no better than they, those wet creatures

Ghost Girl (by Kevin Francis Gray)

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Today the Minneapolis city council will hear public comments regarding the effort to overturn the city’s outdated and homophobic bathhouse ban. This policy was enacted in 1988 during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when fear and stigma shaped public policy. Today, we know that public health works best when it is rooted in science and community.

Earlier this spring, I had the honor of being asked to create a series of illustrated posters to help raise community awareness around this ongoing effort. It’s been so satisfying to see them hanging in local bars and community spaces over the past few weeks!

The Minneapolis bathhouse ban is HISTORY!! This past Pride weekend the Bathhouse Repeal Ordinance was signed into law, officially ending the prohibition.

It was an honor to play a small part in this communal effort, spearheaded by folks from the Safer Sex Spaces Coalition and the Aliveness Project. And so cool to see my posters and buttons in local bars, community spaces, and even City Hall!

Endless thanks to all the folks in the Safer Sex Spaces Coalition for all their hard work, and an extra thank you to Dylan & Ezra from the Aliveness Project for bringing me on board!