Gay Christmas & New Year's Eve New Orleans 2023

32ND ANNUAL GAY APPRECIATN AWARD WNERS ANNOUNCED

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * new orleans gay man of the year *

The wners of the 32nd Annual Gay Appreciatn Awards were announced at the GAA Gala. Advote for Transgenr RightsHoe of TulipBartenr of the YearPrcs StephaneyBch of the YearAubrey SynclaireBuzzy Fanng AIDS AwardCrcentCareCheridon Comedy AwardPersana ShoulrsCoffee Hoe of the YearWho Dat Coffee CafeDance Club of the YearOz New OrleansDJ of the YearTim PfluegerDonnie Jay Performg Arts AwardNew Orleans Gay Men’s ChosEvent of the YearSouthern DenceFly Fashn Glamour AwardTiffany AlexanrGay Man of the YearJake KlemahonGay Mardi Gras Ball of the YearLords of LeatherHair Salon or Stylist of the YearTwo Guys Cuttg HairLeather Bar of the YearThe Phoenix BarLeather Person of the YearBrad CollsLbian of the YearMisti GaherLGBTQ Bs of the YearBourbon PriLGBTQ Nonprof of the YearCrcentCareLifetime Achievement AwardTeryl-Lynn FoxxMarcy Marcell Entertaer of the YearNile DuBoisMarsha Dela Red Carpet Osr AwardDebbie wh a DNeighborhood Bar of YearNew Orleans PhoenixRtrant/Deli of the YearLPK UptownRip Naqu Wrer/Reporter of the YearFrank PerezShow Club of the YearOz New OrleansSports League Team Spir AwardCrcent Cy Rougaroux RugbySports Most Valuable Player AwardCaleb DuneTransgenr Person of the YearChi Chi Rodriguez.

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. NEW ORLEANS – For nearly a half-century, the remas of gay World War II veteran Ferris LeBlanc have been hidn away an overgrown potter’s field on the far east si of New Orleans.

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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. * new orleans gay man of the year *

Fifteen people, mostly men, were also jured at the popular New Orleans gay bar, which served as one of the cy’s ma LGBTQ safe spac at the time.

Until the Pulse nightclub shootg 2016, the UpStairs Lounge fire was the adlit known attack at a gay club U.

A ‘FOTTEN TRAGEDY’ AT A NEW ORLEANS GAY BAR AND A NEW EFFORT TO HONOR VICTIMS’ REMAS

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“The entire intifitn [of the remas] was summarily dismissed by cy ernment bee they simply did not want to go through the effort of notifyg his fay and also bee they simply didn’t re about another ad gay man, ” Morrell said. “We are a cy that is seen as one of the most welg ci to the LGBTQIA+ muny, but we were also a cy that was horrifilly homophobic, ” he add.

The popular French Quarter gay bar was one of the cy’s ma LGBTQ safe spac at the time. LeBlanc was a 50-year-old gay man who was loved and accepted by his fay. Robert Fieler, journalist and thor of “Trbox: The Untold Story of the UpStairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberatn, ” chronicled the tragic event not jt his book but to the cy uncil and “anyone who would listen.

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His book tails the aftermath of the fire, which was no ls trmatic – fai ashamed to claim loved on, the church this eply Catholic cy refg proper burial rights, and a botched vtigatn all reflected a world of toxic prejudice and rampant homophobia that thrived after the fire.