5 The Making of the Homobile: A Story of Transportation, Civil Rights & Glitter (and further stories of making...)

Published: June 24, 2014, 10:46 p.m.

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The Kitchen Sisters ride the nightshift with The Homobile. Homobiles is a non-commercial, volunteer, 24/7 ride service created by Lynne Breedlove for the LGBTQ+ community and others around San Francisco who feel the need for safe, dependable rides, outside traditional services.\\xa0\\u201cMoes getting hoes where they needs to goes,\\u201d is their motto. Homobiles is for people who feel at risk because they don\\u2019t conform to sexual or gender norms and have been targets of rudeness or shame or violence, says Lynne.\\xa0Homobiles is a network of independent drivers who pilot their own cars, a non-profit organization that caters to this underserved, and sometimes harassed community in the Bay Area. This community car service\\xa0operates on donations. No one is turned away for lack of funds.\\xa0Homobiles has been called \\u201cUber for Drag Queens,\\u201d but with a mission that is social, not financial.

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