Two queer San Francisco artists have finished work on a new mural on the side of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center just in time for the start of Pride Month in June.
As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, the center chose the two artists to replace a honey bear mural by fnnch, a straight artist, that had been defaced after he was criticized over describing himself as an "immigrant" to San Francisco since he hails from the state of Missouri. (He later apologized.) On May 19, the center announced that those two artists are Juan Manuel Carmona and Simo?n Malvaez.
The mural they worked on — titled "Queeroes" — calls attention to a diverse slate of LGBTQ community heroes. The mural features depictions of local, national, and