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Paul Mpagi Sepuya the Los Angeles-based photographer whose work has been featured at the latest Whitney Biennal among other standout exhibitions. The artist is known for his work that puts a spotlight on queer intimacy and the gay community. Sepuya is now doing his part to help rescue a longstanding LGBTQ+ bar, Akbar, in Silver Lake which has been around since 1994. The establishment started a GoFundMe page called Artists for Akbar with a $250,000 USD target to help pay staff alongside other expenses through 2021.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Akbar had to shutter its doors alongside “hundreds of queer businesses are closing,” said the bar on a GoFundMe page. “How many of those queer businesses will be reborn as queer when the pandemic is over? Community matters, safe space matters.”