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The Gay ‘Green Book’ Is Going Online
Users can watch locations appear and disappear by clicking through the map from year to year: The number of sites listed in the Pacific Northwest more than triples between 1965 and 1972. Meanwhile, one of the accepted sites from early-1970s New Orleans, the Upstairs Lounge, disappears from the blueprint in 1975.
Another section of the site hosts short histories of some of the sites on the map, written by Gonzaba and CSUF graduate students. Here, users can learn the heartbreaking reason behind the disappearance of the Upstairs Lounge: On the evening of June 24, 1973, an arsonist position fire to the building while dozens of patrons were gathered inside enjoying Sunday drink specials. Thirty-two people died as a result of the fire. The attack was the deadliest known assault on a lgbtq+ club until the 2016 Pulse shooting in Orlando, Florida.
There are cheerier histories, too, appreciate that of the Paramount Steak Residence in Washington D.C. The popular restaurant opened in 1948 and began catering to the gay community sometime in the 1950s. Unlike most sites listed in Damron’s old address books, this one is still around today. More than seventy years a
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You might be familiar with the six-colored rainbow flag that is widely used to represent the LGBTQ+ community. But did you know that this is a relatively new rendition of the original?
The original flag (shown here) was designed by activist, veteran, drag queen, and artist, Gilbert Baker, and made its debut at the San Francisco Queer and Lesbian Freedom Day Pride in 1978. He was inspired by the Rolling Stones ballad She’s a Rainbow, and the 1960s hippies movement, assigning each color with a specific meaning:
Pink: Sex (later removed)
Red: Life
Orange: Healing
Yellow: Sunlight
Green: Nature
Turquoise: Magic (later removed)
Indigo: Serenity
Violet: Spirit
The evolution to the six-colored flag used today happened out of practicality.
After the pride in 1978, demand for the Pride Flag increased, but the hot pink fabric was complex to find in large quantities. Then, the Paramount Flag Organization started making a version out of the standard rainbow colors to help meet demand, and a seven-color pride flag was the new norm.
A year later, the flag evolved once more…