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.