LEADING THE WAY
When the New York Times’ Roy Reed reported on New Orleans’ Up Stairs Lounge inferno of 1973, which killed 32 people, he was the first journalist to identify it as a gay bar.
Pray Tell
The Metropolitan Community Church has faced prejudice from other Christians and derision from some LGBTQ people. But its message of belonging has stayed constant for 50 years.
TRAGEDY
32 people were killed when fire engulfed the UpStairs Lounge gay bar in New Orleans in 1973. Black LGBT people say the struggle for respect and visibility in the city is ongoing.