GAY SHAME AWARDS, 2002

people gathered at harvey milk plaza watching the awards ceremony

GAY SHAME AWARDS saturday may 25, 5pm @ harvey milk plaza (castro and market) -- a radical queer extravaganza -- we will reward the most hypocritical gays for their service to the "community" -- BYOC (bring your own carnival) -- please dress to absolutely terrifying, ragged, devastating excess -- nominations (415) 540 - 2547 -- gayshamesf@yahoo.com www.gayshamesf.org

cover of slingshot newspaper with a photo of a stilt-walker from the first gay shame awards

stock photo of the golden gate bridge silhouetted by a fog bank at sunset (or sunrise) with the text reading: "ZEPHYR REAL ESATE evicting our community with pride since 1978 THE SPIRIT OF ZEPHYR REALTY offers the highest quality professional experience with warm, friendly, comfortable environment in which to EVICT all those pesky tenants — grandmothers, people with AIDS, low-income families, and artists just get in the way of profits. The quality of our serivce is unparalleled because of the unique relationship between our agents, our support staff and the MAYOR. With over ONE-HALF BILLION in annual gross sales, ZEPHYR gives back to the commnity by splitting our annual tax-deductible $25,000 donation among 70+ local non-profits. Aren’t we proud of our gay owned realty companies for making more queers homeless! GAY SHAME: The Radical Alternative to Consumerist “Pride” Crap! THIS YEAR, WE’RE TAKING ON THE PRIDE PARADE STAY TUNED FOR THE GAY SHAME AWARDS TO GET INVOLVED, EMAIL: GAYSHAMESF@YAHOO.COM"

flyer depicts glam rock band and reads: "street party - gay shame awards - free food - dancing - carnival

people on stilts dancing

a group of people gathered in the street in front of harvey milk plaza

people relax in couches in the middle of castro street

people relax in couches in the middle of castro street

people gather to watch the awards ceremony at harvey milk plaza

people gathering at harvey milk plaza

people crowding castro street

a group of people gathered at market and castro

stilt walkers loom over the crowd of people gathered at castro and market

stilt walkers dance above the crowd of people gathered at castro and market

stilt walkers are in the distance as people mill about in the middle of castro street at market after the awards ceremony

people gather in the street after the action

people mulling about in the street after the gay shame awards

people gathered in the middle of castro and market streets

people gathered at the intersection of market and castro after the awards ceremony

people gather in the street at market and castro after the awards ceremony

a disc jockey has set up station at a portable sound system as the crowd mulls about in harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

a disc jockey has set up turntables at harvey milk plaza as a crowd lingers after the award ceremony

a disc jockey ducks under their table in order to locate the perfect record to serve the crowd at harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

people fill the intersection at market and castro

people mill about filling castro street

people gather in the street at market and castro

people gather in the street at market and castro

people gather in the middle of castro street

people gather mull about after the awards ceremony into the middle of castro street where a couch has been placed

people gather in the street at market and castro

revelers gather in the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

detail of someone's outfit as the crowd pushes into the middle of castro street

close up of footwear in the crowd filling castro street

people gather into the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

detail of reveler's footwear as the crowd fills castro street

detail of reveler's footwear as the crowd fills castro street with a couch on the asphalt in the background

detail of footwear on the asphalt as the crowd fills the middle of castro street with a couch visible in the background revelers converse after the awards ceremony

people congregate and socialize after the awards ceremony

people socialize after the awards ceremony

detail of people's outfits from near the asphalt in the middle of castro with a couch visible in the street through the forest of legs

people gather into the middle of castro and market

people begin to cut loose after the awards ceremony

people begin to cut loose as the awards ceremony winds down

post-awards ceremony, people recline on sofas that have been pulled out into the middle of castro street

people begin to fill castro street after the awards ceremony

people gather in the middle of castro and market after the awards ceremony

people gather into castro and market after the awards ceremony

stiltwalkers move into the street at market and castro

stiltwalkers move into the intersection at castro and market

crowd milling about after the awards ceremony at market and castro

people milling about after the awards ceremony at market and castro

people milling about in the middle of the street at castro and market after the awards ceremony

people milling out in the center of the street at castro and market

stiltwalkers interact with folks gathering in the street at market and castro

a nudist joins others milling about at castro and market after the awards ceremony blocking the muni buses

people make themselves comfortable on the couches that have been placed in the middle of the street at castro and market

people mill about at castro and market after the awards ceremony

people fill the streets at castro and market

people milling about at castro and market

people milling about at castro and market

people milling about at castro and market after the awards ceremony

people milling about at castro and market after the awards ceremony

people milling about at castro and market after the awards ceremony

people filling the streets at market and castro after the completion of the awards ceremony

people milling about in the street at castro and market after the awards ceremony

people milling about in the street at castro and market after the awards ceremony

people milling about in the street after the awards ceremony at castro and market

people mill about in the street at castro and market after the awards ceremony

detail of a stiltwalker after the awards ceremony at castro and market

people milling about in the middle of castro and market after the awards ceremony

police officers stand around looking perplexed in front of a blocked 24 divisadero muni bus at castro and market behind a line of yellow caution tape

a police officer looks frustrated chatting with a seemingly indifferent awards ceremony attendant

awards ceremony attendants maintain a nonplussed audience for a seemingly frustrated police officer

people mill about after the awards ceremony at harvey milk plaza

people mill about after the awards ceremony in harvey milk plaza with gay shame propaganda visible in the background

people mill about after the awards ceremony in harvey milk plaza with gay shame propaganda visible in the background

people begin to fill castro street at harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

people begin to fill castro street in front of harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

people mill about at castro and market after the gay shame awards

people mill about after the gay shame awards at harvey milk plaza

people mill about after the awards ceremony people mill about at castro and market after the awards ceremony

people mill about at castro and market after the awards ceremony

people mill about after the awards ceremony

a crowd begins to fill the street at castro and market after the awards ceremony

a crowd fills the street at castro and market after the awards ceremony

crowd fills the street at castro and market after the awards ceremony   a crowd fills the street at castro and market after the awards ceremony with a portable sound system visible

a crowd fills castro and market after the awards ceremony and two police officers complain to awards ceremony attendees

a band has started to perform in harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

people begin to dance after the awards ceremony

people begin to dance after the awards ceremony

 

people mill about in the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to dance in the street after the awards ceremony

people begin to dance in the street after the awards ceremony people begin to mill about in the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people gather in the street at the end of the awards ceremony

people begin to dance in the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to gather in castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to gather in castro street after the awards ceremony

portrait of a post award ceremony reveler

people gather in castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to gather in castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to gather in castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to gather in castro street after the awards ceremony

the crowd gathered for the awards ceremony afterwards begin to spread into castro street

people begin to spread into castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to filter off from harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony where a couch has been drug out onto castro

people mill about into the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people mill about into the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to spill out into castro street after the awards ceremony

a low angel shot of people's footwear as people spill out into castro street from harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

people are meandering out into the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to mill about into castro street after the awards ceremony

people begin to mill into the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people mill out into the middle of the street after the awards ceremony

people begin to dance as the deejay starts up in the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people mill about in the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

detail of a "queers against capitalism" flag

a couch has been drug out into the middle of castro street and awards ceremony attendees relax as the dance party starts up

a couch has been drug out into the middle of castro street and awards ceremony attendees take a moment to relax while the dance party starts up

shocked onlookers move into the castro street to take in the post-awards ceremony revels

a couch has been drug out into the middle of castro street and some awards ceremony attendees take a moment to relax as the dance party begins

 

a couch has been drug out into the middle of castro street and some awards ceremony attendees take a moment to chill as the dance party begins

a couch has been drug out into the middle of castro street and some awards ceremony attendees take a load off

traffic on castro street has died down due to the dance party blocking the way

after the awards ceremony people push into the middle of castro street to begin a dance party

people socialize in the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people mill about in the middle castro street after the awards ceremony

detail of people's outfits at harvey milk plaza

people are milling about in harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

people mill about in harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

portrait of an awards ceremony attendee

portrait of an awards ceremony attendee

people fill castro street from harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

awards ceremony attendees filter onto castro street to begin the dance party

detail of a reveler

detail of a reveler on castro street

a dance party begins in harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

the deejay begins spinning tunes for the people gathered in harvey milk plaza

 

people spill out into castro street from harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

people gather in the middle of castro street from harvey milk plaza after the awards ceremony

people spill out into castro street after the awards ceremony

the dance party begins to take off as the deejay tables are brought into the middle of castro street

the dance party is in full swing pretty much

dance party is at full tilt or something

the dance party commences in the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people mill about in the middle of castro street after the awards ceremony

people mill about in the middle of castro street

 

people have blocked the street and the buses are beginning to back up

buses are backed up because the dance party is blocking castro street

buses are blocked on castro street by the dance party

the dance party rages in the middle of castro street

people milling about in the middle of castro street as the gabber slaps

people gather in the middle of castro street to get down

the dance party is on

the dance party has taken over castro street

the dance party continues to rage in the middle of castro street

people gather in the middle of castro street for the dance party after the awards ceremony

people gather in the middle of castro street for the dance party

people gather in the middle of market street after the awards ceremony

people are milling about in the middle of castro street

detail of revelers

detail of a reveler's outfit

detail of reveler

a stiltwalker joins the dance party

detail of reveler's footwear

detail of revelers' footwear

detail of reveler's footwear

the dance party ragers

the dance party is out of control

detail of roller skates and other footwear in the middle of castro street

detail of revelers' footwear

detail of revelers' footwear

detail or rollerskaters footwear on castro street

detail of rollerskaters on castro street

detail of rollerskaters' footwear on castro street

detail of rollerskaters' footwear on market street

detail of people's footwear on market street

detail of people's footwear on castro street

people are fully into this dance party situation

dance party is raging

dance party continues to rage

dance party is out of control

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages dance party rages

dance party rages

portrait of two revelers

detail of revelers in castro street at the dance party 

the deejay works on making some tunes for the dance party

dance party rages on castro street

detail of the deejay's vinyl on the wheels of steel

detail of the deejay's set up

stiltwalker takes a break

the dance party continues

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

the dance page continues to rage

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

dance party rages

people are milling about after the gay shame awards at harvey milk plaza

people are milling about in harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about in harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people mill about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people mill about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people mill about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people mill about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people mill about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after tehe gay sahme awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

people are milling about harvey milk plaza after the gay shame awards

troublemakers gather for a photo

troublemakers pause for a photo

trouble makers in a portrait

troublemakers troublemaking portrait

troublemakers troublemaking

portrait of troublemakers

portrait of troublemakers

troublemakers portrait

troublemakers portrait

the police have given the order to disperse

the remaining revelers embrace following the police's order to disperse

portrait of award ceremony attendee

portrait of awards ceremony attendee

the police have given the order to disperse and people begin to leave

after having been given the police order to disperse the remaining stragglers start to break off from harvey milk plaza