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title: "Probably the first gay riot in the USA"
date: 2023-04-24
last_modified: 2025-01-04T16:43:01+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-08T12:05:38Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/probably-the-first-gay-riot-in-the-usa-context-en/"
description: "A gay uprising in New Orleans that took place a full 14 years before the Stonewall riots? DOUBLE FEATURE artist Flo Maak and Danish filmmaker Lasse Lau uncover a forgotten history of the LGBT movement in their video work “Hang On, Hang Tight”."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Header_Flo_Maak__Lasse_Lau_hang_on__hang_tight_02.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# Probably the first gay riot in the USA