Jazz Funeral to Commemorate Upstairs Lounge Fire of 1973

Gay News Bits  Jul 03 08

WASHINGTON, DC — Many of the hundreds of pro-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Christians who will converge Sept. 4–7 in New Orleans, La., for the Many Stories, One Voice conference will revisit the site of a devastating fire that killed 32 people at a local gay bar known as the Upstairs Lounge. The tragedy that [...] Full story...

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