These Guerrilla Posters in NYC Subway Stations Highlight Incidents of Racism at Each Stop

Acceptance campaign 'Pride Train' goes in a dark new direction.

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During Pride Month over the past two years, many commuters in New York noticed the colorful posters for Pride Train, an anti-bigotry campaign created by Thomas Shim, Jack Welles, and Ezequiel Consoli. The guerrilla effort plastered subway stations with rainbow-printed faux-service posters promoting LGBTQ acceptance.

Since its launch in 2017, the campaign has expanded in both volunteers and messaging, and a new extension by artist Evan Choi and copywriter Lis Mery Ramirez takes the campaign in a more dark and pointed direction, shining a light on racially motivated attacks that take place at subway stops.

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