In a report from TODAY, a mural for LGBTQ+ activist Gloria Casarez has been erased after instilling hope in Philadelphia’s 12th street LGBTQ+ neighbourhood.
The inspiring piece of art was part of the community for five years before Midwood Development, who bought the building in 2018, painted over it.
Erme Maula a resident of the community for the past 30 years told TODAY: “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.” Casarez died from cancer in 2014 at the age of 42.