Forty-six years ago a tragedy occurred and most people have no idea that it happened. The deliberately set fire that fitted the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans at the end of June of 1973, killed 32 people. Why do you not know about it? Simple...the Up Stairs Lounge was a gay bar and the people who died were gay. In this humanely written and deeply researched book, the reader will meet the victims of the fire, the person who committed the arson, and see the tragedy put into it's proper historical and social context. This is quite an achievement! Told with no judgement, it's a difficult book to get through, but it's necessary.
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