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Robert W. Fieseler

Bylines

The Return of the Oppressed

On the recovery of queer history long obscured by state censorship.

by Robert W. Fieseler, Katelyn Kimberlin via Public Seminar on March 11, 2026
Enemies of the People

A forgotten race war in McCarthy-era Miami.

by Robert W. Fieseler via Southern Cultures on December 10, 2025
The Fiery Life of Stewart Butler, New Orleans’ Great Gay “Political Animal”

How the city’s pioneering, pot-smoking queer activist rose from the ashes of anti-gay violence.

by Robert W. Fieseler via Slate
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on June 25, 2022

American Scare: Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives

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The aftermath of the UpStairs Lounge fire on June 25, 1973.

50 Years Later, the UpStairs Lounge Fire Is More Important to Remember Than Ever

The arson attack on a New Orleans nightclub was the largest massacre of queer people in 20th-century America—and it remains relevant to our present moment.

by Andrew Sciallo via The Nation on June 22, 2023

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