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DESCRIPTION:GAY SHAME PRESENTS \nPROP "N" STANDS FOR NIGHTMARE: \nA PRE-HALLOWEEN 
 FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE \n\nContact: (415)540-2947 gayshamesf@yahoo.com 
 \nhttp://www.gayshamesfbay.org \n\nFriday, October 25th, 5:30 PM, Webster 
 and Chestnut Streets, in the spooky Marina District of San Francisco. Gay 
 Shame announces a festival of resistance in opposition to Supervisor Gavin 
 Newsom’s brutal Proposition N, also known as Care Not Cash. Although 
 proponents claim Proposition N would help homeless people, it would 
 actually slash General Assistance for homeless San Franciscans to the 
 preposterous amount of $59 a month (less than two dollars a day). Since GA 
 recipients are required to work 40 hours a month doing important public 
 works' jobs like sweeping sidewalks and washing Muni busses, this reduction 
 in funding would essentially cut their hourly wage to $1.84. This could not 
 possibly satisfy even the most basic needs of any individual. Care Not Cash 
 really means Scare and Bash. \n\nGay Shame calls on all participants to 
 dress to absolutely terrifying, ragged, devastating excess in order to 
 expose the hypocrisy of a policy that pretends to help homeless people, but 
 really criminalizes poverty. We encourage people to bring out their 
 Halloween finery to show who is the scariest in all of San Francisco-- 
 there will be an award for the best impersonation of Gavin Newsom. We will 
 bring a Haunted ShantyTown to the Marina District, where Newsom owns 
 several upscale businesses and serves as Supervisor. This festival of 
 resistance will use biting satire to hold Newsom accountable for his 
 attempt to further displace homeless people. Gavin Newsom is the real 
 public nuisance. \n\nNewsom castigates homeless people for wasting their 
 entire General Assistance checks on alcohol and drugs, while Newsom makes 
 his living by selling alcohol at posh establishments, including Plumpjack 
 Winery, Balboa Café, Squaw Valley Inn, and MatrixFillmore. Proposition N 
 purports to redirect public funds from cash assistance to services, when in 
 reality it virtually eliminates aid and provides no new services. The real 
 agenda of Prop N is, as campaign literature states, to "remove the 
 incentive for homeless people to congregate in San Francisco." In other 
 words, Prop N prioritizes property values and tourism over people’s 
 lives. The purpose of the slogan "Care Not Cash" is to distract from this 
 hidden agenda. San Franciscans who really care will take to the streets on 
 October 25th, in a spectacular extravaganza that will redefine and 
 reinvigorate direct action. \n\nGAY SHAME is a radical alternative to the 
 gay mainstream and the increasingly complacent left. We seek nothing less 
 than a new queer activism that addresses issues of race, class, gender, and 
 sexuality, to counter the self-serving "values" of the gay mainstream. We 
 are dedicated to fighting the rabid assimilationist monster of corporate 
 gay "culture" with a devastating mobilization of queer brilliance. GAY 
 SHAME is a celebration of resistance: all are welcome. 
 \n\n\nwww.gayshamesfbay.org\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/12173.php
SUMMARY:Halloween Protest Against Prop N In the Heart of the Marina
LOCATION:5:30 pm at Webster and Chestnut Streets
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/12173.php
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