Let the Faggots Burn: The Upstairs Lounge Fire
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (779 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1614344531 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 342 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"In Let the Faggots Burn author Johnny Townsend restores this tragic event to its proper place in LGBT history and reminds us that the victims of the blaze were not just 'statistics,' but real people with real lives, families, and friends." Jesse Monteagudo, The Bilerico ProjectIn Let the Faggots Burn, "Townsend's heart-rending descriptions of the victimsseem to make them come alive once more." Kit Van Cleave, OutSmart Magazine
pepperhorse said Good book!!. At first I wasn't sure of the beginning, it seemed backwards. Then I figured it out and it all made sense! Nicely written and a very sad story. Come on Humans(?). "Five Stars" according to Lulu. Heartbreaking. Well written and one of the only books on the subject.. Five Stars Amazon Customer Excellent quality!
A mother who'd gone to the bar with her two gay sons died alongside them. Author Johnny Townsend pored through old records and tracked down survivors of the fire and relatives and friends of those killed to compile this fascinating account of a forgotten moment in gay history.. During this era of rampant homophobia, several families refused to claim the bodies, and many churches refused to bury the dead. Two children waited outside of a movie theater across town for a father and step-father who would never pick them up. A man who'd helped his friend escape first was found dead near the fire escape. In the terrible inferno that followed, 32 people lost their lives, including a third of the local congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church, their pastor burning to death halfway out a second-story window as he tried to claw his way to freedom. On Gay Pride Day in 1973, an arsonist set the entrance to a French Quarter gay bar on fire