In this Q&A with queer artist Robert Alvarez, we discuss the importance of identity and representation, the challenges of finding a sense of belonging in a rapidly changing city like Austin, and the power of art to inspire.
Queertopia Austin
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Community by & for LGBTQ+ folks & allies in ATX who have experienced homelessness🏠
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Queertopia’s mission is community empowerment led by amplifying and celebrating QTBIPOC voices and taking direct action to combat the housing inequity that has swept our city. We are a group of abolitionist harm reductionists with lived experience in trauma, homelessness, substance use, recovery, and neurodivergency.
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We work intimately in camps throughout the city establishing found family bonds through trust, transparency, lack of judgment, joy, and dependability. We are who is called at 3am when tents are blowing away, at 7am when a friend needs a ride to the hospital, or at noon when someone just needs to vent about their boss not paying them. Within the past year, we have been directly responsible for placing almost 100 people into housing, largely through unpaid labor and empowering the unhoused community to work towards collective justice.
