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The Deadliest Attack on Gays Before Orlando Was Treated Like a Joke

GRIM HISTORY

The 1973 arson of the UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans was the deadliest day for LGBT people in America until the massacre at Pulse.

Zack Kopplin
Zack Kopplin
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