Chloe Sherman's RENEGADES San Francisco: the 1990s exhibit at Von Lintel Gallery features her original photography capturing the vibrant underground queer culture of the Mission District during the 1990s. The series documents the emergence of butch and femme identities, women-owned establishments, and a thriving community amidst a backdrop of cultural change. Sherman reflects on the period as a time when affordable living allowed artists and free spirits to connect, and where a new wave of feminism facilitated the exploration of gender and identity.
"In the early 1990s, I began documenting a generation of young, self-identified queers in San Francisco's Mission District. Rent was affordable, community was palpable, and gay youth, artists, and free spirits migrated to the city to find each other."
"Women-owned bars, clubs, tattoo shops, galleries, and cafés proliferated, and cultural norms were eschewed in favor of a vibrant and resilient lifestyle. I was there as a new wave of feminism embraced gender-bending, butch/femme culture flourished, and transgender pioneers forged anew path."
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