Nearly a half-century after arson killed 32 people in a New Orleans gay bar, the City Council has renewed the search for the remains of four victims, including three who were never identified.
The UpStairs Lounge burned on June 24, 1973, killing 31 men, including two whose mother died with them, and injuring another woman and 14 men.
"The City's callous and deeply inadequate response ... rooted in pervasive anti-gay sentiment" made suffering worse for victims' families and friends, states the motion written by Councilmember J.P. Morrell. The council issued a formal apology for the city's response on June 23, one day before the fire's 49th anniversary.
FILE - The inside of the UpStairs bar is viewed on June 25, 1973, following a flash fire on that left 32 dead and 15 injured in New Orleans. Nearly a half-century after arson killed 32 people in a New Orleans gay bar, the City Council has renewed the search Thursday, Aug, 4, 2022, for the remains of four victims, including three who were never identified.The location of LeBlanc's body was noted as"Panel Q, Lot 32" of the graveyard, Robert W.
LeBlanc was estranged from his family in California — not because of his homosexuality but because he hadn't paid money owed to his grandfather, Fieseler wrote in"Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation."
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