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The Gay Lens: Frances Benjamin Johnston and Pops Whitesell

8/30/2020

 
Rainbow History - September 2020
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One the world's early photojournalists chose to close out her extraordinary 70-year career in the French Quarter, in the company of bohemian artists like local photographer Joseph Woodson “Pops” Whitesell. 

- by Frank Perez 


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Lion in Winter:  A Tribute to Stewart Butler

8/1/2020

 
Rainbow History - July 2020
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Stewart Butler portrait by Vince Santiago

Stewart Butler's biographer marks the March 2020 passing of this legendary New Orleans LGBT+ activist.
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- by Frank Perez


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The Queer Quarter:  A Moveable Feast

6/28/2020

 
Rainbow History - June 2020
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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


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Dixie's, Yuga and Gay Carnival

1/26/2020

 
Rainbow History - January 2020
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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


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Gay Letters and Desire

11/18/2019

 
Rainbow History - November 2019
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​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


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Go Your Own Way:  the Life of Barbara Scott

9/12/2019

 
Rainbow History - September 2019
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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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