With the Stones That You Threw At Us We Build Our Queer Center
One of my good friends made me aware of a project called Reversing Vandalism which
was in response to a very upsetting act of vandalism in the San Francisco Public Library in
2001… I liked the idea of the project a lot and every day the desire to be part of it
became stronger. There came to mind the idea of constructing a house with the books
that I requested—a house called QUEER CENTER. A house made of slashed, cut and torn
books that raises and opens its doors to unify and strengthen us against such hatred. A
house to serve all those needing help, advice, shelter, education and medical attention—
[the vandal] included. A house where the beauty of life and the importance of diversity
are celebrated. Llane Alexis is self-taught artist born in 1976 in Havana, Cuba. He now
resides in San Francisco.
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