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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.
"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.