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Sad FranciscoVintage Sad Francisco: Queers Out of the Cop Parade with Jemma DeCristoThis week, rewind to one of our earliest episodes on how for two years, the SFPD was uninvited to Gay Pride. In solidarity with the cops, politicians boycotted the 2022 Pride parade, and a few pro-cop LGBTs sold everyone else out. New episode on the radical history of the Dyke March coming next week, also with Jemma! Gay Shame's 5-0 Out of Pride video series: https://gayshame.net/index.php/five-o-out-of-pride-50 Support us and find links to our past episodes: patreon.com/sadfrancisco2025-06-1652 min
Sad FranciscoAgainst Signal Culture with Jemma and RaloweSignal (the phone app) has become an obligatory download for every organizer on the Left in the US. But it was funded through one of the American government's propaganda agencies, and the atmosphere it creates is one of a neverending meeting permeated by paranoia. Epic conversation, care of Jemma DeCristo and Ralowe Ampu. LAGAI—Queer Insurrection! [https://episodes.fm/1653309103/episode/OTIxNTJmOWUtMDAxZi00YjgxLWExZGMtZDJlMzBjN2M0OWMx?view=apps&sort=popularity] Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!) [https://episodes.fm/1653309103/episode/NDI2Y2VjYTItMjcwNi00MjQ5LWFkZTMtZmQyMjE2YjdjMjQ2?view=apps&sort=popularity] Ruth Wilson Gilmore, scholar recently on Sad...2025-03-031h 13
Sad FranciscoBay2Gaza Mutual Aid f/ Brooke Lober, Lauren Gutierrez and Mama GanuushMutual aid and relationships with people we trust are gonna be key to surviving the political and climate apocalypses ahead. Brooke, Lauren and Mama Ganuush on Bay2Gaza Mutual Aid, and how to sustain connections with people living through the genocide in Palestine, as the US and Israel do everything they can to repress signals of solidarity. Bay2Gaza Benefit is 9/20 at Oakland Secret https://www.instagram.com/p/C_ggDqUyDoj/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.Bay2Gaza.org Thank you to LoCura for this episode’s outro track “Guerriller@s (Bang Data re...2024-09-171h 00
Sad FranciscoTrans Black Palestinian Solidarities f/ Jemma DeCristo, LaVelle Ridley and Mama Ganuush (May Live Show)For our first live show taping in May, Jemma DeCristo, LaVelle Ridley, and Mama Ganuush spoke brilliantly on Trans Black-Palestinian Solidarity amidst the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Naturally, given the topic, things got emotional. Thanks to everyone who made the night possible! Jemma Decristo currently holds the record for most appearances on Sad Francisco! Her repertoire includes the episodes "Is the Transgender District a Force for Liberation or Gentrification?" and "Hot Cop of the Castro" This was LaVelle Ridley's debut episode; she will return! Mama Ganuush (the episode with Mama Ganuush fro...2024-06-1049 minSad FranciscoMost Downloaded Episodes, Year OneSad Francisco is one year old. Listed in no particular order, our five most downloaded episodes: Queers for a free Palestine, with Kate Raphael Should social movement work be paid? with Dean Spade Is the transgender district a force for gentrification or liberation? with Jemma DeCristo APEC: SF bends over for Asian dictators and Biden, with CCSF Anakbayan Urban Alchemy: a new layer of police in the Tenderloin, with Brooke Lober and Norma Azucar Support Sad Francisco and find links to our past episodes on Patreon. 'Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary' is available at...2023-12-1416 min
Armstrong & Getty Select CutsUC Davis Assistant Professor Threatens Journalists And ChildrenUC Davis assistant professor of American Studies, Jemma DeCristo sent out a disgusting and threatening tweet on Oct 10. Of course she's still employed. And of course UC Davis released some BS statement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2023-10-2004 minSad FranciscoThe Leather & LGBTQ District is a Gentrification Vehicle f/ Cole ClarkThe local politics around kink culture, and how the same bureaucracy put in place to preserve it is helping to undermine that culture. With Cole Clark. Previous episode mentioned: "Is the Transgender District a force for gentrification or liberation?" w/ Jemma DeCristo: sites.libsyn.com/445824/is-the-transgender-district-a-force-for-gentrification-or-liberation-w-jemma-decristo "How Gentrification Is Eroding San Francisco's Historic Leather Scene" by Toshio Meronek and Cole Clark for them: them.us/story/san-francisco-leather-gentrification Homeless Exclusion Districts, via Western Regional Advocacy Project: wraphome.org/homeless-exclusion-districs/ For the photo of London Breed and other politicians in hard hats, see: "...2023-08-0335 minSad FranciscoIs the Transgender District a force for gentrification or liberation? w/ Jemma DeCristoJemma DeCristo (@jemmaisOKeh) returns to explain the ways that the Transgender Cultural District is a container for gentrification and police. Support the show at patreon.com/sadfrancisco. Show Notes: "San Francisco May Soon Have the World's First Transgender Cultural District" by Toshio Meronek, for Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/xyvapd/san-francisco-may-soon-have-the-worlds-first-transgender-cultural-district | Christina Hanhardt’s “Safe Space”: https://bookshop.org/a/82838/9780822354703 | “Improvements for Whom? Business Improvement Districts and Their Impact on Communities” report by Spencer Bowen, Emily Estus, Vanessa Quintana, and Maiya Zwerling with Paul Boden at WRAP (wraphome.org): https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Goldman-School-BIDS-Report-May-2019.pdf | Tamar...2023-04-0336 minSad FranciscoTech Bro Countdown: Five Techies Who Defined the ArchetypeWhat exactly is a "techbro"? Meet five Silicon Valley megalomaniacs who helped hone the genre, and whose actions made them briefly famous beyond the Bay. Which ones failed up? Who was (possibly) canceled? Jemma DeCristo (Twitter: @jemmaisOKeh) helps shine a light on anti-tech hate crime survivors from behind the liberal front. - Support the show, get bonus episodes: patreon.com/sadfrancisco - Shownotes: The archives of Valleywag (RIP) - twitter.com/sadfrancisco69 instagram.com/sadfrancis.co tiktok...2022-12-3056 minSad FranciscoThe Twitter Tax Break: How AOC-West Sold Out SoMaThe legacy of America's former "hottest Korean American politician" Jane Kim, the wannabe mayor who gave away millions to tech CEOs who promised jobs and "community reinvestment" in central San Francisco. And you'll never believe what happened next. Guest host Jemma DeCristo (Twitter: @jemmaisOKeh) practices her New York accent from behind the liberal front. - Support the show, get bonus episodes: patreon.com/sadfrancisco - Shownotes: Twitter, Other Tech Companies Get S.F. Tax Breaks but Show Little Progress Hiring in Neighborhood, Yoona Ha in SF...2022-12-2356 minSad FranciscoQueers Out of the Cop Parade: Blue Always Comes FirstFor two years, the San Francisco police department was uninvited to Gay Pride. In solidarity, bureaucrats boycotted the 2022 Pride parade. Jemma DeCristo returns to report from behind the liberal front of a city whose highest-paid employee is a sheriff's deputy. - Support the show (and get upcoming bonus episodes): patreon.com/sadfrancisco - Shownotes Miss Major's Gay Shame '5-0 Out of Pride' video; SF Pride board meeting interrupted (Gay Shame) ‘Wild animals’: Racist texts sent by San Francisco police officer, documents show (Scott Glover and Dan Simo...2022-12-0251 minSad FranciscoHot Cop Of The Castro: A Sock Is A Grave SFPD officer Christopher Kohrs was a sex object among Castro gays and a copaganda tool for the police, until his fame came crashing to a halt. Jemma DeCristo (on Twitter @jemmaisOKeh) is our special guest this week in Sad Francisco, where we report to you from behind the liberal front of America’s so-called capitol of progress. Go to sadfrancis.co to support the show and get future bonus episodes. - 2022-11-1859 min
Black Agenda RadioBlack Agenda Radio 04.12.21Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and
analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host
Glen Ford. Coming up: Gentrification is shrinking Black populations in cities across the
country. We’ll speak with a Black trans anarchist organizer who says poor folks need to
stop gentrification in its tracks, by taking over every vacant building. And, despite all the
high hopes among Black voters, President Joe Biden is already deporting huge
numbers of Black immigrants.
But first – David Stovall is a professor of African American Studies at the University of
Il...2021-04-1354 min
Black Agenda RadioBlack Agenda Radio 04.12.21Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and
analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host
Glen Ford. Coming up: Gentrification is shrinking Black populations in cities across the
country. We’ll speak with a Black trans anarchist organizer who says poor folks need to
stop gentrification in its tracks, by taking over every vacant building. And, despite all the
high hopes among Black voters, President Joe Biden is already deporting huge
numbers of Black immigrants.
But first – David Stovall is a professor of African American Studies at the University of
Ill...2021-04-1354 min