page_title: UpStairs Lounge arson attack
hierarchical_section_title: UpStairs Lounge arson attack
caption_attribution_description: English: Located at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, on the second floor of this building was the UpStairs Lounge, where the w:Metropolitan Community Church held services. Site of an arson attack in 1973, resulting in the deaths of 32 people.
context_page_description: The UpStairs Lounge arson attack occurred on June 24, 1973 at a gay bar called the UpStairs Lounge located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. Thirty-two people died as a result of fire or smoke inhalation. The official cause is still listed as "undetermined origin". The most likely suspect, a gay man named Roger Nunez who had been ejected from the bar earlier in the day, was never charged and took his own life in November 1974. No evidence has ever been found that the arson was motivated by hatred or overt homophobia. Until the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, in which 49 people were murdered, the UpStairs Lounge arson attack was the deadliest known attack on a gay club in U.S. history. The incident is also the subject of the 2015 full length documentary, UPSTAIRS INFERNO, and the 2017 musical The View UpStairs.
context_section_description: The UpStairs Lounge arson attack occurred on June 24, 1973 at a gay bar called the UpStairs (or Up Stairs) Lounge located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. Thirty-two people died as a result of fire or smoke inhalation. The official cause is still listed as "undetermined origin". The most likely suspect, a gay man named Roger Nunez who had been ejected from the bar earlier in the day, was never charged and took his own life in November 1974. No evidence has ever been found that the arson was motivated by hatred or overt homophobia. Until the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, in which 49 people were murdered, the UpStairs Lounge arson attack was the deadliest known attack on a gay club in U.S. history. The incident is also the subject of the 2015 full length documentary, UPSTAIRS INFERNO , and the 2017 musical The View UpStairs.
caption: Site of the UpStairs Lounge, 2019
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