Gay Shame

A trans/queer extravaganza against white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, cops, settler-colonialism and all forms of domination.

Manny's, Your Local Zionist Gentrification Cafe 10/25/2023

Manny's, Your Local Zionist Gentrification Cafe 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. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/28424117

Anti-Sex Worker Barricades at Capp Street: Update and What's To Be Done 04/29/2023

Anti-Sex Worker Barricades at Capp Street: Update and What's To Be Done 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 Yarbrough (scholars.org/scholar/dilara-yarbrough), Cesar Espinoza Perez (instagram.com/juliuscaesarsf/), and Ivy Anderson (co-editor of ‘Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute’ | voicesfromtheunderworld.com) on the history of sex work in the Bay; why decriminalization is better than legalization; and how to help sex workers under attack by the City. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/26688843

SATURDAY in SF 09/19/2022

SATURDAY in SF 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 bodies and upholding imperialist traditions of Christo faschism. They are returning on January 21, 2023, this time emboldened by the Supreme KKKourt. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/24424140

Episode 8: From Compton's to Cop City: London Breed's War on the Tenderloin 01/30/2022

Episode 8: From Compton's to Cop City: London Breed's War on the Tenderloin 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 billionaires who collect luxury condos just to leave them empty. Along the way, you’ll hear about Breed’s bootlicking operation and its sordid details. Thousands of hours in overtime for cops guarding a beloved Louis Vuitton store! The reopening of a decrepit jail! Her ex-boyfriend's legion of private cops who work for the shadow agency "Urban Alchemy"! And who can forget the super-spreader premiere at the soon-to-be-history Castro Theater, to celebrate Breed’s no-line cameo in the locally shot, long forgotten film “Matrix 4Ever: The Revenge of Lana’s Cornrows”? Related: "Tents and Cash Not Cops that Bash" Gay Shame declares more CASH NOT CONSERVATORSHIP https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/01/26/18847606.php "I am a mother in the Tenderloin. I fear and oppose the mayor’s plan: More police will make life less safe and secure for my daughter and me." By Tracey Mixon in 48Hills.  https://48hills.org/2021/12/i-am-a-mother-in-the-tenderloin-i-fear-and-oppose-the-mayors-plan/ Recorded January 2022. Transcripts and resources at gayshame.net/index.php/gay-shame-the-podcast/. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/21949745

Episode 7: Queers of Color Against YIMBY 05/12/2021

Episode 7: Queers of Color Against YIMBY Warning to all Marys everywhere: YIMBYs are a front for the real estate industry, and they are coming to evict you. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/19075247

Episode 6: Queer Insurrection - A Radical History of San Francisco 03/08/2021

Episode 6: Queer Insurrection - A Radical History of San Francisco 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. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/18217796

Episode 5: No Vacancy at Shelter in Place Hotels 01/10/2021

Episode 5: No Vacancy at Shelter in Place Hotels 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. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/17485412

Episode 4: A Gay Shame Reparations Salon 12/06/2020

Episode 4: A Gay Shame Reparations Salon 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. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/17078732

FRIDAY in SF: Hex the Condos, Curse the Cops 10/27/2020

FRIDAY in SF: Hex the Condos, Curse the Cops 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. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/16574264

Episode 3: FreeBritney, Free Them All 10/10/2020

Episode 3: FreeBritney, Free Them All 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/. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/16347452

Episode 2: A Brief Tour Through Cooptation Nation 08/30/2020

Episode 2: A Brief Tour Through Cooptation Nation In which The Marys of Gay Shame's express faux-nostalgia for the early 2000s when vodka companies sponsoring Pride was of great concern, and today's neo/liberal embrace of anti-police movements. Recorded August 6, 2020. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/15805673

Episode 1: Abolition is the Floor Not the Ceiling 07/30/2020

Episode 1: Abolition is the Floor Not the Ceiling Black neoliberal mayors, cop diversity trainings, reformist nonprofits, and so much more. /episode/index/show/gayshame/id/15409961

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