The "Gay Triangle"

ID: 3824 ~ Source: Original Youtube Video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDsfujSpkUg&feature=youtu.be ~ Creator: Robert Rickey

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

Robert Rickey's walking tour of the area previously known as the "Gay Triangle."

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 closet” and would socialize in bars that catered…