“Southern Decadence” Cancelled

This organization scheduled its annual "Southern Decadence" event for Wednesday, August 31 through Monday, September 5, 2005. Its Web Site proclaims that this will be "Southern Decadence XXXIV in New Orleans -- A celebration of Gay Life, Music & Culture." Similar bashes are held in New Orleans with a "Gay Easter Parade" and "Gay Halloween" and "Gay Mardi-Gras" (this one scheduled next for February 24-28, 2006). The last "Southern Decadence" held in New Orleans in 2004 drew, so it is reported,...