After nearly 50 years, New Orleans issued a formal apology for s rponse to an arson at the popular gay bar UpStairs Lounge and renews the search for the remas of four victims.
Contents:
- AT SPEAKEASY, AN INTERSECTN OF MORN AND '70S GAY CULTURE
- A ‘FOTTEN TRAGEDY’ AT A NEW ORLEANS GAY BAR AND A NEW EFFORT TO HONOR VICTIMS’ REMAS
- UPSTAIRS LOUNGE: GAY CULTURE & THE METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH
- A DEADLY ARSON AT A GAY BAR WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY SOLVED. A NEW PODST EXAM WHY.
- REVIEW: A GAY NIGHTCLUB TRAGEDY, DES BEFORE ORLANDO, ‘THE VIEW UPSTAIRS’
AT SPEAKEASY, AN INTERSECTN OF MORN AND '70S GAY CULTURE
"The View UpStairs" is a mil celebratg the history of gay liberatn, but also emphasiz the human need for nnectn. * gay upstairs *
Sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge arson, a flash fire that killed 32 people the New Orleans gay bar on June 24, 1973. ”But the UpStairs wasn’t jt a space for the New Orleans gay muny to e together and socialize. Some of those who were intified went unclaimed by fai who were too ashamed to llect the remas of their gay sons and brothers.
A ‘FOTTEN TRAGEDY’ AT A NEW ORLEANS GAY BAR AND A NEW EFFORT TO HONOR VICTIMS’ REMAS
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Bettmann via Getty ImagWhat happened the aftermath of the fire mak clear the pervadg homophobia at the time.
UPSTAIRS LOUNGE: GAY CULTURE & THE METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH
Robert L. Cama's new documentary tak an unflchg look at "the largt gay mass murr U.S. history," the 1973 UpStairs Lounge fire New Orleans. * gay upstairs *
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A DEADLY ARSON AT A GAY BAR WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY SOLVED. A NEW PODST EXAM WHY.
The creator of a new mil about New Orleans's UpStairs Lounge fire says gay tragedi too easily fa om our llective memory. * gay upstairs *
Director Pl Daignelt was first drawn to the mil for s celebratn of the history of gay liberatn, but found that the bety of the story li s emphasis on the human need for muny. “The View UpStairs” tersects two generatns: the prent moment and the 1970s era on the precipice of the gay liberatn, a lennial up-and-g fashn signer wh an Instagram followg of 40, 000, buys a shabby buildg the French Quarter. The nstant fight for survival and the fear of ridicule, ostracizatn, and ath erned the liv of many, like the character Buddy, a closeted gay man wh a wife and kids, played by Will McGarrahan.
REVIEW: A GAY NIGHTCLUB TRAGEDY, DES BEFORE ORLANDO, ‘THE VIEW UPSTAIRS’
It’s an “effort to honor those who have ma our liv fiercer, ” says mil theater, “we rarely get to see a gay black lead; one that go on a journey of self-acceptance and self-love. This Saturday, June 24 marks the 50th anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge Fire, an arson attack on a gay bar that claimed 32 liv 1973.