Searching for a Kiki: The World's First Transgender Cultural District

17/06/2022 21 min
Searching for a Kiki: The World's First Transgender Cultural District

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Episode Synopsis

The rich LGBT history of the Tenderloin goes back farther than any bricks thrown at Stonewall, and Transgender Cultural District President and Chief Strategist Aria Sa’id makes it her job to preserve that history. Her work in securing tenant protections, workforce development, arts and cultural heritage preservation, and cultural competency for the residents of the historic Tenderloin neighborhood has taken the idea of ‘safe space’ beyond the bars and into our daily lives. Sa’id speaks with us about what makes a space ‘safe,’ and the effect that empowering the most vulnerable within a community has on the rest of us.
This series was produced and reported by Corey Antonio Rose.
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