UpStairs Lounge arson attack
1973 arson attack on a gay bar in New Orleans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The UpStairs Lounge arson attack, sometimes called the UpStairs Lounge Fire, occurred on June 24, 1973, at a gay bar called the UpStairs (or Up Stairs) Lounge located on the 2nd floor of the 3-story building at 604 Iberville Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States.[2] 32 people died and 15 were injured as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.[3] The official cause is still listed as "undetermined origin".[4] The primary suspect, a gay man with a history of psychiatric impairment named Roger Dale Nunez who had been ejected from the bar earlier in the day, was never charged and died by suicide in November 1974.[5][6][7]
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Part of violence against LGBT people in the United States | |
Location | 604 Iberville Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.[1] |
Coordinates | 29.9535°N 90.0675°W / 29.9535; -90.0675 |
Date | June 24, 1973 7:56 – 8:12 p.m. (CDT) |
Attack type | Arson, mass murder, androcide |
Deaths | 32 |
Injured | 15 |
Perpetrators | Unknown |
Motive | Unknown |
Until the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, in which 49 people were murdered, the UpStairs Lounge arson attack was the deadliest attack on a gay club in U.S. history.