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• LGBT LATO ARTISTS THREATENED AFTER SAN FRANCIS'S GAY CHOLO CHINO MURAL DEFACED
• GAY CHOLO MURAL GETS FACED SAN FRANCIS AFTER ONLE THREATS
• SAN FRANCIS'S GAY, TRANS CHOLO CHINO MURAL DEFACED — AGA
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• LOVG AND PARTYG AT CHI: 'THE BT LATO GAY BAR' MONTEBELLO
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI

LGBT LATO ARTISTS THREATENED AFTER SAN FRANCIS'S GAY CHOLO CHINO MURAL DEFACED

The mural, which evok classic cholo culture but featur a gay male uple, a lbian uple, a trans man, and the words "Por Vida" ("for life"), is loted on 24th Street the Missn District, an area recently signated the Calle 24 Lato Cultural District.

The mural was found vered wh spray pat Tuday morng, wh vandals crossg out the gay and lbian upl' fac and the text wh blue and red pat. "In that same statement, Galeria la Raza executive director Ani Rivera amed the vandalism and social media harassment as "remrs that homophobia is alive and well our muni; however, we will not let thrive. "I know there is gay Latos but to have gay cholos is unheard of, " wrote one Instagram menter.

"I say this wh no tent of 'homophobia' or 'cyber attackg' as you stated on your webse.

GAY CHOLO MURAL GETS FACED SAN FRANCIS AFTER ONLE THREATS

"It's hard to be gay and lbian and still be this Chino culture, " says Pl. " Judgg by the heated discsn onle among those upset by the mural's existence, Rivera says Por Vida seems to have stck a nerve for people who fe cholo culture as "hard" and "macho" -- and never "gay.

" While stg outsi the gallery as the mural was first beg stalled, Rivera says she wnsed a variety of reactns, but most of the negative ments were directed at the gay uple picted. Past works of art have addrsed police btaly, gentrifitn, and the qualy of lol Pulls a CharlottvilleBut ’s the latt mural, which picts gay, lbian, and transgenr “cholos, ” that has the gallery behd the mural fearg for the safety of the artist and his mural was officially unveiled on Saturday. “Keep that bullsh the Castro, ” wrote one Instagram er, referrg to the cy’s historilly gay plaed the mural was accurate bee openly LGBT people were not accepted lol gangs and the lowrir scene San Francis.

“This is the first time we’ve had extremely homophobic rpons and I thk ’s part of the gentrifitn that’s happeng the muny. The mural, which evok classic cholo culture but featur a gay male uple, a lbian uple, a trans man, and the words "Por Vida" ("for life") was found Sunday morng vered black spray pat, echog the blue and red pat found scrawled across the fac of s subjects one week ago. "This patg don't make any sense, gay cholos don't exist the missn and never have...

SAN FRANCIS'S GAY, TRANS CHOLO CHINO MURAL DEFACED — AGA

1434936656Such reactns and heated discsns onle have led Rivera to nclu that Por Vida has stck a nerve for people who fe cholo culture as "hard" and "macho" but never gay, she told The Advote.

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She said the vandalism clearly appears to her as anti-LGBT hate, sce she's seen no other murals faced the area and the vandals did not leave any signature "tags, " stead jt scribblg across the figur' add that when she heard passersby ment on the mural as was first beg stalled, most of the negative ments were directed at the gay uple picted, wh no negative reactns to the two women or the trans man.

Galeria do not ndone actns of hate, vlence and homophobia and is dited to ntug to promote unrstandg and tolerance through peaceful means.

LOVG AND PARTYG AT CHI: 'THE BT LATO GAY BAR' MONTEBELLO

Homosexualy is legal, although a vaguely-word 2013 law prohibs the promotn of ‘non-tradnal’ relatnships. As such, gay travellers are advised agast overt displays of their sexualy. That said, the vast majory of viss rema trouble-ee, even for visors who equent the cy’s ls-than-secret gay bar and club bt hotels MoswThe historic exterr of the Hotel Metropol, facg the ternatnally-celebrated Bolshoi Theatre and close to many of the other ma thgs to do Mosw, is nothg pared to s sumptuo terrs.

The rpeted terrs give this stay a homely ambience, which marri well wh breakfast – which is served your CrewiRemend hotels Gay Mosw - Mosw. D’s Cocktail Lounge, a most bar largely off the gay-dar, loted a Montebello mi-mall.

The bar drew a lol Mexin-Amerin clientele, a smatterg of self-intifyg gay men and women, trans women and drag queens, and heterosexuals havg a flg wh someone not their signifint other.

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Sokol, a TV producer, was enmhed the gay/art/mp/rock band scene of Echo Park and Silver Lake, as was I. Owned by the proprietor of the gay vaquero dance club, Tempo, the Sre had a long, queer past. It was once a gay bar lled The Keyhole, the ont door surround by a large, woon keyhole shape (that remaed when was the Sre and beyond) day, Sokol lled and told me that he and Licón had bought the bar but didn’t know what to ll .

I thought about Montebello, about queerns and reprentatn, and how sire uld be ptured while avoidg the clichés of so much homoerotic imagery.

I wanted imag for Chi that were aimed at a predomantly gay Lato male dience, athetilly rmed by neighborhoods like Montebello, largely workg and middle class. In the neighborhoods, mascule male erotic sire (both homo and heterosexual) is generally embodied wh an array of archetyp, cludg the homeboy/gangster, the jock and the chal, a term mon Mexi for a mascule young man who might have sex wh other men, but who don’t bear mon queer tras or terts.