![]() The flags are peppered throughout the city in balconies, bars, and storefronts they are anticipating pride month (June). ![]() There is no shortage of queer visibility in New Orleans, especially in this time of the year. So, over the past few days, in my exploration of the city, I have tried to unravel the city’s unique queerness particularly, in the French Quarter.Īs I gaze out of the window of my room on the fifth floor of Hotel Lafayette, the first thing that grabs my attention is a pride flag hanging from the window of a building, a block away from where we’re staying. While I do not know Rice’s exact intentions with this queer-coding, the quote suggests that the queerness of her vampires moves past just individuals such as Lestat it is “something beyond,” that seems to be submerged in the culture of New Orleans. My first thought, as I reached the last page was: “Wow, this book is so queer!” As someone who identifies as queer, I was vaguely aware of the cult following that the movie adaptation of this book had gathered within gay communities, but I had not anticipated queerness being so explicit in the book. On the third day of my stay at New Orleans, I finished reading Anne Rice’s “Interview with a Vampire” at 2 am, in bed.
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