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LGBTQ community remembers lives lost during Upstairs Lounge fire on WDSU
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Southern Decadence Photos by Robert Laurent
A collection of photos from Southern Decadence Parties, by Robert Laurent.
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Valda Lewis
Valda Lewis was born on March 25, 1956, in Rochford, Essex, England. She graduated from high school...
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Valda Lewis was born on March 25, 1956, in Rochford, Essex, England. She graduated fromhigh school...
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Kenneth Mitchell
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One of the Good Guys: Remembering Jim Kellogg
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LGBTQ community remembers lives lost during Upstairs Lounge fire on WDSU
A video from WDSU details, "A dark chapter of the city's history is on display as several people...
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Southern Decadence Photos by Robert Laurent
A collection of photos from Southern Decadence Parties, by Robert Laurent.
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Valda Lewis
Valda Lewis was born on March 25, 1956, in Rochford, Essex, England. She graduated from high school...
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Valda Lewis
Valda Lewis was born on March 25, 1956, in Rochford, Essex, England. She graduated fromhigh school...
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Kenneth Toncrey / “Daisy Mae”
Kenneth Toncrey was born on December 6, 1940 in Biloxi, MS. Growing up gay in a small town with a...
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Michael Oglesby
Michael Oglesby was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1954. He was the youngest of six siblings, born to...
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Kenneth Mitchell
Mitchell is a lifelong activist who has spent five decades fighting for the rights of LGBTQ+...
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Clay Latimer
Clay Latimer was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1944. Latimer moved to New Orleans at the age of 15 to...