Tinderbox

  Distaff (New Orleans), 122

  Doolittle, Alfred:

  and activism, 232

  and Butler, 6, 51, 55–56, 57, 58–59, 66–67, 68, 85, 103–4, 170, 238

  on day of fire, 55–56, 57, 59, 66–67, 68, 103–4

  and Duplantis, 55, 57, 66–67, 103–4, 238

  and memorial service, 170

  at Wanda’s, 85

  Doolittle, James “Jimmy,” 56

  Douglas, William O., 48–49

  “drag queen,” use of term, 267

  Driscoll, Timothy, 161

  DuBois, Blanche (fict.), 9

  DuBos, Clancy, 94–95, 117, 120, 153, 246

  Dubose, David, 64–65, 67, 112–13, 180

  Dufrene, Francis, 60, 79, 87, 94

  Duke, David, xxiii, 37

  Dunbar, Donald Walter, xxxiii

  Duncan, Bill, 4, 87, 149

  Duplantis, Steven:

  after the fire, 104, 116

  and Butler, 5, 51, 52, 54–55, 57, 66–67, 103–4, 115, 170, 238

  and Doolittle, 55, 57, 66–77, 103–4, 238

  military career of, 51–52, 54, 58, 104–6, 114–15, 238–39

  and Nunez, 64, 66, 103–4, 170, 193

  and Rasmussen, 227

  at Up Stairs Lounge, 58, 64, 65

  Dyer, Buddy, xviii

  Eden, Barbara, 108

  Edwards, Edward, xxiii–xxiv, xxxiii, 47, 131, 154–56, 171, 192

  Egad, What a Cad (melodrama), 34

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 7

  Elders, Bill, 90–91

  Ellen (TV), 249

  Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, 157–58

  Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 234

  Essex, Mark, 132

  Esteve, Phil, 15, 228

  after the fire, 100–101

  lawsuits against, 225, 226

  and MCC, 32

  and Post Office (gay bar), 212–13, 219, 227

  as Up Stairs owner, 13, 14, 32, 149, 212, 225

  Etheridge, Melissa, xxvii

  Everett, Ricky, 201

  after the fire, 86, 90, 101–2, 137, 139, 144, 152–53, 249

  on day of fire, 5, 37–38, 39–40, 59, 62, 115, 116

  during the fire, 72, 74, 75–76, 129

  and his mother, 102, 152–53

  and Kubicki, 5, 49, 115–16, 152, 170

  and Larson, 35, 39–40, 165, 166, 167, 222

  and MCC, 35, 36, 102, 140, 222

  and memorial services, 169–70, 249

  and Post Office, 212

  and Rosenthal, 5, 36, 39, 59, 60, 62, 74, 76, 90, 101–2, 115

  and Up Stairs Lounge, 13, 33, 34, 49, 59–60, 62, 64, 245

  Exposing Hatred: A Report on the Victimization of Lesbian and Gay People in New Orleans, Louisiana (Magill), 242–43

  “faggot,” use of term, 26

  Falwell, Jerry, xxv, 234

  “family values,” xxvi

  Farnese Hercules statue, 18, 88

  Farrell, John, 53–54

  Fatted Calf, New Orleans, 39, 59, 227

  Faulkner, William, 245

  FBI, 148–49

  Federal Correction Institute, Lompoc, California, 189–90

  feminism, and homosexuality, xxix, 122

  Ferguson, Charles, 135, 153, 187

  Ferrie, David, 8

  “Field Identification Cards,” 236

  First Amendment, rights under, see civil rights

  Fischer, John, 179

  Flaherty, Brendan, 108, 124–25

  Flintstones, The (TV), 265

  Florida, new ordinance in, 228

  Florida Department of Citrus, 233

  Fonda, Henry, 40

  Fontenot, Adam Roland:

  on day of fire, 3, 10, 12, 19, 58, 60, 68

  during the fire, 72, 77, 78, 81, 87

  loss of, 149, 150, 170, 227

  and Rasmussen, 3–5, 6, 14–15, 19, 58, 68, 72, 77, 81, 150, 163, 170, 227

  and Up Stairs Lounge, 12, 16, 58

  as victim, xxxiii, 163, 164, 167, 247

  Foreman, Rev. Lloyd “Andy,” 168

  Foreman, Pamela, 168

  Forest, Ralph, 212, 214–15, 216, 218–19

  Fosberg, Susan, 11, 15, 17–18

  Foster, Jim, 178

  Francis, Norman, 133

  Frank, Barney, xxvii

  French Market Corporation, 134, 135, 160, 161, 217

  French Quarter:

  on afternoon of the fire, 50–52

  bathhouses in, 47

  Bourbon Street in, 50, 51, 247

  cleanup of, 162

  gay community in, 5–6, 23–24, 37, 47, 221–22, 226–28, 236, 238

  “gay heritage” walking tour of (1994), xxv

  guidebooks to, 11

  Iberville Street as border of, 10, 14

  Southern Decadence parties in, xxxvii, 221–22, 226

  tourist area of, 9–10

  as Vieux Carré, 9, 54, 250; map, vii

  violence in, 54

  Garland, Judy, 233

  Garrison, Jim, 7–9, 29, 41, 217, 218

  Gary, David Stuart “Piano Dave,” xxxiii, 18, 32, 62

  Gay; gays:

  use of term, 25–26, 154, 265

  see also homosexuals

  Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), 111, 151, 171

  Gay Callers Association (GCA), 151

  Gay Coalition of Denver, 189

  Gay Community News (Boston), 152

  Gay Community Services Center of Los Angeles (GCSC), 151

  Gay Fest, 238

  Gay Liberation:

  and activism, 106–7, 111, 112, 151, 230

  Christian factor in, 27, 148

  divisiveness within, 106–7, 156

  expansion of, 221, 228

  and fund-raising, 151

  goals of, xxix, 106

  and homophile movement, xxx, 151

  in New Orleans, xxxiii, 122, 221

  and political consciousness, 106–7, 151, 228, 230

  rise of, xxix–xxx

  and use of word “Gay,” 25

  Gay Liberation Front (GLF), 23, 24–25, 122, 154

  Gay People’s Coalition (GPC), xxviii, 174, 196–97, 200–201, 203, 204

  Gay Pride, 27–28, 52–53, 177, 198, 217, 245–46

  “gay recruitment,” 229

  gay-related immune deficiency (GRID), 239

  gay rights, see civil rights

  Gay Student Union, 122

  gay vote network, 235

  Gebbia, Sam, 95–97, 112, 179–80, 185, 192–93, 205

  Gehman, Mary, 122

  gender dysphoria, as medical term, 267

  Gene’s Grill, New Orleans, 42

  Gene’s Hideaway, New Orleans, 10, 41, 42, 45, 46, 161

  Getchell, Floyd, xxxv

  Getchell, Horace, xxxiii, xxxv

  Giarrusso, Clarence, 24, 25

  Giarrusso, Joseph, 24, 241, 242, 243

  Gifford, Alec, 136–37, 147

  Gill, Rev. John:

  and Baril, 114, 129, 201–2

  and gay community, 122, 123

  and MCC of Atlanta, 103, 109, 201

  and MCC of Indiana, 204

  and MCC of New Orleans, 114, 129, 140

  and memorial services, 140, 171, 172

  and Perry, 109, 110, 123, 129

  and Rosenthal, 103, 108–9, 112

  and Up Stairs Lounge fire, 109, 112, 113, 114, 122, 135–36, 201

  Gillespie, Rodney, 88

  Gingrich, Newt, xxvi

  Golding, Jane, 60–61, 211, 226

  Golding, John Thomas Jr., 60, 61, 211, 226

  Golding, John Thomas Sr., xxxiii, 60–61, 102, 211, 226

  Gordon, Gerald Hoyt, xxxiii

  Gosnell, Jeanne, 15

  after the fire, 144–45, 187, 211, 217

  and Boggs, 60, 72, 73, 89, 144–45

  during the fire, 72, 73, 75, 87, 89

  Granet, Henry, 247

  Green, Forest, 164

  Green, Glenn Richard, 36, 66

  duri
ng the fire, 79

  family of, 126, 163–64

  and Scarborough, 15, 79, 163–64, 219

  as victim, xxxiii, 163, 167, 219, 247

  Green, Mahlon, 126

  Green, Richard, 201, 211

  see also Baril, Lucien

  Greenwich Village, Gay Liberation Front in, 23

  GRID (gay-related immune deficiency), 239

  Griego, Mary, 188

  Guarino, Anthony, 224, 226

  Guidry, Jason, 34, 60, 75, 240

  Guidry, Mark Allen, 60

  false lead given to police by, 97, 179

  and Landry, 45–46

  and Nunez, 45–46, 64, 92, 97, 179, 207

  Hall, Bruce, 138

  Hambrick, James Walls, xxxiii, 59, 79, 87, 95, 145, 164–65, 167

  Hamilton Journal-News, 166

  Hannan, Archbishop Philip M.:

  death of, 291

  on human rights, 195

  media pieces written by, xxxii, 194–96

  and Morality in Media, xxxii, 170

  and New Orleans political scene, 123, 241, 242

  and Rault Center fire, xxxv, 159

  and Superdome, 222

  and Up Stairs Lounge fire, xxxiv–xxxv, 131, 159, 195–96

  Hansen’s disease, 56

  Harrington, Rev. John, 25

  Harrington, Kenneth Paul, xxxiii

  Hayward, Frank, 15–16, 91, 146–47, 186

  Heath, Robert, xxxi, 209

  Historic New Orleans Collection, 24, 124

  Hollywood Squares (TV), 63

  “holocaust,” use of term, 195, 199

  Homophile Action League, xxix–xxx

  Homophile Union of Boston, 189

  homosexuals:

  activism by, xxx, 23–25, 37, 52–53, 106–8, 111, 119, 122, 155, 156, 174, 177, 189–90, 196–99, 221–22, 227–33, 235–37, 238, 240–43, 251; see also Gay Liberation

  and AIDS, 239–41, 249, 251

  alternative lifestyle of, 209

  and American Psychiatric Association, xxxi, 202, 209–10

  Anita Bryant’s antihomosexual activities, 229–33

  anonymity sought by, xxxviii, 16, 28–29, 61, 62, 141, 144, 178, 221, 240, 244

  blackmailing of, 17

  brotherhood of, 4, 6, 17–18

  and changing social scene, xxxvi, 6, 29, 121, 139, 173, 221–22, 238–39, 243, 248–49

  children of, xxxiv, 35–36, 62

  civil rights for, xx, xxix, xxx, xxxiii, 24, 54, 130, 168, 173, 210, 228, 229, 235, 241, 243

  in the closet, xix, xxxvi, 16, 28–31, 62, 130; see also closet

  code words for, 16, 17, 25, 26, 52, 118, 133, 137, 242

  coming out voluntarily, xxxvii, 16, 29, 173, 197, 209, 231, 232, 233, 242, 247, 253

  commitment ceremonies of, 4, 27, 35, 67, 181, 182, 248

  as criminals, xxxii, 4, 16, 25, 61, 122, 125, 201, 203–4, 235

  and decriminalization, 253

  discrimination against, xxix, xxxi–xxxii, xxxvi, 9, 16–17, 48–49, 52, 54, 91, 96, 108, 111, 120, 130–31, 136, 138, 139, 146–47, 150, 171, 204, 209, 227, 229, 231, 234, 236, 238, 239, 240–43, 247, 253

  entrepreneurs, 155–56, 169

  families of, 62–63, 124–26, 127–28, 181–83, 188–89, 226

  and feminism, xxix, 122

  “Field Identification Cards” required of, 236

  “gay conversion” experiments on, xxxi, 125, 210, 229

  gay entrepreneurs, 155–57

  gay-on-gay betrayal, 17, 107, 118, 156–57, 204

  history sought by, 242

  and homophile movement, xxx, 151, 189

  homophobia toward, xxviii–xxix, xxx, xxxii, xxxviii, 120–21, 157, 160, 204

  and identity politics, 229

  and immorality, xxvi, 27, 125, 143, 157, 229

  inner struggles of, 245

  involuntary outing of, xxxvi, 16–17, 29, 61, 102, 116, 118, 130, 142–43, 196, 233, 238, 245

  isolation of, 124–25, 126, 154

  job losses by, 48–49, 62, 234

  and the law, 29, 48, 49, 61, 95–96, 111, 204, 221, 242–43, 253

  married to women, xxxiv, 35–36, 60–61, 216–17

  mass arrests of, 23–24, 53, 236

  media stories about, xxv–xxvi, xxvii, xxxii, 29, 110, 117–22, 130–31

  as mental disorder, xxxi, xxxii, 125, 202–3, 209–10, 239

  and the military, xxxiv, 51–52, 104–5, 115, 221, 238–39, 305

  National Day of Mourning, 148–49, 151, 154–55, 157, 169, 171, 177, 231

  “otherness” of, 117

  police harassment of, 228, 236–37, 242

  and politics, xxxvi

  public cruising by, 23, 238

  public festivals for, 221–22

  in public office, xxvii, 17, 49, 133–34, 160, 171

  relationships of, 4; see also specific partners

  and religion, xxv–xxvi, xxxii, 26, 27, 33, 130, 140, 150, 157–60, 163, 168, 194–96

  “rolling a queer,” 53

  and Stonewall, xxix–xxx, 52–53, 107–8, 111, 119, 124, 151, 156, 177, 251

  support groups for, 189–90

  and “tearoom sex,” 13

  terms used in describing, 26, 29, 63, 121, 172, 265, 267

  violence against, 23–24, 53–54, 107–8, 111, 204, 242

  Virtually Normal, 248

  “Homosexuals, The” (TV), xxxii

  “Homosexuals in Revolt” (Life), 110

  Hope, Bob, 222

  Hose, Rev. John, 178

  House of Bultman funeral home, 250

  Houston, gay activism in, 230, 235

  Howard Johnson’s sniper incident (1973), 114, 123, 132, 134, 159

  Howell, Anna Lairson, 21–22, 125, 165–66

  Howell, Troy, 22

  Hudson, Rock, xxvii

  Human Equal Rights for Everyone (HERE), 230–31

  Hurricane Katrina, 162

  Hyde, Edward, 179, 180, 185

  identity politics, 229

  Impact (New Orleans), 134

  “Impossible Dream, The” (song), 189

  International Herald Tribune, 117, 132

  International Trade Mart, New Orleans, 7, 217

  Interview with the Vampire (Rice), 234

  In Unity, 110

  Irish Times, The, 117

  Irwin, Leon III, 133–34, 160, 238

  “Is God Gay?” (Advocate), xxv–xxvi

  ISIS, xviii

  Jackson, Jesse, 130

  Jackson, Johnny, 242

  Jackson Brewery (Jax), 10, 113

  Jacobs, Howard, 11

  Jeff (older man), 47–48, 49

  Jefferson, Thomas, xxvi

  Jefferson, William, 246

  Jimani tavern, New Orleans, 243, 247

  Joan of Arc, statue of, 7

  Jocko (dog), 14

  John, Elton, xxvii

  Johnson, Ben, 133

  Jorgensen, Christine, 226–27

  “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” (hymn), 247

  Justinian code of Rome, xxvi

  Kaposi’s sarcoma, 239

  Kennedy, Rev. Edward, 168, 170, 172

  Kennedy, John F., 7, 159, 217, 218

  Kepner, Jim, 178

  Kernion, Richard, 25

  Kight, Morris:

  and fire victims, 145, 150–51, 167, 171, 178

  and gay activism, 27, 106–7, 111, 131, 136, 148, 151, 178, 198, 228

  and memorial funds, 198, 203–4, 210, 211

  and New Orleans gay businessmen, 156

  and Perry, 110–11, 130, 148, 178

  and Up Stairs Lounge fire, 110–11, 112, 129–30, 131, 135–36, 148, 210

  Killgore, Paul, 18, 127, 128, 169, 172–73, 231, 232, 233

  King, Rev. Martin Luther Jr., 26, 93

  King, Russell, 119

  Kirkwood, James, 8–9

  Kirsch, Katherine, 70

  Krewe of Amen-Ra, 227, 237

  Krewe of Yuga (K.Y.), 50, 53

  Kronenberger, Louis, 30r />
  Kubicki, Henry, 25, 46–49

  and Craighead, 49, 202–3

  and Everett, 5, 49, 115–16, 152, 170

  fired from job, 48, 49

  and Jeff, 47–48, 49

  Marriott job of, 46–47, 49, 89–90, 115, 152, 172

  and MCC, xxv, 26, 32, 35, 37, 246, 249

  and memorial services, 169–70, 172, 173, 249, 250

  memory malfunction of, 192

  and survivors, 246, 249, 250

  and Up Stairs Lounge fire, 115–16, 120, 140

  Ku Klux Klan, xxiii, xxx, 37, 131

  Lafitte, Jean, 9

  Lairson, Anna [Howell], 21–22, 125, 165–66

  Lairson, Dorothy, 21

  Lairson, William Roscoe:

  background of, 21–22

  name change of, 22, 126

  see also Larson, William R.

  Lake Pontchartrain, 9

  Landrieu, Moon, 7, 10, 131–35, 160, 186, 235

  and civil rights, 131, 133

  in Europe, xxxiii, 132, 135, 153, 155, 184

  and gay activism, 24–25, 196–97, 221

  and Human Relations Committee, 123

  reelection of, 204

  statements by, 187

  and Superdome, 222

  and Up Stairs Lounge fire, 114, 131, 132, 134–35, 171, 184, 196–97

  Landry, Donald, 42, 45–46, 193

  La Normandie Bar, New Orleans, 10

  LaPlace, John, 90–91, 102, 117–18, 246

  Larison, Ros (pseud.), 126, 165

  Larson, William R., 20–23

  on afternoon of the fire, 38, 39–40, 59

  cremated remains of, 166, 190, 237, 250

  during the fire, 76, 80–81, 87

  and Everett, 35, 39–40, 165, 166, 167, 222

  and his mother, 21–22, 125, 165–66

  identification of body, 165, 166–67

  loss of, 101, 114, 116, 140, 153, 178, 250

  and MCC founding, 26

  as pastor of MCC of New Orleans, 5, 6, 23, 34–35, 37, 109, 124, 129, 140, 202, 203

  trapped in window, 80–81, 90, 91, 93, 100, 130, 167

  as victim, xxxiii, 182

  Lavender Scare (1950s), 48

  LaVergne, Norman, 162–63

  Lawrence v. Texas, 253

  Lazarus, xxxvii, 178, 250

  LeBlanc, Ferris, xxxiii, 126, 190–91, 219, 225

  LeBlanc, Marilyn, 126, 191

  LeBoeuf, Ronnie, 91, 154

  Ledet, Sister Mary Stephen, 213–15, 216, 218, 252

  Lee, Robert E., monument, 37

  Lee, Vincent, 154

  Lemann, Nicholas, 28

  Lennon, John, 234

  Leone, Sergio, 40, 186

  Lesbian and Gay Community Center, New Orleans, 248

  Lesbian and Gay Political Action Caucus (LAGPAC), 235, 236–37, 241, 242

  lesbians:

  activists, 122, 197, 232, 235, 238

  civil rights for, 228

  discrimination against, xxxi, 242–43

  and feminism, xxix, 122

  and gay male politics, 122

  and MCC, 174, 197

  and Stonewall, 52–53