Gay Shame

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. Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!) BDS Movement "Alive in Limbo" documentary "Pinkwashing Exposed" documentary Queer Cinema for Palestine "Progressive Coalition boycotts 'woke-washing' of San Francisco event space" "Mark Zuckerberg's Immigration Hustle"

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.

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. #gayshame #proabortion #transliberation #abolition #sanfrancisco #ftp #queer #abortion #disabilityjustice

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 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. MORE: James Baldwin's 'Take this Hammer' film, on racist gentrification in San Francisco, 1974 - https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/187041   Unhoused Folks Deserve All These Vacant Condos and More - https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKnd2NSh8pr/ 'YIMBYs: The Alt-Right Darlings of the Real Estate Industry,' Truthout - https://truthout.org/articles/yimbys-the-alt-right-darlings-of-the-real-estate-industry/ 'The Racial Contours of YIMBY/NIMBY Bay Area Gentrification,' Berkeley Planning Journal - https://escholarship.org/content/qt4sw2g485/qt4sw2g485.pdf?t=qb8x8c 'YIMBYs Exposed: The Techies Hawking Free Market "Solutions" to the Nation's Housing Crisis,' In These Times - https://inthesetimes.com/features/yimbys_activists_san_francisco_housing_crisis.html 'Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space' - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2163-extrastatecraft  Video depicting YIMBYs being YIMBYs by the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project - Facebook video: https://fb.watch/5gAYay0iFW/ (archived at https://gayshame.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sonja-trauss-vincent-woo-city-hall.mp4) 'Take This Hammer,' LA Tenants Union on their action against the Hammer Museum holding a pro-YIMBY event - https://latenantsunion.medium.com/dropping-the-hammer-on-yimbyism-97724dfdb6a9 @shooktwinks deconstructs the YIMBY myth that building more luxury condos will solve San Francisco's affordable housing crisis - https://www.instagram.com/p/COXI1BmBIAi/ This jester - https://www.instagram.com/tv/CN-qwbvBoIR/ --- More on conservatorship -> Gay Shame Podcast Episode 3: 'FreeBritney, Free Them All' - https://gayshame.net/index.php/gay-shame-the-podcast/gay-shame-podcast-episode-3-freebritney-free-them-all-october-15-2020/ Recorded May 3, 2021. Transcripts and resources at gayshame.net/index.php/gay-shame-the-podcast/.