Kiss Off

Remembering the UpStairs Lounge: The U.S.A.’s Largest LGBT Massacre Happened 40 Years Ago Today The 24th of June in 1973 was a Sunday. For New Orleans' gay community, it was the last day of national Pride Weekend, as well as the fourth anniversary of 1969's Stonewall uprising. You couldn't really have an open celebration of those events -- in '73, anti-gay slurs, discrimination, and even viole...