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Dazed teamed up with activist group Illuminator to project the message ‘Trans women are women’ and ‘Trans men are men’ onto the side of the Ministry of Justice.

We are working hard on our upcoming anthology, Queer Poets Write About Nature. Here’s a first look at artwork by the featured artist, Maximiliano Clipper.

Nadia Myre, Indian Act

“the gay community was never racist”

Around the same time, the Asian Lesbian and Gay Alliance (ALGA) conducted an informal study of various S.F. gay bars. One of the organizers later recalled, “White guys could sail through with no restrictions, but once color was added to the mix, the barriers went up.” The Midnight Sun and Castro Station were Castro bars particularly notable for their anti-Asian discriminatory practices. When confronted, the owners rationalized their multiple ID policies by claiming that it was difficult to visually discern Asian men’s age.ALGA picketed the Midnight Sun, attracting media coverage with placards such as“Discrimination in the Gay Community Demeans Us All.” During a KPFA radio debate,one participant recalled a bar owner claiming, “Your people don’t drink,” and “It’s a cruise bar; we would lose other clientele because they don’t want to cruise your type.”