A ‘fotten tragedy’ at a New Orleans gay bar and a new effort to honor victims’ remas | PBS NewsHour

Contents:

• FIRST LOOK: THE TRIANGLE — A LEGENDARY GAY BAR — IS RURRECTED
• A ‘FOTTEN TRAGEDY’ AT A NEW ORLEANS GAY BAR AND A NEW EFFORT TO HONOR VICTIMS’ REMAS
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
• FLT GAY BAR ADAPTG TO CHANGG SCENE AS POPULARY GROWS AMONG STRAIGHT PATRONS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

FIRST LOOK: THE TRIANGLE — A LEGENDARY GAY BAR — IS RURRECTED

One of Denver's legendary gay bars, the Triangle, stood s ground for s on the edge of downtown. 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. 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. “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.

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

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.

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. In New Orleans, lol verage has been scribed as sensive, llo, and homophobic wh ltle foc on the vtigatn.

He tracked down survivors of the fire and relativ and iends of those killed to pile an acunt of a fotten moment gay history his book, “Let the Faggots Burn: The UpStairs Lounge Fire.

WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE

The Abbey, arguably the untry’s biggt and most famo gay bar Wt Hollywood, is officially on the market. Women who participate lbian culture promote s herent distctn om that of gay male culture. Both lbians and gay mal share a history of stggle throughout the twentieth century, but the stggl were vastly different that while both were batg wir discrimatn om society, lbians were moreover batg a wrongful affiliatn wh gay mal.

One aspect of tert to vtigate when parg gay mal and lbians is that of their rpective bar scen’ cultur. It is monly agreed that women and men, both hetero- and homosexual, want the abily to lead a fulfillg social life, but gog about fdg one’s place n be difficult. Homosexual bars are not unrground stutns, much like they ed to be, but rather are beg more popular and easier to lote.

FLT GAY BAR ADAPTG TO CHANGG SCENE AS POPULARY GROWS AMONG STRAIGHT PATRONS

Although women are not officially exclud, gay bars generally only tailor to gay mal[1]. Their bar scene has grown differently than their gay male unterparts’, and their culture has th siarly diverged. Before the twentieth century, female “gayns” was rarely observed or acknowledged.

To be “gay” meant to be a “gay man. ” The mid-twentieth century marks the begng of the lbian movement, which lbians wanted to be known by somethg more than jt “gay women. ” They wanted their own separate inty, not only to distguish themselv om gay men, but to also legimize women’s sexual inty.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

It was illegal for soldiers to be homosexual when she served om 1990-1995. Lbians have e a long way creatg their inti and facilatg their own separate bar culture om that of gay men, but wh more gay male bars beg tablished stead of lbian bars, is slightly disuragg to lbians who are lookg to go out and meet other lbians. Late 1987, Al Thomas was lookg for a lotn for a new gay bar.

's Bar, a lbian bar, was for sale, and cid might be a good lotn for gay bar- perhaps lbian, perhaps gay. But wh a few months bs had shown that a change was need; Al renamed the bs The Triangle June 1988 and reopened as a gay bar. At one pot ( 1998) two popular bartenrs left, openg their own gay nightspot Fluid (loted closer to La Cage), and takg a good number of ctomers wh them.

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