# Upstairs Lounge Arson Fire

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Podcast: [Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-angry-neighborhood-feminist-878372)
Published: 2026-06-29T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

To close out Pride Month 2026, in this episode, Madigan tells the tragic story of the Upstairs Lounge arson fire in New Orleans in 1973, known as the deadliest attack on a gay establishment until the events at the Pulse nightclub in 2016. Upstairs Inferno Documentary https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3088882/ Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist JOIN ME ON PATREON!! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Other Sources: https://time.com/4365509/the-horror-upstairs/ https://thejimani.com/the-upstairs-lounge/ https://www.nola.com/news/traffic/upstairs-lounge-fire-provokes-powerful-memories-40-years-later/article_6fdbbf33-84eb-5136-aeaf-3d51e75cd8a8.html https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/article_46a29642-5c77-5c98-8d59-2f0d3e012bd3.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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