Gays

Scope and Contents This collection is made up of 3/4" U-matic videotapes of the television program Just for the Record - A T.V. Series for Gay People. Just for the Record was a weekly program produced on Cox Cable Channels 42 and 49 in New Orleans from 1987 to 1993, and was the city’s first LGBT+ television show. It covered both local and national topics of interest to the gay and lesbian community. It was produced by Valda Goodwin Lewis...

Content Description The UpStairs Lounge Fire Anniversary collection consists of 30 placards memorializing the 32 individuals who died in an arson attack on the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans, on June 24, 1973. Twenty-nine identified individuals and three unidentified individuals perished in the fire, which until 2016 was the deadliest known attack on a gay club in the United States. Accompanying the placards is a flier and program for an interfaith memorial service and second line parade...