“Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Kills Artists, Queers, Weirdos, Dreamers and Dreams”
This article provides an in depth look at the lives of several LGBTQ community members who lost their lives in this tragic fire and a discussion of the importance of spaces like ghost ship to our queer communities.
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“LGBTQ Community Mourns ‘Family’ Lost in Oakland Ghost Ship Fire”
“The LGBTQ community has been especially impacted by the realization that many who attended the ill-fated event on Friday identified as queer or transgender….While NBC Out was unable to confirm the LGBTQ status of several of the missing and deceased, five queer or transgender people have been confirmed among them.”
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“It Could Have Been Any One of Us”
“And yet for many of us, these spaces are what have kept us alive. In a world that demands its inhabitants to be a certain way, think a certain way, or live a certain way, we gravitate to the spaces that say: Welcome. Be yourself. For the tormented queer, the bullied punk, the beaten trans, the spat-upon white trash, the disenfranchised immigrants and young people of color, these spaces are a haven of understanding in a world that doesn’t understand — or can’t, or doesn’t seem to want to try.” – Gabe Meline
Read the full article on KQED