On 6-24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the Upstairs Lounge, a popular gay bar and home to the Metropolitan Community Church in NO French Quarter. Pictured here is the trapped Rev. Bill Larson, an openly gay pastor who led the congregation and provided a safe sanctuary to worship. GalleryOn 6-24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the Upstairs Lounge, a popular gay bar and home to the Metropolitan Community Church in NO French Quarter. Pictured here is the trapped Rev. Bill Larson, an openly gay pastor who led the congregation and provided a safe sanctuary to worship.
Legendary Soviet rockstar Viktor Tsoi of Kino working his day job as a stoker in a Leningrad boiler room, required by law to avoid being prosecuted for ‘parasitism’ (1986) GalleryLegendary Soviet rockstar Viktor Tsoi of Kino working his day job as a stoker in a Leningrad boiler room, required by law to avoid being prosecuted for ‘parasitism’ (1986)
‘We men of Basel are chivalrous and vote ‘yes’ for our women’, Swiss poster issued in support of women’s suffrage, made by Celestino Piatti (1922-2007), 1959 Gallery‘We men of Basel are chivalrous and vote ‘yes’ for our women’, Swiss poster issued in support of women’s suffrage, made by Celestino Piatti (1922-2007), 1959