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Special Event
Event
The Rainbow Fleur de Lis: The French Quarter's LGBT+ Heritage
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Fee:
Free.Location:
French Quarter Visitor Center, 419 Decatur St, New Orleans LADates & Times
Date:
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Time:
12:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Talk
Description
Join Frank Perez, author, historian, and president of the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, to discover how LGBT+ people and culture have influenced life in New Orleans and the French Quarter. Highlights include the role of gay men in early 1900s preservation efforts, gay and lesbian artists and writers, legendary bars, Gay Carnival, Southern Decadence, and the tragic UpStairs Lounge arson of 1973.
This talk is part of the "New Orleans Then & Now" series; for more talks in the series, follow the "more information" link to the French Quarter Visitor Center page.
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