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During Mardi Gras 1973 Stewart Butler 19302020 fell in love with Alfred Doolittlea wealthy socialite and schizophrenic from San Francisco Their relationship was an improbable love story that changed the course of LGBTQ history With Doolittles money Butler was able to retire and devote his life to political activism in the cause of queer liberation A survivor of the horrific Up Stairs Lounge arson Butler was a founding member of the first statewide lesbian and gay rights organization in Louisiana and an early champion for transgender rights playing a key role in the eightyear struggle to persuade PFLAG to become the first national LGBTQ organization to include trans people in its mission statement