July 26, 2006
Jenny Shimizu, Model
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On Philadelphia: “This is the first time I've been here, and it's funny because I lived in New York for five years and I just never thought of coming to Philadelphia. It's like a hidden secret. A lot of friends who are architects in Los Angeles and people interested in design said I really got to go to Eastern State. So I'll see the Liberty Bell and the Penitentiary, the yin and yang of Philadelphia. There's a Gayborhood, I hear, but I don't think it's as segregated as it might be in Los Angeles, where people feel unsafe being outside of West Hollywood. I haven't been here long enough to know about the history of hate crimes, but there doesn't seem to be that kind of tension here. I'm going to Sisters tonight, and then they're taking me to another bar down the street. I love to go see all the clubs in whatever city. It tells what the community is about.”
Jenny Shimizu was in Philadelphia to accept the Lesbian Icon Award from the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Posted by jfusco on July 26, 2006 01:17 PM
