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She continued to lay out Reginald’s clothes each day, evenĪfter her mother moved in to take care of her.
She could not find Reginald, and searched at Charity Hospital, where the victims were taken, but without success. As she returned she saw the flamesĪnd fire engines were arriving. Some, and also a borrowed hat to be returned. They realized that they did not have enough money for a dinner arrangementĪfterwards, and, having finished her drink, it was Regina who went home to get Regina and Reginald were both at the Up Stairs social on the fatal night. Wear Ricky’s high-school ring, and they shared an apartment in the French Name, but because she was his queen, which is what ‘Regina’ means. It was Reginald who suggested that Ricky become Regina, not so much from his The ambition to become a priest was being abandoned. Theyīecame a couple, one of the few inter-racial gay couples in New Orleans at that Soleto, who did drag acts, and was trying out some feminine personae. At the Up Stairs lounge he had met the still young Ricky Studying at Loyola University in New Orleans, initially with the aim of becomingĪ Jesuit priest. 29 died, and another 18 were injured, of whom three laterĪmong the dead was Reginald Adams, an Afro-American from Dallas who had been Patrons out through the back entrance and to safety. On fire, along with the smell of lighter fluid. Just before 8PM the doorīuzzer from downstairs rang, and the door was opened revealing the stairs to be Religious service on the final day of Pride Weekend. On 24 June, the Metropolitan Community Church was having a social after its The prime suspect is a gay man who had beenĮjected from the bar earlier in the day. The 24 June 1973 arson attack at the Up Stairs Lounge, 141 Chartres Street in Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, the deadliest attack on gay people was