Ep: 009    In 2016, people around the world people heard the news of those killed by a shooter in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.   Over 40 years earlier, 32 people lost their lives in a fire at another bar popular with the LGBTQ community.  Likely started by an arsonist, it is still on recorder for having the largest number of people killed by a fire in the city of New Orleans.

You haven't heard of it? It's not surprising if you haven't. Unlike the tragedy in Orlando, the world did not grieve, America did not grieve, and most of the city of New Orleans did not grieve either. The people who did that night in 1973 deserve to have their stories heard.

French Quarter Frank's Website

LGBTQ+ Archives Project of Louisiana

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