STORY: At Lafitte’s Bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the bar was made of thick old bayou cypress planks polished by thousands of...

STORY: 1979 - The crowds were still in full force around the stage for the Bourbon Street Awards and the only space available was under...

COMMENTARY: Every year, the NYC LGBTQ Pride parade falls on the anniversary of the fire at the Upstairs Lounge in New Orleans in 1973,...

STORY: 1982—Max was at work at the point station, his head down deep into the jockey box scooping up ice in the cups taking orders three...

STORY: Sunday was my favorite day to go out. Friday and Saturday shifts were over. I could go out on my own down to the Quarter and hang...

STORY: Louis had vanished. I looked for him, but he kept out of the bars, strange hours, whatever jobs he picked up. Saw Jeff again, who...