Hold Up Art

"I wanted to be like a terrorist," said Homo Riot, who took his art to the streets in earnest days after anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 was passed in California in November, 2008. "I wanted to react that way. Just 'Homo Riot' is saying something."

Nearly three years later, Homo Riot is still pushing the envelope with defiant, politically charged art that riles homophobes and has been featured in two recent gallery shows in L.A