The corner of Dumaine and Bourbon streets, June 2020
In the 1900s, LGBT+ people from around the country were drawn to the French Quarter's shifting centers of queer gravity, which offered both a spicy nightlife scene and an evolving culture.
- by Frank Perez
Three costumed men, one wearing drag in front of Dixie's at Mardi Gras. Detail of photo by Stephen Scalia circa early 1950s, courtesy the Historic New Orleans Collection, Gift of Mr. Stephen Scalia, acc. no. 2012.0172.26. Scroll down for full photo.
The first gay Mardi Gras pioneers powered through many challenges - including a police raid on the fifth annual Krewe of Yuga ball, where nearly 100 men were arrested.
- by Frank Perez
The French Quarter neighborhood's rainbow reputation reaches back into the 1800s. Why? Long-term resident, historian and tour guide, Frank Perez, offers ideas.
- by Frank Perez - photos by Ellis Anderson
Barbara Scott blazed her own trail as a politician, restaurateur, hôtelier, artist, preservationist, gerontologist, feminist - and social justice warrior.
- by Frank Perez |
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