Of course, loss of life and property is always more devastating and important, but a lesbian artistic landmark has been lost due to Irene's winds in Brooklyn, New York. I'm mourning in solidarity with my lesbian sisters in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn’s famous “vagina tree,” popular with queer women in New York’s most lesbian-studded neighborhood, has been felled by Hurricane Irene. According to reports in The Brooklyn Paper, the decades-old London plane tree in McCarren Park was knocked over by the high winds of last weekend’s tropical storm.The "vagina tree" might be just a memory now, but she will remain forever in New York's lesbian community's hearts.
(h/t to "JamesR" for sending me this tip)
