DDG Palm Springs January 1 2024

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A GAY ARTIST FINDS HIS WAY
THROUGH DISCRIMINATION
WITH HIS ART
a music festival when he and his partner
experienced a fierce attack by a small
group of homophobic men. He was
left unconscious and toothless. This
life-changing experience left him with
anger, denial, and sadness but also
gave him more self-confidence and
a commitment not to be quiet about
violence and hate. He moved first
to Berlin, Germany where he felt he
The year 2023 has seen numerous
homophobic and transphobic bills
introduced and in some states passed at
alarming rates. Florida, Louisiana. North
Carolina, Missouri, and Texas have been
at the forefront of hate laws. The LGBTQ
community has gained more positive
acceptance over the past two decades
but there has been an active and
vocal siege of anti-rights bills introduced
this year. Artists are in the forefront of
challenging discrimination and hatemongering.
One of these artists is Andrew Salgado,
a Canadian artist who experienced
the wrath of homophobic hate in his
home country in 2008. He was leaving
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wanted to do further study and write his
master’s thesis in German, a language
which he studied for 3 years while in
undergraduate work in Canada. He
found Germany not to be accepting of
his art and not welcoming as a place
to live even though he still loves it as
a tourist. This brought him to London
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