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Ben Kawaller on how his ‘progressive’ neighbors don’t want low-income residents to move to West Hollywood.
By Ben Kawaller
04.24.24 — Ben Meets America
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I have lived in or around West Hollywood since 2012. Founded in 1984 atop the twin pillars of rent control and gay rights, the city has become a haven for the un-landed and the non-gender-conforming, both of which describe me, insofar as I own no property and fail that most basic test of manhood, heterosexuality. 

If I sound a bit self-loathing, maybe it…

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Ben Kawaller
Ben Kawaller's videos and humor writing have appeared in The Free Press, LA Magazine, Racket News, The American Bystander, The Advocate, and Salon, among others. He lives in New York.
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