Your Favorite Neighborhood’s Favorite Neighborhood.
Story by Laurel Faye
Coming at you live from the Old Port–why we’re buzzing over these seven new attractions:
Oun Lido’s: “It’s a big privilege,” owner and head-chef Bounahcree “Bones” Kim says. “I feel a sense of responsibility in creating a more diverse and safer space in the Old Port. As someone from my background, being in this industry leaves me with the responsibility to represent the community that we’re a part of. I came out as a trans man when I was 24–it’s been ten years since, and while I’ve always struggled with how I’ve presented, I’m an elder Queer now; I’ve gotta show out for the younger folks and tell them ‘you can do this too. Just stay true to you.’ It’s why I opened this place: so people like us can have a home in the Old Port.”
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