Orlando not the first nightclub mass killing of gay people

In 1973, the deadliest fire in the history of New Orleans — a fire-prone city — killed 32 gay men, writes Terry Prone

WHEN Omar Mateen shot dead 49 people in an Orlando nightclub, on June 12, it was the worst mass murder in US history.

It seemed unimaginable that one man could hate gay people that much, or that he could destroy so many lives before losing his own. It was horrific and seemed to be without precedent.