Diva Las Vegas is the name given to a get-together of members of the transgender community, and their friends and guests, which historically has usually happened in the spring, but has been shifted to the fall, at least for 2021-2022, due to the complications of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It began as an in-real-life meeting of those who had gotten to know each other on the Internet. As the name implies, this happens in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
We spend a few days just being ourselves and take in the
sights and activities of Las Vegas.
We have many organized activities throughout the event.
There's also shopping, dining, shows,
clubs, sightseeing, socializing, and, of course, gaming. Read on for
some examples of what you can expect.
Diva Las Vegas is a vacation, not a convention.
Diva Las Vegas is not based on the model used for almost all of the other major TG gatherings.
Some of the differences between Diva Las Vegas and the others include:
Dates for DLV 2023 are Sunday, October 22 thru Friday, October 27 for
the "Main Event" with an optional "Extended Play
Event" continuing through the weekend and
concluding October 29
These dates may be considered final.
The event we know as Diva Las Vegas began in 1997.
This year (2023) will be our 26th. event!
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, no event was held in 2020.
We have a mailing list (e-mail) for those interested in attending the event. To join this mailing list, simply send e-mail to dlv@divalas.vegas
You can also join in on the chit-chat on the DLV Discussion Forum on the web.
When you submit your e-mail address to this list, it will be used for this list and this list only. It will be kept confidential and will not be given out to third parties. You will not receive any unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) by joining this list.
No. Never has been, never will be.
Diva Las Vegas is a social event for members of the TG community and their friends and guests. It is not sexually oriented.
That's somebody else trying to ride our coat tails. We have nothing to do with that. If it doesn't appear on our schedule, it's not part of DLV.
No, our yearly schedule is not fixed as to a certain week within
a certain month or anything like that. There are too many variables
and too many unknowns to make this possible.
By precedent, DLV has always happened in the spring. The exact
dates of each DLV event are set several months in advance by a vote of the
active volunteers.
Due to the lingering Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, the timing of the event
was shifted to the fall. This timing (annual event in the fall) has been
continued for the 2022 and 2023 seasons as well.
The correct name of our event is:
"Diva Las Vegas"
Three words.
"Diva" Singular, non-possessive, four letters, no "s" at all.
"Las Vegas" Two words, both capitalized. No "o" at all anywhere in our name.
No apostrophe anywhere in our name!
"Of" does not appear in the name of the event at all. Neither does "the", and we don't prefix it with "A" to get the top listing in the phone book. :)
The name was intended as a word play on the Elvis' Viva Las Vegas song and film title. It's often shortened to "DLV" or just "Diva" at times.
Keeping in mind that the totals between 1998 and 2001 are approximate since we did not have a formal registration and check-in process, here are the numbers we have:
1997: 5 1998: 16 1999: 35 2000: 50 2001: 65 2002: 88 2003: 104 2004: 118 2005: 126 2006: 118 2007: 136 2008: 176 2009: 149 2010: 179 2011: 169 2012: 155 2013: 166 2014: 156 2015: 133 2016: 140 2017: 142 2018: 134 2019: 132 2020: (no event) 2021: 152 2022: 136
Dates of our events in past years are:
1997: Friday, May 9 - Sunday, May 11 1998: Friday, May 8 - Monday, May 11 1999: Friday, May 14 - Tuesday, May 18 2000: Thursday, May 11 - Tuesday, May 16 2001: Wednesday, May 2 - Monday, May 7 2002: Tuesday, April 30 - Sunday, May 5 2003: Tuesday, April 22 - Sunday, April 27 2004: Sunday, May 2 - Saturday, May 8 2005: Sunday, April 24 - Saturday, April 30 2006: Monday, April 17 - Sunday, April 23 2007: Monday, April 23 - Saturday, April 28 2008: Monday, April 21 - Saturday, April 26 2009: Monday, May 11 - Saturday, May 16 2010: Sunday, April 18 - Friday, April 23 2011: Sunday, April 3 - Friday, April 8 2012: Sunday, April 22 - Friday, April 27 2013: Sunday, April 14 - Friday, April 19 2014: Sunday, March 30 - Friday, April 4 2015: Sunday, March 22 - Friday, March 27 2016: Monday, March 28 - Saturday, April 2 2017: Sunday, March 26 - Friday, March 31 2018: Sunday, April 15 - Friday, April 20 2019: Sunday, March 31 - Friday, April 5 2020: (no event) 2021: Tuesday, October 26 - Monday, November 1
There are two ways of asking questions or expressing concerns.
For the fastest answer or response, post a brief message in the Diva Las Vegas Discussion Forum. This is the suggested method if you require a quick response or if your question or concern may be of interest to others.
If you're uneasy asking your question in a public forum, you may e-mail: dlv@divalas.vegas with your question or concern. Please allow several days at minimum for a response. Also, please understand that well over 90% of the questions we receive by e-mail are already answered in this FAQ, so please don't get upset if the reply you receive is to look in a particular section of this FAQ.