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- ↑ Stack, Liam (14 June 2016). "Before Orlando Shooting, an Anti-Gay Massacre in New Orleans Was Largely Forgotten". The New York Times.
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- ↑ Conerly, Jennifer. "Upstairs Lounge Arson, 1973: Aftermath". New Orleans Historical.
- ↑ Fieseler, Robert W. (1 October 2020). "Soldier in a Tinderbox: Ferris LeBlanc, World War II, and the Up Stairs Lounge Fire". The National WWII Museum | New Orleans.
- ↑ McLeod, Jerry (10 June 2015). "Family solves mystery after learning uncle died in infamous Up Stairs Lounge Fire 40-plus years ago in New Orleans". NOLA.com. The Times-Picayune.
- ↑ "Unknown Victim of Deadly 1973 Arson in Gay Bar Finally Identified". www.advocate.com.
- ↑ Carney, Brian T. (9 February 2017). "Deadly 1973 hate crime recalled in new documentary". www.washingtonblade.com.
- ↑ Barlow, Seth Eli (17 August 2016). "Seven to watch". Arkansas Times.
- ↑ Agresta, Michael (10 November 2015). "'Upstairs Inferno' a Harrowing Look Back at LGBT Life in the South". The Texas Observer.