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[[Media:CoyStreet.mp3‎|Listen to Coy Ellison tell his story]]
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“There’s a big sense of loss….The opportunities are going away for people who are coming to the city trying to find themselves. You can find a job on Polk Street for about minimum wage right now but you can't afford an apartment with minimum wage, or a rooming house with minimum wage…and the straighter it’s become [and] the more gentrification that’s going on it seems like it s gotten a little more aggressive. It’s not as gay friendly….As far as the economy and the general attitude of the street, it's changed a lot.”
  
 
[[Image:Coy.jpg|frame|none|Coy Ellison. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun]]
 
[[Image:Coy.jpg|frame|none|Coy Ellison. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun]]

Latest revision as of 12:34, 8 May 2009


Listen to Coy Ellison tell his story


“There’s a big sense of loss….The opportunities are going away for people who are coming to the city trying to find themselves. You can find a job on Polk Street for about minimum wage right now but you can't afford an apartment with minimum wage, or a rooming house with minimum wage…and the straighter it’s become [and] the more gentrification that’s going on it seems like it s gotten a little more aggressive. It’s not as gay friendly….As far as the economy and the general attitude of the street, it's changed a lot.”

Coy Ellison. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun