Saturday, March 26

2:30 – 3:45 PM

QUEER HISTORY IN FOCUS: COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO TRAGEDY AND DISCRIMINATION
This panel is a retrospective discussion of the LGBTQ+ Movement in the South from the 1960s to the 1990s. Focusing on three prominent eras—the fallout of the 1973 Upstairs Lounge fire, the persecution of queer New Orleanian Clay Shaw, and the rise and fall of the Sweet Gum Head club in queer Atlanta—this discussion will focus on how the community responded to each of these seismic shifts. Panelists include moderator Robert Panelists: Alecia P. Long, Martin Padgett, and Frank Perez. Moderator: Robert W. Fieseler.

Sponsored by the LGBTQ+ Fund of the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

Hotel Monteleone, Lobby Level, Royal B

Sunday, March 27

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM—Reading Series

SAINTS AND SINNERS: WRITERS READ

Sponsored by the John Burton Harter Foundation

Take the rare opportunity to hear authors in their own voice. This highlighted Festival event has authors share their vivid imaginations with their new creations, or revisiting a past work that holds special meaning. Please join us in welcoming: Daniel W.K. Lee, Robert W. Fieseler, Elizabeth Gross, Jan Edwards Hemming, James Magruder, Eric Nguyen, and Felice Picano for this year’s mix of established and exciting new writers.

Hotel Monteleone, Lobby Level, Royal D