A new gallery devoted to artworks reflecting the LGBTQ experience

Elliott Grinnell's "God of Valley"

A new gallery in Hartford that will be devoted to artworks reflecting the LGBTQ experience is being inaugurated this month with “Trans-cending Art,” a show of work by transgender Connecticut artists.

The gallery is inside Chez Est, the gay bar-restaurant at 458 Wethersfield Ave. The exhibit will run until Nov. 30. The dates coincide with Trangender Awareness Week, which is Nov. 13 to 19. Events will be held in conjunction with that observance, starting with an in-person and virtual fundraiser for a transgender hotline on Nov. 8.

See article by Susan Dunne in the Hartford Courant.