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Community mourns after developer abruptly paints over mural of late activist TODAY 12/28/2020 Alyssa Newcomb
For the last five years, a mural of the late community activist Gloria Casarez has stood as a beacon of hope and representation on South 12th Street in Philadelphia s Gayborhood, an area located in the heart of the city.
Casarez, who was Philadelphia s first director of LGBTQ affairs, died of cancer in 2014. She was 42. A lot of us gathered (by the mural) to be close to Gloria after she left. It was a place where you could feel like you were being looked at by Gloria and feel safe and be in this space, Erme Maula, who has lived in the community for the last 30 years and knew Casarez, told TODAY.
Community mourns after developer paints over mural of late LGBTQ activist Alyssa Newcomb
For the last five years, a mural of the late community activist Gloria Casarez has stood as a beacon of hope and representation on South 12th Street in Philadelphia s Gayborhood, an area located in the heart of the city.
Casarez, who was Philadelphia s first director of LGBTQ affairs, died of cancer in 2014. She was 42. A lot of us gathered (by the mural) to be close to Gloria after she left. It was a place where you could feel like you were being looked at by Gloria and feel safe and be in this space, Erme Maula, who has lived in the community for the last 30 years and knew Casarez, told TODAY.