Petrelis Files

Gay Shame Joins Act Up's March 29 SF Die-In At Castro Realtors

With queer activist pride, I'm happy to announce the members of Gay Shame - A Virus in the System, on their web site this week, made available their poster for their part of the March 29 action to mark the 20th anniversary of Act Up.

Gay Shame will lead an important mission later this month -- a walking caravan of people with HIV/AIDS, senior citizens, disabled people, low- and moderate-income workers, gays and lesbians and trangenders -- to Castro neighborhood realtors. The messages? Stop evictions, maintain and build affordable housing stock, and health care for all.

The caravan will end at a realtors' offices with a die-in, people laying the streets and on the sidewalks, pretending to be dead, taking place to dramatize that the AIDS crisis is not over!

Join us for the next planning meeting for the March 29 ACT UP and Gay Shame street action.

The meeting is on Thursday, March 22 starting at 6 pm, at the Three Dollar Bill Cafe, at the gay community center, 1800 Market Street.

Kudos to the Gay Shame crew for their immense contributions to the upcoming action, and big thanks to political artist Clinton Fein for the ACT UP chalk outline poster. Click here for downloadable versions of Fein's graphics. If I do say so myself, both flyers look wonderful on public spaces in the Castro, Mission and other areas of the city.

Visit Gay Shame - A Virus in the System at their home on the web.