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The February 1974 issue of the journal of the Society for Individual Rights, leading LGBT activist group in San Francisco at the time, publishes an article warning of fire safety dangers in gay establishments.

Exterior (today) of apartment building at 634 St. Peter Street where “Tad” Turner hosts MCC early prayer meetings.

MCC founder Troy Perry, Morris Kight of the Los Angeles Community Services Center and Morty Manford of Gay Activists Alliance New York launch national fund raising efforts to support the injured as well as the families of those who died.

The Gay People’s Coalition forms in the aftermath of the fire and works with the Human Rights Committee to make New Orleans a safer and more open place for LGBT persons.

The July 18th edition of The Advocate looks at the Upstairs tragedy, called “Holocaust,” in great depth, drawing on perspectives from the New Orleans gay community.

George Steven “Bud” Matyi, 27, successful musician & MCC member; partner of Rod Wagener.

Gerald Hoyt Gordon, 37, from Cornersville, Tennessee, Air Force veteran and shipping clerk.

Photo 1: Audience gathers in theater before show. Persons identified: Bill Larson (back row seated, 2nd from right); Ricky "Mother" Cross (back row, 4th from right); Francis Dufrene (across from Bill Larson); Reggie Adams (to left of Dufrene);…

Glenn Richard “Dick” Green, 32, Navy Veteran and MCC member. Partner of Michael Scarborough who survived the fire with serious injuries.

Baton Rouge newspaper prints photo and quotes David Solomon and Lynn Miller in article about demonstration.

Solomon leads another demonstration to City Hall requesting a meeting with the mayor.

Guy Anderson, friend of William Larson, visiting New Orleans from Illinois.

Kubicki shown camping it up with a friend on Bourbon Street in September, 1970.

Herbert Dean Cooley, 32, Upstairs Lounge bartender and MCC member, one of the last victims to be identified.

Horace “Skip” Getchell, 35, MCC member and freight dispatcher, partner to Bill Farrell.

James Curtis Warren, 26, from Pensacola, Florida, son of housekeeper Willie Inez Warren and brother of Eddie Hosea Warren. All three died in the fire.

James Walls Hambrick, 45, Navy veteran and successful businessman, died June 28, 1973, from burns sustained in the fire.

Joe William “Bill” Bailey, 29, waiter from Dadeville, Alabama and partner of Clarence Joseph McCloskey, Jr. (see below).

John Thomas Golding, 49, member of MCC Board of Elders, married to Jane Golding.

Joseph Henry Adams, 51, partner of Sid Espinache.