Manny's, Your Local Zionist Gentrification Cafe
Gay Shame
Emmanuel Yekutiel is a marketing associate for conservative causes and Israel who in 2018, opened a gentrification cafe in the Mission that he named after himself. Since then, Manny's has been a safe space for neoliberal figures to gather, including Dr. Jill Biden, Matt Yglesias, Nancy Pelosi, Sam Bankman-Fried, SFPD chief Bill Scott, and the trio of local politicians Manny dubbed the "Power Gays." Deeg from Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!) speaks on the boycott of Manny's, and the tradition of queers organizing against Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
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Anti-Sex Worker Barricades at Capp Street: Update and What's To Be Done
Gay Shame
Gentrifying neighbors, local politician Hilary Ronen, the SFPD, and the media conspired to shut down parts of Capp Street in the Mission using concrete blockades. Why? Because they hate sex workers. While they continue to sink millions into a fire hazard that makes sex workers less safe, we talked to four friends from groups including Mission DeFence (instagram.com/missiondefence_sf), Rad Mission Neighbors (radmissionneighbors.org) and the People’s Mission Coalition (thepeoplesmissioncoalition.com). Joining us: Celestina Pearl (St. James Infirmary | stjamesinfirmary.org), Dilara...
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SATURDAY in SF
Gay Shame
oin us for an organizing meeting to abort the walk for “life” The open meeting is Saturday September 24th at 2 pm at the park on the corner of 17th and Folsom in SF. (The meeting will be outside, come masked, the spot is accessible for mobility devices and a few blocks from BART) Every January since 2005, San Francisco has been invaded by fascistic fetus worshippers for what they call the "Walk for Life." In 2008, over 10,000 fetus fascists were bussed in from all over California and beyond. In 2011, 40,000 people showed up. They do this because they are dedicated to controlling our...
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Episode 8: From Compton's to Cop City: London Breed's War on the Tenderloin
Gay Shame
The Marys are begging to know why SF mayor London Breed is so obsessed with killing houseless people, especially in the Tenderloin district (also known as the TL). In late December 2021, Breed declared a "State of Emergency" in the TL: her Xmas gift to her funders in the Real Estate and Tech industries. Joining us is a special investigator and longtime organizer against the city’s escalating killing spree in the TL. She helps us unravel the Mayor's bloodlust, as we dive deep into Breed's unquenchable thirst to please her wealthy donors, and create a safe haven for...
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Episode 7: Queers of Color Against YIMBY
Gay Shame
Warning to all Marys everywhere: YIMBYs are a front for the real estate industry, and they are coming to evict you.
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Episode 6: Queer Insurrection - A Radical History of San Francisco
Gay Shame
The Marys interview one of their own to learn more about LAGAI-Queer Insurrection (formerly Lesbians And Gays Against Intervention), a radical collective that started organizing in 1983 against the USA's murderous meddling in Central America.
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Episode 5: No Vacancy at Shelter in Place Hotels
Gay Shame
The Marys report on the formerly empty hotel rooms now housing previously homeless people in San Francisco. The city wants to close the "Shelter in Place"/SIP hotels ASAP, but has promised to permanently house the current tenants at the hotels. The City's preferred term for people inside is "guests," a weird term, given extreme surveillance, lack of toilet paper, and no real plan for getting people into housing.
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Episode 4: A Gay Shame Reparations Salon
Gay Shame
Your host Mary ponders the question from indigenous and/or transgender angles, with the aid of two Bay Area activists working to rematriate land and power to people in the Bay Area.
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FRIDAY in SF: Hex the Condos, Curse the Cops
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JOIN GAY SHAME for the Night of the Living Nextdoor The demons on Nextdoor App use their wicked powers of policing and evictions to remake the city in their devilish image. Let’s come together to cast them out forever! We will assemble at the 24th BART station at 7pm sharp on Friday October 30th and begin our paranormal procession through the Mission. Stay masked, get distanced, and show out in your hottest cannibalistic Karen couture or ghoulish gentrifier getup. * access info: let us know if you have ASL hookups, route will be flat and outside.
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Episode 3: FreeBritney, Free Them All
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The toxic womanizers in power have a new reason to hate Britney Spears: Her fame is bringing attention to the evils of "conservatorship" laws. Rich people and their politician-servants are using conservatorship to further criminalize disabled people, people who use substances, and/or homeless people - indefinitely detaining people so they are out of sight of gentrifiers. Guest: Gentry, aka @catpowerman5000 on Instagram. Transcripts and links to more info at gayshame.net/index.php/gay-shame-the-podcast/.
info_outlineThe toxic womanizers in power have a new reason to hate Britney Spears: Her fame is bringing attention to the evils of "conservatorship" laws.
In dystopian 2020, rich people and their politician-servants are using conservatorship - when a court takes away your self-determination and gives it to a family member or a stranger - to further criminalize disabled people, people who use substances, and/or homeless people through enhanced conservatorship - indefinitely detaining people so they are out of the line of sight of gentrifiers.
The Marys were joined by our first guest, the inimitable Gentry, aka @catpowerman5000 on Instagram.
Also featured in this episode:
- Mental Health First - if you're in Oakland, there's a new hotline you can call if you know someone is having a psychiatric emergency: 510-999-9MH1. (Mental Health First also responds to email, and direct messages on social media platforms listed on their site.)
- Gay Shame made a zine about conservatorship.
- Mad Mob (♥ Eddie + Peter J) editorial in the SF Examiner.
- "Cities Across the US are Stripping Homeless People of Their Autonomy," is a conservatorship explainer that ran in Truthout.
Recorded October 9, 2020. Transcripts and links to more info at gayshame.net/index.php/gay-shame-the-podcast/.