Sad Francisco

RE-RELEASED: "Mental Health" Jail Expansion, f/ Thatcher Sady and Tory Becker

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Episode notes

Instead of demanding free housing or health care, some people think the answer to homelessness is to build "mental health" jails and forced "rehab" centers to stow unhoused people, indefinitely. With Clio/Thatcher Sady and Tory Becker, from Gay Shame.

• "Cities Across the US Are Stripping Homeless People of Their Autonomy," by Tory and Toshio, for Truthout

In other news:

• April 5 at Bluestockings in New York City: Come hang out with Shuli Branson, Zuri Arman, and Toshio, around the anthology "Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies"

Sad Francisco is produced by Toshio Meronek; this episode was edited by Caitlin Wood. Support the show and find links to all of our past episodes on Patreon.