The article discusses the lack of acknowledgment from Bay Area arts venues on significant days like Trans Visibility Day and Cesar Chavez Day. The author laments the minimal response from companies, noting that despite their past support for movements like BLM, they have turned a blind eye to ongoing human rights issues, particularly regarding Gaza. This inconsistency is viewed as hypocritical, especially given the area's rich queer history and the existence of the world's first official Transgender District in San Francisco, alongside important historical events tied to this community.
Known trans theatre folk certainly did. A few professed allies did. But the number of companies and venues to do so was depressingly low, and I can't recall a single Cesar Chavez acknowledgement.
Their current unspoken policy about Gaza seems to be "out of sight, out of mind".
It's not just the fact that SF has the world's first official Transgender District in the Tenderloin; it's not just that said district was the site of the infamous Compton's Cafeteria Riot.
Yet, most of the channels for Bay Area theatre stayed mum or just promoted upcoming shows.
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