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That’s what Claude taught us.” Unsurprisingly, Per Sia’s crowd work was on point throughout her reading of \u003cem>We Are All Connected\u003c/em> by Gabi Garcia and Natalia Jimenez Osorio, sharing the mic — and many fist bumps —with enthralled kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The children’s joy felt especially appropriate for Claude’s final big celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Claude] was a steady presence, teaching my children without words about curiosity, about respect for living things and about the joy of simply observing the world as it is,” California State Assemblymember Catherine Stefani noted from the stage. “In a city full of icons, Claude became one of the most beloved without ever seeking the spotlight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985556\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00718_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A young Black man with frizzy hair pushed back in a headband smiles and holds a children's book with an alligator on the front. 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In part, she read:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Difference lived within his body,\u003cbr>\nvisible, undeniable, true,\u003cbr>\nnot something to correct or hide,\u003cbr>\nbut something held and valued too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a city that shelters the uncommon,\u003cbr>\nthat gathers what the world lets go,\u003cbr>\nClaude became its living emblem,\u003cbr>\nproof that care can let things grow.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Claude Forever was also a catalyst for humor. During the closest moment to a traditional eulogy, Senior Director of Steinhart Aquarium Bart Shepherd had crowds cracking up. Among his alligator anecdotes was a highly amusing tale about the battle to recover a 12-year-old girl’s shoe after Claude swallowed it — all while a fire alarm was going off. Shepherd brought the recovered ballet flat with him as proof of the episode. “As you can imagine,” he said, “it’s no small feat to get a shoe out of an alligator.” [aside postid='arts_13978366']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More laughs erupted at the Claude costume contest that followed. First, adorable kids under 12 paraded, many wearing brand-new Claude hoodies complete with hoods shaped like his head. Grown-ups showed up in their best Claude finery too. One contest participant, Angela Chung, dressed up as Claude in heaven, complete with gold mask for Mardi Gras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985557\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00531_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A little girl wearing all white stands smiling, holding a stuffed white alligator as an Asian woman with a microphone smiles adoringly next to her. Children watch on from the sidelines.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00531_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00531_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00531_TV_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00531_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">11-year-old Esmeralda Dominguez (center left) gets excited after Dion Lim (right) announces her a winner during the costume contest at ‘Claude Forever.’ Dominguez made a party hat for her beloved Claude stuffy on his last birthday. She wore her own hand-made Claude headwear for the contest. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chung, who grew up in Fremont and attended her Washington High School prom at the Academy, loved Claude for his vulnerabilities. “I think he’s so special and unique,” she told KQED. “He was born with a condition that, if he was in the wild, he would have not survived. He was too delicate for this world. I feel like, in a way, we can all relate — the world is very harsh. That’s how I relate to him. I’m glad that he found a home at the Academy and people all around the world could come and see him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13984799']Costume contest winner Mark Mezak — who wore a papier-mache Claude head, white ankle boots, pearls and a parasol — also saw the beloved alligator as a great uniter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s something we all share in common as people who visit the Academy,” Mezak told KQED. “He’s also exothermic, which means he regulates his temperature based on his environment. Our actions affect the environment and how others can thrive and survive. So I think he represents how we’re all connected to each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985558\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00619_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00619_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00619_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00619_TV_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00619_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Mezak (center) smiles at fellow contestant Aliya after they both won prizes for their costumes at ‘Claude Forever’ at Golden Gate Park on Jan. 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the funniest moments of the contest was when bubbly host Dion Lim asked for pets in costume to step forward. When none did, a woman casually wandered to the stage with her costume-less dog. “We have a white dog, everyone!” Lim declared. The owner of Maizie the white dog quipped back, “He’s been preparing for this moment his whole life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other speakers at Claude Forever included State Senator Scott Wiener and Cal Academy’s Executive Director Scott Sampson. District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar and Recreation and Parks General Manager Sarah Madland also jointly announced the renaming of a street near the Academy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>An estimated two thousand Bay Area residents flocked to San Francisco on Sunday, Jan. 18 to celebrate the life of Claude, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/tag/california-academy-of-sciences\">California Academy of Sciences\u003c/a>’ iconic albino alligator. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065763/claude-beloved-albino-alligator-at-sfs-cal-academy-dead-at-30\">Claude died last month\u003c/a> at 30 years old after he was diagnosed with liver cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A free event at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/golden-gate-park\">Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>’s Bandshell\u003cem>, \u003c/em>Claude Forever: A Celebration of Life featured speakers, a costume contest and a jazz funeral led by the uplifting \u003ca href=\"https://mjsbrassboppersband.com/\">MJ’s Brass Boppers\u003c/a> — in honor of Claude’s origins in Louisiana, where he was hatched. Ultimately, though, the memorial was San Francisco through and through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985569\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00304_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00304_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00304_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00304_TV_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00304_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sister H Ivy Positive (left) and Novice Sister Lolly GaggN (right) from Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence attend the memorial of Claude, the albino alligator who lived at California Academy of Sciences, at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re out here today to celebrate Claude,” said Sister T’aint A Virgin, who was one of five \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a> in attendance. “He stood for the inclusion and the diversity that San Francisco is famous for, and that’s the heart blood of our city. He was living his life boldly and out loud. As a fellow animal that paints their face in white, I figured it was the best opportunity to show up and show out for community as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985560\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00231_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00231_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00231_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00231_TV_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/260118-claudeforever00231_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notes remembering Claude, on show at Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Children in attendance had plenty of amusements, with tables for crafts and face painting. Most delightfully of all, there was a special storytime hosted by new \u003cem>Reading Rainbow\u003c/em> host \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13981893/reading-rainbow-returns-host-mychal-threets\">Mychal Threets \u003c/a>and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13983135/per-sia-san-francisco-new-drag-laureate\">Drag Laureate Per Sia\u003c/a>. In the midst of his reading of \u003cem>Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator\u003c/em> by Emma Bland Smith, Threets led his young charges in a chant of “How different, how wonderful!” before emphasizing: “We all belong. That’s what Claude taught us.” Unsurprisingly, Per Sia’s crowd work was on point throughout her reading of \u003cem>We Are All Connected\u003c/em> by Gabi Garcia and Natalia Jimenez Osorio, sharing the mic — and many fist bumps —with enthralled kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The children’s joy felt especially appropriate for Claude’s final big celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Marco Rubio — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/5/rubio-to-mlb-dodgers-aren-t-inclusive-and-welcoming-to-christians\">called the Sisters an “anti-Catholic group” in a letter\u003c/a> to Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred — the Dodgers were formally disinviting the Sisters from their 10th annual Pride Night, and rescinding a Community Hero Award to the group due to “the strong feelings of people who have been offended.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Backlash from the Sisters and their many supporters was immediate, especially given the rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927432/drag-up-fight-back-protest-san-francisco-trans-lgbtq\">criminalization of drag performance\u003c/a> in red states. Sister Roma, one of the more prominent San Francisco nuns, spoke with KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara about this fraught moment for LGBTQ+ rights and what queer people, trans people and allies can do to fight back. \u003cem>— Nastia Voynovskaya \u003c/em>[aside postid='news_11946030']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This interview has been edited for length and clarity\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Juan Carlos Lara: \u003c/b>What was your initial reaction to the news that the Dodgers were rescinding their invitation and award to the Sisters’ LA chapter?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sister Roma:\u003c/strong> I was completely shocked and disappointed. The Dodgers had made such a great decision to recognize a time-tested, honored and beloved queer organization that started here in San Francisco in 1979. And then for them to so quickly cave to the far-rightwing extremists, the pseudo-Christian websites and people on Twitter who basically just weaponized their religion as a way to practice discrimination, oppression and hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They literally caved in to Marco Rubio, of all people, in Florida — which, I mean, let’s be honest, Florida is pretty much \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fascisms-history-offers-lessons-about-todays-attacks-on-education/\">turning into a fascist state\u003c/a>. He had to stick his nose in it and protest. It was just ridiculous how quickly it blew up. People who don’t understand who the Sisters are complained to the Dodgers. And they caved in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Alex U. Inn, Juanita MORE!, Sister Roma and Honey Mahogany speak at the ‘Drag Up! Fight Back!’ rally at Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday, April 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What do you think is at the core of this backlash? And what do you think the right is getting wrong about the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily here in San Francisco, most people are familiar with the Sisters. Since our inception, the Sisters have been leaders and protectors of the queer community, but also all civil rights. We have always stood for women, people of color, the trans community. You’ll see us out on the holidays feeding hungry, unhoused people. You’ll see us sitting and ministering with the sick and hospices. We support queer art. We donate 95% of the hundreds of thousands of dollars that we raise directly back to the community. We are pretty well recognized here, and we have orders all over the world, and sisters in their communities are becoming well known.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would have thought that Los Angeles — it’s supposed to be a strong, liberal part of our blue state. And for those people to have such knee-jerk reactions — they see the name, they see the makeup. Immediately, people jump on the bandwagon that we’re mocking nuns, we’re making fun of Catholics or mocking religion, and we’re mocking God. None of that is true. We really are nuns. We do the work of nuns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The things that the sisters have an issue with is people who take the scripture and choose to interpret it in a way to discriminate against people who they disagree with and don’t like. Basically, a drag queen, a queer person, a trans person — they are weaponizing their religion against us, and they’re taking their personal beliefs to the polls. And as we can see across Florida, Tennessee, Texas, they’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights\">passing legislation\u003c/a> that is basically outlawing and criminalizing queer people, trans people and drag queens. Those are the people that the Dodgers decided to listen to. It’s insane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-800x517.jpg\" alt=\"A man with a spiked, rainbow beard wears Dodgers gear. \" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-800x517.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-1020x659.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-768x497.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Carta celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Night hosted by LA Pride and the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on June 11, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>( Jerritt Clark/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Given the backlash, do you think queer and trans people benefit from events like the LA Dodgers’ Pride Night? What do you think is the the significance of these events?\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, it’s impossible to underestimate the importance of high-profile Pride events. To be honest with you, some of our community has become very complacent. There’s even a little bit of a snide attitude towards Pride because we’ve become so used to the fact that we’ve had Pride in San Francisco for, like, 50 years. People really take it for granted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, there may be corporatization of Pride, there may be a lot of pink-washing. People stick a rainbow on their product. That is true. But it can also be true at the same time that we have huge, large public gatherings where we celebrate our uniqueness, our queerness, our transness, where we come together as a community, we show the world that we’re not the awful things that they’re using to describe us. We’re not all sick and dying of AIDS. We’re not all perverts, we’re not all groomers. None of that is true. We are a beautiful, vibrant, colorful community. We’re filled with love. We’re proud of who we are. We’re proud of the accomplishments we’ve made. And it’s really important for the Dodgers to recognize and celebrate the queer community, a lot of whom are Dodgers fans. 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The Dodgers have been doing this for 10 years. Luckily, here in San Francisco, the Giants have been doing projects since the ’90s, and I have talked to the Giants and I know for a fact that the Giants are 1000% committed to continuing their Pride Night celebration. And we’re planning something very special to celebrate and remember Heklina, one of our drag icons we lost this year. [aside postid='arts_13927233']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Some groups like the \u003ca href=\"https://lalgbtcenter.org/about-the-center/press-releases/statement-the-los-angeles-lgbt-center-removes-itself-from-the-dodgers-pride-night-following-the-exclusion-of-the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence\">LA LGBT Center\u003c/a> and an \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2023-05-17/dodgers-wont-honor-sisters-perpetual-indulgence-lgbtq-pride-night\">LA County Supervisor\u003c/a> have already said that they’re not planning to attend Pride Night anymore, given the Dodgers recent decision. Are you hoping that other groups follow suit? What are you hoping happens to their Pride Night right now?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honestly, we need more people to step up and speak out. I’ve seen a lot of people talking about, “Should I sell my ticket? I’m not going. No one should go.” And I do also understand the people who want to celebrate this night because they see it as a victory for our community, regardless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can’t tell anybody what to do. But definitely let your voices be heard. If you support the Sisters and you think the Dodgers, as much as you love them, have made a mistake, let them know. Perhaps something could even happen at the game. Maybe people should dress up in nun drag and put on some wild makeup and some wigs, and they should have a whole cheering section. That would be amazing. We’ll see. 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And then for them to so quickly cave to the far-rightwing extremists, the pseudo-Christian websites and people on Twitter who basically just weaponized their religion as a way to practice discrimination, oppression and hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They literally caved in to Marco Rubio, of all people, in Florida — which, I mean, let’s be honest, Florida is pretty much \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fascisms-history-offers-lessons-about-todays-attacks-on-education/\">turning into a fascist state\u003c/a>. He had to stick his nose in it and protest. It was just ridiculous how quickly it blew up. People who don’t understand who the Sisters are complained to the Dodgers. And they caved in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/D7A7432-1020x680-1.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Alex U. Inn, Juanita MORE!, Sister Roma and Honey Mahogany speak at the ‘Drag Up! 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We are pretty well recognized here, and we have orders all over the world, and sisters in their communities are becoming well known.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would have thought that Los Angeles — it’s supposed to be a strong, liberal part of our blue state. And for those people to have such knee-jerk reactions — they see the name, they see the makeup. Immediately, people jump on the bandwagon that we’re mocking nuns, we’re making fun of Catholics or mocking religion, and we’re mocking God. None of that is true. We really are nuns. We do the work of nuns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The things that the sisters have an issue with is people who take the scripture and choose to interpret it in a way to discriminate against people who they disagree with and don’t like. Basically, a drag queen, a queer person, a trans person — they are weaponizing their religion against us, and they’re taking their personal beliefs to the polls. And as we can see across Florida, Tennessee, Texas, they’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights\">passing legislation\u003c/a> that is basically outlawing and criminalizing queer people, trans people and drag queens. Those are the people that the Dodgers decided to listen to. It’s insane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-800x517.jpg\" alt=\"A man with a spiked, rainbow beard wears Dodgers gear. \" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-800x517.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-1020x659.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398-768x497.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1323156398.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Carta celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Night hosted by LA Pride and the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on June 11, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>( Jerritt Clark/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Given the backlash, do you think queer and trans people benefit from events like the LA Dodgers’ Pride Night? 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We are a beautiful, vibrant, colorful community. We’re filled with love. We’re proud of who we are. We’re proud of the accomplishments we’ve made. And it’s really important for the Dodgers to recognize and celebrate the queer community, a lot of whom are Dodgers fans. 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The Dodgers have been doing this for 10 years. Luckily, here in San Francisco, the Giants have been doing projects since the ’90s, and I have talked to the Giants and I know for a fact that the Giants are 1000% committed to continuing their Pride Night celebration. And we’re planning something very special to celebrate and remember Heklina, one of our drag icons we lost this year. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A blindfolded burlesque performer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CKkMPTpJdba/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strikes a pose\u003c/a> before the Golden Gate bridge. A San Jose knife thrower is \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CJJ5wm-pnJ4/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pinned to a target\u003c/a> by one of his own swords. A proud Aztec \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbc_m_JI80/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">woman sits astride a cheetah\u003c/a>, headdress on, incense in hand. They’re all real people from around the Bay Area—and now they’re all cards in Melina Alexa Ramirez’s new tarot deck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez has spent the last 14 months painstakingly designing and drawing the 78 cards, before passing them to her creative partner, Eric Ipsen, for inking. As the resident artist for, and occasional performer with, San Jose’s monthly \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Circusofsin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Circus of Sin\u003c/a> burlesque and variety show, Ramirez wanted the deck to honor the artists who lost their stages during the pandemic. Specifically, those who “are proud of their queerness, unapologetically nerdy [or] give a middle finger to oppressive morality and norms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resulting illustrations are a vibrant presentation of burlesque and drag performers, musicians, dancers, DJs and other creatives from around the Bay Area. One of Ramirez’s favorites is the Five of Wands. “This image of Tamara Mozahuani Alvarado holding her daughter’s hand, as they’re wearing their Aztec dance regalia, is just so sweet,” she says. “It really captures the arts and culture I experienced growing up in San Jose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CNfdsoppa6X/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez, 31, and Ipsen, 47—a freelance cinematographer and illustrator from Redwood City—first met on Valentine’s Day in 2017. Circus of Sin had asked Ipsen to film a performance that night, and he soon became a regular at the monthly shows; he and Ramirez kept running into each other at mutual friends’ parties. “It was at one of these parties that I told him I was also an illustrator,” Ramirez recalls, “and he geeked out with me over art supplies and techniques.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez’s concept began with a single portrait of a photographer friend as The Fool card, “just for fun.” She was quickly commissioned to make five more cards for other people. At that point, her friend Donny Mirassou, a trans drag king, encouraged her to make a whole deck reflecting their community. And once COVID hit, Ramirez realized it was just the creative outlet she needed—particularly as a means to take her mind off the stresses of her day job at a funeral home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I cannot tell you how many times I cried and worried about things that were out of my control as I was doing this project,” Ramirez tells KQED Arts. “But seeing positive reactions to the work kept me going and seemed to make people happy. I didn’t want to let anyone down. I was determined to finish what I started, even though it was really hard sometimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13896629\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/mores-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1584\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/mores-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/mores-800x495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/mores-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/mores-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/mores-768x475.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/mores-1536x951.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/mores-2048x1267.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/mores-1920x1188.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More cards from the deck designed by Melina Alexa Ramirez. \u003ccite>(Instagram / @spanishforocean)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At one point last summer, Ramirez was so consumed with the idea of her own mortality, she made Ipsen promise to complete the deck if anything happened to her. “He was the only person I could trust completely with this beast of a project,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13891898']“It was early on, when there were still so many unknowns about the pandemic,” Ipsen says now. But Ramirez’s fear, he says, helped them develop a more efficient way of working. “During the early [days], our roles were a lot less defined. So I suggested Melina work ahead as much as possible, getting the basic concept sketches locked down while I handled the more mundane technical aspects like backgrounds and other details. I thought that would ensure some continuity in the event that I had to take over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though each card was originally planned, painted and inked in black and white, Ramirez recently made the decision to digitally color the images. “Our dear friend Wednesday Hendrix specifically asked for a rainbow on her card—the Ten of Cups—and I couldn’t deprive her of that,” Ramirez says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896617\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13896617\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Meline-and-Eric-800x743.jpg\" alt=\"Melina Alexa Ramirez and Eric Ipsen included themselves in the tarot deck as the Eight of Pentacles and the Hermit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Meline-and-Eric-800x743.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Meline-and-Eric-1020x947.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Meline-and-Eric-160x149.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Meline-and-Eric-768x713.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Meline-and-Eric-1536x1426.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Meline-and-Eric-2048x1901.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Meline-and-Eric-1920x1782.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melina Alexa Ramirez and Eric Ipsen included themselves in the tarot deck as the Eight of Pentacles and the Hermit. \u003ccite>(Instagram / @spanishforocean)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The color just adds a whole new dimension to it,” Ipsen adds. “For the most part, Melina has kept most of the finished colored images under wraps. I cannot wait until people get to see the final product though. I think they will legitimately be blown away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>August 23, 2021 update: The tarot deck is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareatarot.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available for purchase\u003c/a>. New art by Ramirez can still be seen on Instagram, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/spanishforocean/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@spanishforocean\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>To many of Trump’s critics, adult entertainer Stormy Daniels is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/11/12/35451698/the-patriotism-of-stormy-daniels-pouring-hot-wax-across-her-vagina-on-veterans-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">patriot\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/opinion/sunday/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-feminist-hero.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feminist hero\u003c/a> for exposing the president’s infidelities and\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/politics/michael-cohen-plea-deal-talks/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> alleged violations of campaign finance laws\u003c/a>. But a San Francisco drag troupe thinks she’s worthy of an even higher title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a>, a world-renowned group of drag queen activists who dress as sacrilegious nuns, crashed Daniels’ Nov. 10 San Francisco gig at Penthouse in North Beach and “canonized” her as a saint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sisters, who got their start in the Castro on Easter Sunday in 1979, are known for showing up to protests in elaborate, campy drag that parodies the Catholic Church. Since their inception, they’ve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for HIV/AIDS causes, and given out tens of thousands in grants to social justice organizations. They regularly honor dead and living activists and pro-LGBT public figures by dubbing them “saints,” and Daniels joins a long list that includes Harvey Milk and Margaret Cho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s done quite a lot of things, and some of them maybe aren’t as remembered as her pushback on Donald Trump,” says Sister Freda Desire, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s Mistress of Saints, citing Daniels’ 2009 \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/18/porn-star-stormy-danielss-brief-political-career-as-a-u-s-senate-contender/?utm_term=.47b583a7a56c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate run in Louisiana\u003c/a>, when she called out the hypocrisy of a “family values” Republican incumbent caught up in a sex scandal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13844834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13844834\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Stormy Daniels at Penthouse on Nov. 10.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Stormy Daniels at Penthouse on Nov. 10. \u003ccite>(Sister Desi Juana)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She’s a role model for women who are both sexual and smart,” Sister Freda continued. “She’s shown class and wit and charm in the face of people who have been aggressive towards her for standing up and being that role model. And she’s been standing up against tyranny and for what we want as American values, for telling the truth and being respectful no matter your party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sisters surprised Daniels, who performed at Penthouse last Friday and Saturday as part of her national strip-club tour—which she’s doing instead of a book tour for her tell-all, \u003cem>Full Disclosure\u003c/em>. As part of their mission to honor pot-stirring, irreverent activists, Sisters named Daniels “Saint Tempestuous, Eye of the Hurricane of Truth and Stormer of the Barricades of Intolerance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/09/cohen-trump-legal-fees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">awaiting prison sentencing\u003c/a> this year in part due to Daniels breaking her silence, the Sisters’ honor sounds well deserved.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>To many of Trump’s critics, adult entertainer Stormy Daniels is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/11/12/35451698/the-patriotism-of-stormy-daniels-pouring-hot-wax-across-her-vagina-on-veterans-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">patriot\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/opinion/sunday/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-feminist-hero.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feminist hero\u003c/a> for exposing the president’s infidelities and\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/politics/michael-cohen-plea-deal-talks/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> alleged violations of campaign finance laws\u003c/a>. But a San Francisco drag troupe thinks she’s worthy of an even higher title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a>, a world-renowned group of drag queen activists who dress as sacrilegious nuns, crashed Daniels’ Nov. 10 San Francisco gig at Penthouse in North Beach and “canonized” her as a saint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sisters, who got their start in the Castro on Easter Sunday in 1979, are known for showing up to protests in elaborate, campy drag that parodies the Catholic Church. Since their inception, they’ve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for HIV/AIDS causes, and given out tens of thousands in grants to social justice organizations. They regularly honor dead and living activists and pro-LGBT public figures by dubbing them “saints,” and Daniels joins a long list that includes Harvey Milk and Margaret Cho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s done quite a lot of things, and some of them maybe aren’t as remembered as her pushback on Donald Trump,” says Sister Freda Desire, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s Mistress of Saints, citing Daniels’ 2009 \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/18/porn-star-stormy-danielss-brief-political-career-as-a-u-s-senate-contender/?utm_term=.47b583a7a56c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate run in Louisiana\u003c/a>, when she called out the hypocrisy of a “family values” Republican incumbent caught up in a sex scandal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13844834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13844834\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Stormy Daniels at Penthouse on Nov. 10.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/sisters-stormy-2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Stormy Daniels at Penthouse on Nov. 10. \u003ccite>(Sister Desi Juana)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She’s a role model for women who are both sexual and smart,” Sister Freda continued. “She’s shown class and wit and charm in the face of people who have been aggressive towards her for standing up and being that role model. And she’s been standing up against tyranny and for what we want as American values, for telling the truth and being respectful no matter your party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Many in the Bay Area are planning to express their feelings about this weekend’s rallies in San Francisco and Berkeley — organized by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPrayerUSA/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patriot Prayer\u003c/a> organization, which typically attracts white supremacists and far-right groups to its events — by marching and waving signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/08/ArtfulProtests.mp3\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some are choosing to take more offbeat and artistic approaches to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1946489382274941/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>LovedUp Mobile Dance Rally\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a freeform dance party scheduled to wend its way from Dolores Park to Civic Center, expect around 1,000 people to show up on the afternoon Saturday, Aug. 26. Participants plan a political stand by boogieing to songs like “Celebration” by Kool & The Gang and Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizer Daveed Walzer Panadero came up with the idea of a dance protest because he neither wanted to ignore the Patriot Prayer event, nor feed into what he sees as its aim of inciting violence and generating media publicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal was to respond with a better alternative — one that’s bigger, brighter, and more inclusive,” Walzer Panadero says. “And hopefully draws more people who might not normally come to a political protest or march.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13322802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13322802 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Franti is one of several Bay Area artists scheduled to perform at a public event at Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 26 to protest a nationalist gathering at Crissy Field.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Franti is one of several Bay Area artists scheduled to perform at a public event at Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 26 to protest a nationalist gathering at Crissy Field. \u003ccite>(Photo: Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walzer Panadero and his team are asking participants to bring FM radios and boom boxes, as they plan to use an FM transmitter to share music as well as communicate with the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He believes dance is the perfect medium for protest because it’s so universal. “N\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ot knowing the language, not knowing the culture, you can participate,” Walzer Panadero says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Many creative approaches\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The dance gathering is just one of many ways in which Bay Area residents are using the arts to protest the far-right rallies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Franti & Spearhead, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brothers Comatose, comedian Marga Gomez and other Bay Area artists are among those scheduled to perform at a Saturday afternoon \u003c/span>“Peace, Music and Laughter”\u003cb> \u003c/b>concert at the Civic Center.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a group of clowns plans to convene at Crissy Field, the site of Saturday’s controversial rally, with balloons, red noses and other accoutrements of their craft. The intention, as the organizers put it on their \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1559563154102936/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A2%2C%22source_dashboard_filter%22%3A%22discovery%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22dashboard%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22event_discover_categories%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%2C%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22discover_filter_list%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22discovery%5C%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22discover_filter_list%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22discovery%5C%22%7D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook event page\u003c/a>, is “to mercilessly ridicule any neo-nazis, white supremacists, or alt-right trolls who dare show their face in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13437203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13437203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers all dressed up for a city sponsored Summer of Love concert\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers all dressed up for a city-sponsored Summer of Love concert. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Obscura Digital)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, on a less confrontational front, the bucolic San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers is the backdrop for \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1951582161786250/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Cutest Lil Counter Protest\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a family-friendly event on Saturday morning involving a kids’ costume parade and a group photo in front of the DeYoung Museum’s \u003cem>Summer of Love Wall\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Changing minds unlikely\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s unlikely that these creative forms of counter-protest will win over people from the other side, especially since most of the artistic activities are scheduled to happen in locations several miles away from the sites of the rallies they’re reacting to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns over public safety have caused the organizers of some acivities, like the mobile dance rally, to change their plans. Walzer Panadero says his group’s original intention was to convene at Marina Green in close proximity to the Patriot Prayer rally. Now the dancing will be happening further afield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I don’t have any illusions that our protest is going to draw them over and change their minds,” Walzer Panadero says of Patriot Prayer’s followers. “I would not be surprised if select people have a genuine interest in having conversations. But I’d be very wary of interactions on the day of the event. Our interest at this point is maintaining a safe space and distance.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Power of art to make change\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sometimes these sorts of mass protests involving art can bring about actual change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most famous examples is what came to be popularly known as “The Singing Revolution,” where the mass public singing of patriotic songs in the late 1980s and early 1990s led to independence in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Power of Song: Nonviolent National Culture in the Baltic Singing Revolution\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gh7vFFjK0rc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to home and on a more modest scale, groups like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a> have used their art to draw impressive crowds and media attention for various political causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gay Men’s Chorus has adopted the Holly Near song “Singing for Our Lives” as a sort of protest anthem. Near wrote the song the night Harvey Milk and George Moscone were assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978. Ever since, the Gay Men’s Chorus has performed it at rallies, such as a 2009 Prop 8 gathering to fight for equal marriage rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Invalidate Prop 8 - SF Gay Men's Chorus "Singing For Our Lives"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/U5bcA8kvIAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gay Men’s Chorus executive director Chris Verdugo says the ensemble is considering whether to join the anti-Patriot Prayer rally protests over the weekend. “Given the opportunity to sing some white supremacists down, I think we would be up for that,” Verdugo says. “We’ll surround them with love and with song.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bay Area approach to protest\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has long been a hotbed for unconventional protests involving art. “There doesn’t seem to be anything more San Franciscan than coming out in bright colors, with joy and expression as a form of protest, and tie that expression into effective action,” says Walzer Panadero, a fourth generation San Francisco native.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tradition has its roots in the 1960s, with notable actions like \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmt.org/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The San Francisco Mime Troupe\u003c/a>’s 1967 tour of university campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13215537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13215537 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mime Troupe, c. 1966.\" width=\"691\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507.jpg 691w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mime Troupe, c. 1966. \u003ccite>(Gene Anthony; Collection of the California Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco-based agit prop theater company performed an anti-Vietnam war satire at the same time the Dow Chemical Company, the manufacturer of napalm, was scouting around the same campuses looking for recruits. The Mime Troupe formed a marching band to energize anti-Dow, anti-war demonstrations and gained national attention and awards for its efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his part, Joey Gibson, the founder of Patriot Prayer, welcomes artistic approaches to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the people that I want to see, that I want to connect with,” Gibson says. “These people are coming in with a positive message, right? It’s so much better than these gangs that dress up in all black, cover their faces, and they try to intimidate, try to use fear and violence and hatred.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibson is calling his event a “free speech” rally and is making a concerted effort to distance Patriot Prayer from white supremacist groups, even though Gibson’s rallies have attracted militiamen and white nationalists in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points out that several hip-hop artists of color like Work Dirty and The Gatlin will perform at his event, and says his team wants to give voice to those that oppose his viewpoint. “We might have an open mike so protesters can speak,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that people are willing to come in and have dance-offs and stuff like that, that’s awesome and I respect them,” Gibson says. “And I hope they have an opportunity to hear what we have to say and hear some of our speeches, because they’ll learn that we actually have a lot in common.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>You can find a list of many of the events going on in protest against this weekend’s Patriot Prayer rallies in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://m.facebook.com/notes/christian-l-frock/bayresist-peaceful-anti-racism-rallies-in-sfberkeley-organized-against-white-sup/1616828384994576/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some are choosing to take more offbeat and artistic approaches to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1946489382274941/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>LovedUp Mobile Dance Rally\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a freeform dance party scheduled to wend its way from Dolores Park to Civic Center, expect around 1,000 people to show up on the afternoon Saturday, Aug. 26. Participants plan a political stand by boogieing to songs like “Celebration” by Kool & The Gang and Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizer Daveed Walzer Panadero came up with the idea of a dance protest because he neither wanted to ignore the Patriot Prayer event, nor feed into what he sees as its aim of inciting violence and generating media publicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal was to respond with a better alternative — one that’s bigger, brighter, and more inclusive,” Walzer Panadero says. “And hopefully draws more people who might not normally come to a political protest or march.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13322802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13322802 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Franti is one of several Bay Area artists scheduled to perform at a public event at Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 26 to protest a nationalist gathering at Crissy Field.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Michael-Franti-02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Franti is one of several Bay Area artists scheduled to perform at a public event at Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 26 to protest a nationalist gathering at Crissy Field. \u003ccite>(Photo: Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walzer Panadero and his team are asking participants to bring FM radios and boom boxes, as they plan to use an FM transmitter to share music as well as communicate with the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He believes dance is the perfect medium for protest because it’s so universal. “N\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ot knowing the language, not knowing the culture, you can participate,” Walzer Panadero says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Many creative approaches\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The dance gathering is just one of many ways in which Bay Area residents are using the arts to protest the far-right rallies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Franti & Spearhead, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brothers Comatose, comedian Marga Gomez and other Bay Area artists are among those scheduled to perform at a Saturday afternoon \u003c/span>“Peace, Music and Laughter”\u003cb> \u003c/b>concert at the Civic Center.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a group of clowns plans to convene at Crissy Field, the site of Saturday’s controversial rally, with balloons, red noses and other accoutrements of their craft. The intention, as the organizers put it on their \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1559563154102936/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A2%2C%22source_dashboard_filter%22%3A%22discovery%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22dashboard%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22event_discover_categories%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%2C%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22discover_filter_list%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22discovery%5C%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22discover_filter_list%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22discovery%5C%22%7D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook event page\u003c/a>, is “to mercilessly ridicule any neo-nazis, white supremacists, or alt-right trolls who dare show their face in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13437203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13437203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers all dressed up for a city sponsored Summer of Love concert\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/Surreal-Conservatory-2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers all dressed up for a city-sponsored Summer of Love concert. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Obscura Digital)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, on a less confrontational front, the bucolic San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers is the backdrop for \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1951582161786250/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Cutest Lil Counter Protest\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a family-friendly event on Saturday morning involving a kids’ costume parade and a group photo in front of the DeYoung Museum’s \u003cem>Summer of Love Wall\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Changing minds unlikely\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s unlikely that these creative forms of counter-protest will win over people from the other side, especially since most of the artistic activities are scheduled to happen in locations several miles away from the sites of the rallies they’re reacting to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns over public safety have caused the organizers of some acivities, like the mobile dance rally, to change their plans. Walzer Panadero says his group’s original intention was to convene at Marina Green in close proximity to the Patriot Prayer rally. Now the dancing will be happening further afield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I don’t have any illusions that our protest is going to draw them over and change their minds,” Walzer Panadero says of Patriot Prayer’s followers. “I would not be surprised if select people have a genuine interest in having conversations. But I’d be very wary of interactions on the day of the event. Our interest at this point is maintaining a safe space and distance.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Power of art to make change\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sometimes these sorts of mass protests involving art can bring about actual change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most famous examples is what came to be popularly known as “The Singing Revolution,” where the mass public singing of patriotic songs in the late 1980s and early 1990s led to independence in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Power of Song: Nonviolent National Culture in the Baltic Singing Revolution\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gh7vFFjK0rc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to home and on a more modest scale, groups like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a> have used their art to draw impressive crowds and media attention for various political causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gay Men’s Chorus has adopted the Holly Near song “Singing for Our Lives” as a sort of protest anthem. Near wrote the song the night Harvey Milk and George Moscone were assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978. Ever since, the Gay Men’s Chorus has performed it at rallies, such as a 2009 Prop 8 gathering to fight for equal marriage rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Invalidate Prop 8 - SF Gay Men's Chorus "Singing For Our Lives"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/U5bcA8kvIAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gay Men’s Chorus executive director Chris Verdugo says the ensemble is considering whether to join the anti-Patriot Prayer rally protests over the weekend. “Given the opportunity to sing some white supremacists down, I think we would be up for that,” Verdugo says. “We’ll surround them with love and with song.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bay Area approach to protest\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has long been a hotbed for unconventional protests involving art. “There doesn’t seem to be anything more San Franciscan than coming out in bright colors, with joy and expression as a form of protest, and tie that expression into effective action,” says Walzer Panadero, a fourth generation San Francisco native.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tradition has its roots in the 1960s, with notable actions like \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmt.org/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The San Francisco Mime Troupe\u003c/a>’s 1967 tour of university campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13215537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13215537 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mime Troupe, c. 1966.\" width=\"691\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507.jpg 691w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-375x212.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/SOL3-e1503377817507-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mime Troupe, c. 1966. \u003ccite>(Gene Anthony; Collection of the California Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco-based agit prop theater company performed an anti-Vietnam war satire at the same time the Dow Chemical Company, the manufacturer of napalm, was scouting around the same campuses looking for recruits. The Mime Troupe formed a marching band to energize anti-Dow, anti-war demonstrations and gained national attention and awards for its efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his part, Joey Gibson, the founder of Patriot Prayer, welcomes artistic approaches to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the people that I want to see, that I want to connect with,” Gibson says. “These people are coming in with a positive message, right? It’s so much better than these gangs that dress up in all black, cover their faces, and they try to intimidate, try to use fear and violence and hatred.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibson is calling his event a “free speech” rally and is making a concerted effort to distance Patriot Prayer from white supremacist groups, even though Gibson’s rallies have attracted militiamen and white nationalists in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points out that several hip-hop artists of color like Work Dirty and The Gatlin will perform at his event, and says his team wants to give voice to those that oppose his viewpoint. “We might have an open mike so protesters can speak,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that people are willing to come in and have dance-offs and stuff like that, that’s awesome and I respect them,” Gibson says. “And I hope they have an opportunity to hear what we have to say and hear some of our speeches, because they’ll learn that we actually have a lot in common.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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