We started with a simple question: what does a community publication look like when it grows up? Not grows up in the sense of becoming corporate, or sanitized, or less ours. Grows up in the sense of becoming everything it was always meant to be — a full-service platform for LGBTQ+ life in Las Vegas, built by and for the community it serves. QVegas has been publishing since 1978. Forty-seven years. Seven names. One unbroken commitment to visibility, information, and connection for LGBTQ+ Southern Nevada. What began as a grassroots newsletter passed hand to hand has evolved into the bi-weekly print edition you're holding right now — and, as of April 2026, into something far more powerful. Welcome to the new QVegas. The new qvegas.com and our completely updated iOS app represent the most ambitious evolution in our history. We've rebuilt from the ground up around five pillars: a comprehensive, community-curated LGBTQ+ Business Directory; a searchable Magazine Archive that will preserve nearly five decades of our community's story; a Pride 2026 events hub; online Articles covering news, culture, health, and everything in between; and now QVegas Wellness — a private, encrypted health platform built specifically for our community's needs, from medication tracking to mental health screenings to affirming provider search. To help you get the most out of everything we've built, we've created this issue as our QVegas User Guide — a complete walkthrough of every feature, every tab, and every tool across the website and app. Think of it as your orientation to a platform that's designed to work for you on day one and get more useful every day after. The print edition continues — stronger than ever, distributed across 30+ locations in the valley and at Harry Reid International Airport through QVegas Arrivals. But now it lives inside a digital ecosystem that works around the clock. Download the app. Explore the directory. Browse the archive. Set up your wellness dashboard. And if you know a business that belongs in our directory — or one that doesn't — hit that Suggest Info button. This platform belongs to all of us.
