Remembering The UpStairs Lounge Fire That Killed 32 LGBTQ People
The 1973 arson is one of the deadliest attacks on LGBTQ people in American history. Saturday marks the 44th anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge arson, a flash fire that killed 32 people in the New Orleans gay bar on June 24, 1973. Until the Pulse nightclub massacre in 2016, it…