The Upstairs Lounge

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This file appears in: Upstairs Lounge: Gay Culture & the Metropolitan Community Church

A view of the Upstairs Lounge from Iberville Street.

Photo, Jennifer Conerly.

This file appears in: Upstairs Lounge: Gay Culture & the Metropolitan Community Church

Upstairs Lounge: Gay Culture & the Metropolitan Community Church

By Jennifer Conerly, Drue Hardegree, Robert Rickey, August Darbonne, ed. & Charlotte Willcox, ed.

In the early 1970s, LGBT culture in New Orleans remained hidden from the public eye. Instead of openly expressing sexuality and engaging in public displays of affection, most LGBT people were “in the…