On Sunday June 24th 1973 The Upstairs Lounge in New Orleans was in full swing with people drinking, dancing, and laughing into the night. This was a well known gay bar in the French Quarter safe from prying eyes as it was located on the second floor. By 8:00PM panic would set in for patrons as a fire blazed on the floor below trapping everyone in the bar upstairs. There was only one exit down a winding set of wooden stairs and it appeared that was where the fire had started. This was no accident, this was an intentional hate crime. So lets talk about it.

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Resources used in todays episode:
http://nps.gov/articles/000/podcast-129-50-years-of-remembering-the-up-stairs-lounge-fire.htm#:~:text=The%20Up%20Stairs%20Lounge%20Fire,Americans%20in%2020th%20century%20America.
http://neworleans.com/things-to-do/lgbt/history/
https://thejimani.com/the-upstairs-lounge/