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Series
PFLAG New Orleans - Expanding the Rainbow
Producing Organization
WHIV-FM
Contributing Organization
WHIV-FM (New Orleans, Louisiana)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-c39ec8b8493
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Description
Episode Description
Frank Perez draws on the LGBTQ archives of Louisiana to discuss upcoming commemmoration event of 50 year anniverary of 1973 arson attack on an upstairs lounge, a LGBTQ French Quarter space. Discussion of local reactions to, and downplaying of the event at the time and of other fires which killed mutliple people yet were under-reported; and difficulties in arranging burials for victims.Comparison to Stonewall and general progress in LGBTQ rights; after the NOLA fire LGBTQ people retreated. Discussion of the upcoming 2023 Pride parade; critique of how Pride has been commodified by corporations;
Series Description
This program supplies information about upcoming events and news that affects the LGBTQ+ Community and the greater community of all mankind.
Broadcast Date
2023-06-15
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Topics
LGBTQ
Social Issues
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:58:31:26
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Credits
Producing Organization: WHIV-FM
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WHIV-FM
Identifier: cpb-aacip-968c4caa637 (Filename)
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Citations
Chicago: “PFLAG New Orleans - Expanding the Rainbow,” 2023-06-15, WHIV-FM, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 23, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-c39ec8b8493.
MLA: “PFLAG New Orleans - Expanding the Rainbow.” 2023-06-15. WHIV-FM, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 23, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-c39ec8b8493>.
APA: PFLAG New Orleans - Expanding the Rainbow. Boston, MA: WHIV-FM, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-c39ec8b8493