Mural dedicated to beloved LGBTQ activist in Philadelphia painted over without warning: ‘Really disrespectful’ Muri Assunção © Provided by New York Daily News The wall was once home to a mural of LGBTQ activist and Latinx community icon Gloria Casarez.
Members of the LGBTQ community in Philadelphia are outraged after a mural painted as a tribute to a beloved activist was painted over on Wednesday without any warnings.
Gloria Casarez, Philadelphia’s first director of LGBT affairs, died on Oct. 19, 2014 after a five-year battle against breast cancer. She was 42.
In honor of her legacy, artist Michelle Angela Ortiz created a mural with over 50 of Casarez’s friends and family “as a symbol of Gloria’s experiences reverberating out into the community where she worked,” she said in a statement.
Whitewashing Gloria Casarez mural is a violent act against Philly s LGBTQ community
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Mural of Philly LGBTQ activist painted over with no warnings
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