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also, i'm doing a research paper on the battle for the pier between queer youth of color, residents and developers. and of course most of the old white gay men who live there aren't allies any more than any other resident - i thought it was interesting that one was quoted to say that people were straight-laced/law-abiding or whatever when he used to hang out there (referring to the all the policing and noise), which is clearly such a lie when you look at all these pics and see how it's been a broken down place with a lot of issues where homeless queers have gone to since at least the 70s. the special part was where he claimed "we won you stonewall, you owe us" and implied that the black/brown kids who hang out there now are the undeserving beneficiaries. yeah, that's right, gay white men spearheaded stonewall. please.