. Sahara Ave, facebook.com/ thephoenixlv, 702-826-2422. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

QUADZ VIDEO BAR 2-for-1 12pm-8pm LIVE VJ $7 mini pitcher beer Video Jockey 10pm. 4640 Paradise Rd, quadzbar.com, 702-733-0383. Open noon-6am, gaming, free entry.

SNICK’S PLACE 2-for-1 from 1pm-7pm. 1402 S. 3rd St, snicksplace.com, 702-385-9298. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE HAPPY HOUR 10am - 7pm 2-for-1 on well drinks/domestic beer $4, and call drinks $6. $3 Jager Shot 8pm 11pm. 975 E. Sahara Ave, spotlightlounge.com, 702-431-9775. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THURSDAY

FREEZONE NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2 for 1 cocktails 2am 8pm. BOYS NIGHT Hosted by Beyonce Glamazon. A night catering to the boyz! 11pm Go-Go Boys Live DJ. $8 Beer Bust 8pm - 1am. $10 liquor bust 8pm-1am. 2 for 1 Happy Hour 2 am till 8pm. 610 E. Naples Dr, freezonelv.com, 702794-2300. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

PIRANHA NIGHTCLUB BARE $8 Well Drinks 11pm-close w/ TXT. Hosted by Der’ree D St James. piranhavegas.com, 4633 Paradise Rd. 702-379-9500. 10pm, free entry (excluding special events and holidays).

SHARE NIGHTCLUB TEASE All great weekends start with a warm up. $10 Liquor Bust. 4636 Wynn Rd, sharenightclub.com, 702-258-2681, free entry.

FREE COUNTRY DANCE LESSON w/ Joe 7pm - 9pm. 5012 Arville St, charlieslasvegas.com, 702-876-1844. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE EAGLE $8 well and draft 5pm - 9pm. $10 for bud light beer. SINFUL PLEASURES SHOW WITH KAWIKA. 10pm Drag Revue hosted by Aurora Olivia Springs. 3430 E Tropicana Ave, 702-458-8662. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

FUN HOG RANCH 8am-Noon $2 Well Drinks and Domestic Beer. 2 for 1 3pm to 7pm. BEER AND LIQUOR BUST. 9pm to 2am $5 Fun Hog Brew, $7 Bud Light / Miller Lite or $10 Well Liquor Bust. 495 E. Twain Ave, funhogranchlv.com, 702-791-7001. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11am-7pm. $3 Off Top Shelf 8pm-4am. ½ priced martinis 8pm-11pm. 1487 E. Flamingo, thegaragelv.com, 702-440-6333. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

GOODTIMES NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2-for 1 3pm-7pm.

GOTH THRUSDAY 10pm - 4am Resident DJ Aaron. drink specials vary weekly. 1755 E. Tropicana Ave, goodtimesbarlv.com, 702-736-9494. 24 hours, free entry.

THE PHOENIX 2-for-1 4pm-7pm. SHIELA’S KARAOKE 9PM-1AM. 4213 W. Sahara Ave, facebook.com/ thephoenixlv, 702-826-2422. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

LIAISON LIBRARY 3645 S Las Vegas Blvd, 702-737-5225 liaisonlasvegas.com Starts at 10pm.

QUADZ VIDEO BAR 2-for-1 12pm-8pm. FREE POOL ALL DAY. BEER AND LIQUOR BUST 8pm - 11pm. $4 Three Olives drinks. 4640 Paradise Rd, quadzbar.com, 702-733-0383. Open noon-6am, gaming, free entry.

FLEX LAS VEGAS FLAMBOYANCE DRAG SHOW. Weekly themed drag show at 11pm. 4347 W. Charleston Blvd, flexlasvegas.com, 702-878-3355. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

SNICK’S PLACE 2-for-1 1pm-7pm. SHUFFLE BOARD TOURNAMENT 7pm free shots for participants . $6 buy in winner takes all. 1402 S. 3rd St, snicksplace.com, 702385-9298. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

BADLANDS SALOON 2-for-1 2pm-7pm well or domestic.

70’S 80’S & 90’S NIGHT starts at 10pm DJ Mark. 953 E. Sahara Ave, 702-792-9262. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE HAPPY HOUR 10am - 7pm 2-for1 on well drinks/domestic beer $4, and call drinks $6.

KARAOKE WITH WIL PINTAURO-TABARES from 9pm1am. $3 Jager Shot 8pm-11pm. Beer bust 10pm-2am $5.

975 E. Sahara Ave, spotlightlounge.com, 702-431-9775.

24 hours, gaming, free entry.

CHARLIES LAS VEGAS 2-for-1 3pm-8pm. 8am-3pm $2 Bloody Marys 3am-3pm $2 well & domestic. BEER PONG.

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PIRANHA NIGHTCLUB F*CK IT FRIDAYS All you can drink for $25 11pm-close Coco Vega’s Fierce show 12am.

4633 Paradise Rd. piranhavegas.com, 702-379-9500.

10pm, free entry (excluding special events and holidays).

SHARE NIGHTCLUB STRIPPER CIRCUS 1/2 price Happy Hour 10pm-12am. 4636 Wynn Rd, sharenightclub. com, 702-258-2681. 10pm, free entry.

LIAISON 3645 S Las Vegas Blvd, liaisonlasvegas.com 702-737-5225 Starts at 10pm.

BADLANDS SALOON 2-for-1 2pm-7pm well or domestic.

FABULOUSLY FUNNY FRIDAYS Talent Drag Show with host Jimmy Emerson. Show starts at 11pm. 953 E. Sahara Ave, 702-792-9262. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

FLEX LAS VEGAS DANCE PARTY Sexy go-go boys, special events, Live DJ. 4347 W. Charleston Blvd, flexlasvegas.com, 702-878-3355. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

THE EAGLE $8 well and draft 5pm - 9pm. $10 for bud light. UNDERWEAR NIGHT Drink free well and draft in your undies from 10pm-2am. DJ T.J. 10pm Top 40, Dance, Hip Hop. 3430 E Tropicana Ave, 702-458-8662. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

2-for-1 3pm-8pm. 3am-3pm $2 well & domestic. LIQUOR BUST $10 well $20 premium 9pm-12am. 5012 Arville St, charlieslasvegas.com, 702-876-1844. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

FUN HOG RANCH 8am-Noon $2 Well Drinks and Domestic Beer. 2-for-1 3pm to 7pm. 495 E. Twain Ave, funhogranchlv.com, 702-791-7001. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE PHOENIX 2-for-1 4pm-7pm. PHIRED UP PHRIDAYS 10pm weekly special event. 4213 W. Sahara Ave, facebook. com/thephoenixlv, 702-826-2422. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

QUADZ VIDEO BAR 2-for-1 12pm-8pm. SHOWTUNES NIGHT Video Jockey 10pm. Beer / Liquor Bust 8pm - 11pm. $5 bud light $10 well liquor. 4640 Paradise Rd, quadzbar. com, 702-733-0383. Open noon-6am, gaming, free entry.

SNICK’S PLACE 2-for-1 from 1pm-7pm. 1402 S. 3rd St, snicksplace.com, 702-385-9298. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE HAPPY HOUR 10am - 7pm 2-for-1 on well drinks/domestic beer $4, and call drinks $6. $6 Long Islands 9pm-12am. 975 E. Sahara Ave, spotlightlounge. com, 702-431-9775. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

FREEZONE NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2 for 1 cocktails 5 am - 8 pm. DRAG MADNESS Hosted by Diva Toxx.

Drag show 10pm. DJ Spins the hottest music 11pm. $8 Beer Bust 8pm - 1am. 610 E. Naples Dr, freezonelv.com, 702-794-2300. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

SATURDAY

THE GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11am-7pm. $3.00 Cherry/ Jager Bombs 8pm-4am. 1487 E. Flamingo, thegaragelv.com, 702-440-6333. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

EQUALIBRIUM 3765 Las Vegas Blvd S, 702-763-7077. equalvegas.com, 10pm. $5 Long Islands. Free entry for locals.

GOODTIMES NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2 for 1 3pm-7pm.

VAQUERO AND MORE FRIDAYS DJ XTC Latin Hip Hop R&B Top 40 10pm-6am. Liquor Bust 11pm-3am. 1755 E. Tropicana Ave, goodtimesbarlv.com, 702-736-9494. 24 hours, (entry charge varies depending on special events and holidays).

CHARLIES LAS VEGAS 8am-3pm $2 Bloody Marys.

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PIRANHA NIGHTCLUB SELFIE SATURDAYS $175 VIP Bottle Specials. 4633 Paradise Rd. piranhavegas. com, 702-379-9500. 10pm, free entry (excluding special events and holidays).

SHARE NIGHTCLUB FORBIDDEN 1/2 price Happy Hour 10pm-12am. 4636 Wynn Rd, sharenightclub.com, 702-2582681. 10pm, free entry.

LIAISON 3645 S Las Vegas Blvd, liaisonlasvegas.com 702737-5225 Starts at 10pm.

BADLANDS SALOON 2-for-1 2pm-7pm well or domestic.

BAD BOYS OF BADLAND 11pm, Go-Go Boys . DJ Pukka

top 40, hip hop, house. 953 E. Sahara Ave, 702-792-9262.

24 hours, gaming, free entry.

CHARLIES LAS VEGAS 2-for-1 3pm-8pm. 8am-3pm $2 Bloody Marys. 3am-3pm $2 well & domestic. BEER BUST $5 domestic and $8 premium from 9pm-12am. 5012 Arville St, charlieslasvegas.com, 702-876-1844. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE EAGLE $8 well and draft 5pm - 9pm. $10 for bud light beer. THE MISS KITTY LITTER SHOW with other guests 10pm. DJ T.J. 11pm Top 40, Dance, Hip Hop. 3430 E Tropicana Ave, 702-458-8662. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

FLEX LAS VEGAS WHAT A DRAG! The Queens of Las Vegas Show at 11pm. 4347 W. Charleston Blvd, flexlasvegas.com, 702-878-3355. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

FREEZONE NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2 for 1 cocktails 5 am - 8 pm. DRAG MADNESS Hosted by Diva Toxx.

Drag show at 10pm DJ Spins the hottest music 11pm.

Cloak and dagger afterhours 3am. DJ Tyler Caiden. 610 E. Naples Dr, freezonelv.com, 702-794-2300. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

FUN HOG RANCH 8am-Noon $2 Well Drinks and Domestic Beer. 12pm to 4pm $5 Fun Hog Brew, $7 Bud Light / Miller Lite beer bust. 495 E. Twain Ave, funhogranchlv.com, 702-791-7001. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE GARAGE 2-for-1 drinks 11am-7pm. Beer bust 8pm11pm. $5 domestic $8 import and $1 off well drinks. ½ off Long Islands 8pm-4am. 1487 E. Flamingo, thegaragelv.com, 702-440-6333. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

GOODTIMES NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2 for 1 3pm7pm. NOCHES CALIENTES DJ XTC Latin Hip Hop R&B Top 40. Entry charge varies nightly depending on special events and holidays. 1755 E. Tropicana Ave, goodtimesbarlv.com, 702-736-9494. 24 hours QUADZ VIDEO BAR 2-for-1 12pm-8pm. LIVE VJ Video Jockey 10pm. $1 schnapps shots. $3 fireball shots. 4640 Paradise Rd, quadzbar.com, 702-733-0383. Open noon6am, gaming, free entry.

THE PHOENIX 2-for-1 4pm-7pm. 4213 W. Sahara Ave, facebook.com thephoenixlv, 702-826-2422. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SNICK’S PLACE LIQUOR AND BEER BUST. Sat 9pm1am . $7 well $6 draft. 1402 S. 3rd St, snicksplace.com, 702-385-9298. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE HAPPY HOUR 10am - 7pm 2-for1 on well drinks/domestic beer $4, and call drinks $6. $4 Jack Daniels shot 9pm-12am. KARAOKE WITH WIL PINTAURO-TABARES from 9pm-1am. Absolut drinks $5 and Jameson $4 from 8pm-12am. 975 E. Sahara Ave, spotlightlounge.com, 702-431-9775. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SUNDAY

CHARLIES LAS VEGAS 8am-3pm $2 Bloody Marys.

2-for-1 3pm-8pm. 3am-3pm $2 well & domestic. 4pm8pm beer bust $5 domestic $8 premium. LINE DANCING & DRAG REVUE Line dance lessons 5-9pm. 10pm Drag Revue starring India Ferrah. $2 Long Islands 8pm-12am.

5012 Arville St, charlieslasvegas.com, 702-876-1844.

24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE EAGLE Beer bust $8 well and draft 5pm - 9pm, $10 for bud light beer HIGH TEA DRAG REVUE 7pm - 10pm hosted by Civil Wrights . 3430 E Tropicana Ave, 702-4588662. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

REVOLUTION LOUNGE REVO SUNDAYS Weekly Special Event. 10pm. Mirage 3400 S. Las Vegas Blvd, facebook. com/lightgrouplgbt, 702-693-8300. $20, free entry for locals and industry.

LIAISON FREEDOM 3645 S Las Vegas Blvd, liaisonlasvegas.com 702-737-5225 Starts at 10pm.

FREEZONE NIGHTCLUB AND BAR LADIES NIGHT Contest, Go-Go-Girls. $8 beer bust, $10 lick-herbust 8pm-1am. 610 E. Naples Dr, freezonelv.com, 702-794-2300. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

PIRANHA NIGHTCLUB EL DESEO LATIN NIGHT 2 rooms - Banda and Duranguense w/ DJ Virus. House, Top 40 & R&B w/ DJ Vago. 4633 Paradise Rd. piranhavegas.com, 702-379-9500. 10pm, free entry (excluding special events and holidays).

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NIGHTCLUB & BAR SCHEDULE FLEX LAS VEGAS SERVICE INDUSTRY Bloody Mary & Mimosa Specials 8am-4pm. Drink specials for service industry after 7pm. flexlasvegas.com, 4347 W. Charleston Blvd, 702-878-3355. 24 Hours, gaming, free entry.

FUN HOG RANCH 8am-Noon $2 Well Drinks and Domestic Beer. $2 well & $4 Absolut Bloody Marys 8am to 4pm. $5 Fun Hog Brew or $7 Bud Light / Miller Lite beer bust 6pm to 9pm. 495 E. Twain Ave, funhogranchlv.com, 702-791-7001. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

THE GARAGE Beer bust 1am-4am. 2-for-1 drinks 11am7pm. MUSIC VIDEO NIGHT Request music videos & Liquor bust 9pm-12am. $10 well $20 call. Beer bust 5pm-9pm. $5 domestic $8 import. $3.50 Patron Silver Shots 8pm-4am. 1487 E. Flamingo, thegaragelv.com 702-440-6333. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

BADLANDS SALOON 2-for-1 2pm-7pm well or domestic. 953 E. Sahara Ave, 702-792-9262. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

QUADZ VIDEO BAR 2-for-1 12pm-8pm. $3 Seagrams Sweet Tea vodka. 4640 Paradise Rd, quadzbar.com, 702-733-0383. Open noon -6am, gaming, free entry.

THE PHOENIX SHIELA’S KARAOKE 9PM-1AM. 4213 W. Sahara Ave, facebook.com thephoenixlv, 702-8262422. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SNICK’S PLACE $3 Bloody Marys. 9am-1pm. 1402 S. 3rd St, snicksplace.com, 702-385-9298. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE 2-for-1 2pm to 7pm . Well & domestic beer. $5 well martinis 8pm-11pm. 975 E. Sahara Ave, spotlightlounge.com, 702-431-9775. 24 hours, gaming, free entry.

GOODTIMES NIGHTCLUB AND BAR 2 for 1 3pm-7pm.

VIP SUNDAYS / RISE LGBT No Cover 10pm-4am HipHop, R&B, Top 40 and Reggae. 1755 E. Tropicana Ave, goodtimesbarlv.com, 702-736-9494. 24 hours *Venue responsible for submitting updated information.

Promotions are not guaranteed. Please call venue to verify.

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PROMOTIONAL GLOSSARY: - a promotion involving a one time fee for an all-you-can-drink time frame.

LIQUOR BUST OR BEER BUST

GAMING - this establishment has a gaming license, and you

can expect gambling machines such as video poker, etc.

GAY VEGAS FACT GAY PRIDE: THE BEGINNING Christopher Street Liberation Day on June 28, 1970 marked the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots with an assembly on Christopher Street and the first Gay Pride march in U.S. history, covering the 51 blocks to Central Park. The march took less than half the scheduled time due to excitement, but also due to wariness about walking through the city with gay banners and signs. Although the parade permit was delivered only two hours before the start of the march, the marchers encountered little resistance from onlookers.

The New York Times reported (on the front page) that the marchers took up the entire street for about 15 city blocks. Reporting by The Village Voice was positive, describing “the out-front resistance that grew out of the police raid on the Stonewall Inn one year ago.” Gay Pride marches took place simultaneously in Los Angeles and Chicago. The next year, Gay Pride marches took place in Boston, Dallas, Milwaukee, London, Paris, West Berlin, and Stockholm. By 1972 the participating cities included Atlanta, Buffalo, Detroit, Washington D.C., Miami, and Philadelphia, as well as San Francisco. Gay Pride Las Vegas debuted in 1982 with a week-long series of events jointly sponsored by the Gay Academic Union, the Metropolitan Community Church, and Nevadans for Human Rights.

SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA.COM & LASVEGASPRIDE.ORG

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GAY TO GO CLUB AND BAR DESCRIPTIONS Badlands Saloon This veteran Commercial Center gay bar welcomes all walks of life. Features Pool, jukebox, and low-priced drinks.

FreeZone Nightclub and Bar

Charlies

Hey Dude... If you’re looking for a real cowboy or cowgirl, a real rough rider, a thoroughbred all american as apple pie hottie... or better yet if you’re looking to pet the ponies and come out riding a stallion, this is the place for you. The drinks are strong and the patrons are HOT. Come and enjoy the hay ride of your life at the one and only Charlies. Save a horse, ride a cowboy. You’ll find a barnyard style bar with special events, great music and heck even line dancing. So mosey on down to the corral at Charlies.

The Eagle Cold beer, hot men and great music at this sexy, cruisy leather/Levi classic.

The ultimate gay party bar located in the legendary fruitloop. Feel FREE to do what you want in this inhibition free gay establishment located in the fruit loop open 24 hours a day seven days a week.

Stripper poles, a huge dancefloor, 15 VIP booths, gaming, pool tables and even a kitchen serving food are found at the FreeZone. The FreeZone has been serving men and women of Las Vegas for 18 years with affordable drink prices and a friendly drama free environment.

Fun Hog Ranch Rock ‘n’ sleaze, dive, bear bar with a wild late night crowd. Get your little piggie bottom to Fun Hog Ranch where they will make you squeal for more.

Features include a touch tunes jukebox, cigarette machine, pinball machine, peanuts, gaming and strong affordable drinks 24/7.

The Garage

EQUALibrium Sexy aerialists, various performers and a state of the art sound & lighting system.

Flex Las Vegas This local ultra lounge and club features Vegas’ longest running drag show, a full bar and pool tables. This neighborhood bar boasts multiple shows, plenty of open seating, dartboards, a main stage and a dancefloor.

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Need to lube up? Check that rear end? Spin the drive shaft, grease the bearings? Come in for a complete tune up and a 30 point inspection at this 24/7 neighborhood bar. Enjoy a meal at their V8 Grill which opens nightly. The Garage features shuffleboard, pool tables, dart boards, gaming, ample parking, and bartenders in mechanic

uniforms. The garages walls are metal clad and decorated with hubcaps, license plates and vintage gas station signs sure channel your inner gear head.

Liaison Located in Bally’s and billed as the first gay nightclub in a casino on the strip Liaison features unique masculine motif, hot go-gos, Top DJ’s, and sexy bartenders in this swanky happening gay spot.

fog blasters and two separate sounds found in two different rooms. Enjoy a VIP upstairs view of the Las Vegas Strip while being completely surrounded by led cherry blossom trees. Enjoy a martini by the 2 outdoor fireplaces or their tranquil water features.

Video Dj’s controlling 18 flat screen televisions provide never ending entertainment... even above the bathroom urinals. Walk through Piranhas entrance through an aquarium tunnel featuring exotic underwater creatures such as Lionfish and Landsharks. Larry Edwards aka Hot Chocolate hosts as your VIP Goddess in this enchanted haunted castle of a nightclub attended by the likes of Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Pamela Anderson and many more.

The Phoenix

Quadz Video Bar

Rising from the ashes of its predecessor The Phoenix has spread its wings as Vegas’ newest gay bar. Newly remodeled hi-tech lounge with a very friendly progressive staff. Very cozy family style bar stuffed with cuties. Non-trendy crowd, mixed glam blend of Gay-Les crowd with hipsters, entertainers and entrepreneurs.

Sing along to your favorite show tunes at this local video bar featuring pool tables, dart boards, music videos and a jukebox.

Goodtimes Remodeled ultra modern nightclub and bar, featuring nightclub parties with VIP sections.

Piranha Nightclub

If you’ve been to the haunted mansion at Disneyland, you’ve already seen the inspiration for this gothic inspired medieval-style mega club and sanctuary located in the fruit loop. This venue features 2 stories of fun with transforming paintings, swarovski chandeliers, laser shows,

Share Two level nightclub with stand and model clientele featuring go-go boys, themed nights and weekly entertainment.

Snick’s Place Tucked away in downtown Las Vegas this cozy local hangout is Vegas’ longest running gay bar.

They feature shuffleboard, darts, gaming and are considered a welcoming friendly neighborhood bar.

Spotlight A fun gay sports bar with pool tables, music, shuffleboard, darts, internet jukebox and cigarette machine.

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NIGHTLIFE GAY NIGHTCLUBS PIRANHA NIGHTCLUB 4633 Paradise Road. Las Vegas, NV 89169 (702) 791-0100. piranhavegas.com Open nightly 10pm. 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.

FLEX LAS VEGAS 4347 W. Charleston Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 878-3355. flexlasvegas.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

THE PHOENIX 4213 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 826-2422. facebook.com/thephoenixlv Open Noon - 4am daily. 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.

FUN HOG RANCH 495 E Twain Las Vegas, NV 89169 (702) 791-7001. funhogranchlv.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

GOODTIMES NIGHTCLUB & BAR 1775 E. Tropicana Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89119 (702) 736-9494. facebook.com/goodtimesbarlv Open 24/7. COVER VARIES NIGHTLY.

THE EAGLE 3430 E. Tropicana Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 458-8662. facebook.com/thelasvegaseagle Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

EQUALIBRIUM NIGHTCLUB 3765 South Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89109 (702) 763-7077. equalvegas.com Open Sat 10 pm. COVER VARIES NIGHTLY.

SNICK’S PLACE 1402 S. 3rd St. Las Vegas, NV 89104 (702) 385-9298. snicksplace.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

SHARE NIGHTCLUB 4636 Wynn Road Las Vegas, NV 89103 (702) 258-2681. sharenightclub.com Open Thur - Sat 10pm. NO COVER.

SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE 975 E. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89104 (702) 431-9775. spotlightlounge.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

LIAISON NIGHTCLUB 3645 S Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89101 (702) 737-5225 liaisonlasvegas.com Starts at 10pm.

THE GARAGE 1487 E. Flamingo Rd., Ste. C Las Vegas, NV 89119 (702) 440-6333. thegaragelv.com Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER.

GAY BARS

QUADZ VIDEO BAR 4640 Paradise Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89169 (702) 733-0383. quadzbar.com Open Noon - 5am daily. Gaming. NO COVER.

BADLANDS SALOON 953 E. Sahara Ave. #22 Las Vegas, NV 89104 (702) 792-9262. facebook.com/badlandssaloonlv Open 24/7. Gaming. NO COVER. 44 Gay Vegas Magazine

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