QVegas launches the most comprehensive LGBTQ+ business directory in the Las Vegas valley — and the community helps keep it current. There's a moment every LGBTQ+ person knows: you're in a new neighborhood, or you've just moved to town, or you're visiting Las Vegas for the first time, and you need to find your people. Not just a bar — a dentist who gets it, a mechanic who won't look at your rainbow bumper sticker sideways, a nonprofit that can actually help, a gym where you can be yourself. The new QVegas Directory is built for that moment. It's built to become the most comprehensive listing of LGBTQ-owned and LGBTQ-friendly businesses, organizations, and services in the Las Vegas valley, and it's designed to be as useful on your first day in town as it is on your thousandth. How It Works Visit qvegas.com/directory or tap the Directory tab in the QVegas app. You'll see a searchable, filterable listing of organizations across Southern Nevada. Filter by organization type — businesses, nonprofits, advocacy groups, government services, media outlets, and chambers of commerce. Combine filters to narrow results: show only LGBTQ-owned nonprofits, or only verified businesses, or only featured listings. Near Me is where the directory comes alive on mobile. Tap the compass icon and the directory uses your location to show what's around you, sorted by distance. On the website, an embedded Apple Maps view shows color-coded pins across the valley. In the app, an interactive map lets you zoom, pan, and tap markers for instant details. The Badges Tell the Story Every directory listing carries badges that tell you exactly what you need to know at a glance. The rainbow flag badge means LGBTQ-Owned or LGBTQ-Friendly — verified as welcoming and affirming. These distinctions matter. Knowing whether a business is queer-owned versus allied gives you the information to support your community the way you choose. Community-Curated Here's what makes the QVegas Directory different from a Google search: the community helps maintain it. Every listing includes a "Suggest Info" button. If you know something has changed — a business has moved, a new LGBTQ-owned shop has opened, a previously friendly business has shown its true colors — you can flag it. The suggestion form lets you indicate whether a business is LGBTQ-owned, LGBTQ-friendly, anti-LGBTQ, or closed. Optional notes let you add context. These suggestions go to QVegas for review. It's community intelligence at work — thousands of eyes keeping the directory honest and current in a way no automated system can match. Claim Your Page Business owners and authorized representatives can claim their listing through the new "Claim This Page" feature. A floating button appears on every directory detail page. Tap it, sign in, and submit your claim with your role and verification details. Once approved, you'll be able to update your listing directly — hours, photos, description, contact information, and more. This puts business owners in control of their own presence on the platform. No waiting for someone else to update your holiday hours. No outdated phone numbers lingering for months. Your listing, your data, your community presence. The Detail View Tap any listing to see its full profile. The detail page shows everything: logo, photos, full description, address with map, phone number, email, website, social media links, hours of operation, year established, and price range. Badges are prominently displayed, and for businesses with coordinates, an embedded map shows exactly where to go. For organizations that serve the community — health clinics, nonprofits, advocacy groups — the detail page also shows the specific services they offer, from HIV testing to legal aid to case management. In the App The iOS app takes the directory mobile in the best possible way. The map view fills the top of the screen with your location centered, surrounded by pins for nearby businesses. Scroll down for the list view, or expand the map to full screen for a bird's-eye view of LGBTQ+ Las Vegas. Category chips let you filter with a tap. Heart icons let you save favorites. And because the app uses Apple Maps with MapKit, you get accurate, up-to-date map data with satellite and standard views, zoom controls, and compass orientation. More Than a List A directory might sound simple — names, addresses, phone numbers. But in a community where knowing who's safe, who's ours, and who's genuinely welcoming can affect everything from your haircut to your healthcare, a curated directory is infrastructure. The QVegas Directory isn't trying to list every business in Las Vegas. It's listing the ones that matter to us — the ones that welcome us, the ones we own, the ones that stand with us. And it's trusting the community to help keep that list honest. Browse it at qvegas.com/directory. Search it in the app. And if you know a business that should be listed — or one that shouldn't — hit that Suggest Info button. This directory belongs to all of us.
