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“I was asked later if this was a hate crime, but I said the hate crime wasn’t who started the fire. ... The hate crime was the reaction after the fire," a survivor said.
“I was asked later if this was a hate crime, but I said the hate crime wasn’t who started the fire. ... The hate crime was the reaction after the fire," a survivor said.
The Up Stairs Lounge arson killed 32 people in New Orleans - and fueled a movement that continues half a century later.
The fire was the deadliest attack on queer people in the U.S. in the 20th century.
The Up Stairs Lounge arson killed 32 people in New Orleans - and fueled a movement that continues half a century later.