NEW ORLEANS -- The fleur de lis is a symbol that is deeply ingrained in Louisiana's history. Seen in architecture, the state flag and on the helmets of the Saints, it's everywhere. But while it is now ...

Not long after Frank Perez’s book “In Exile: The History and Lore Surrounding New Orleans Gay Culture and Its Oldest Bar” was published in 2012, the New Orleans historian was sitting in Cafe Lafitte ...

“Rainbow Fleur de Lis: Essays on Queer New Orleans History” by Frank Perez, University of Mississippi Press, 240 pages Pride Month arrives this year with a much-needed queer-centered history of New ...

The Confederate flag is down. Will Louisiana's fleur-de-lis be the next to go? That's the question posed by some in New Orleans, who point to the emblem's previous connections to slavery as the reason ...