Pink Peacock
Former cafe in Glasgow
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| 2025 | Pink Peacock announced their plans to re-open in Brooklyn, NY via their Facebook page. |
| June 14 2023 | Pink Peacock closed down, with the organization citing multiple challenges including burnout, backlash from TERFs, antisemitism from both left and right-wing groups, and internal racism within the collective towards minority members. |
| May 2023 | Pink Peacock members burned a copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on the pavement outside their cafe during the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, as a protest against transphobia and antisemitism associated with J.K. Rowling. The group's spokesperson emphasized that this act was different from historical Nazi book burnings due to differences in power dynamics. |
| 2021 | Jewish Currents magazine described Pink Peacock as selling 'Jewish lefty merch', highlighting the café's unique cultural and political positioning. |
| 2021 | Pink Peacock café physically opens in the Govanhill area of Glasgow after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The café is self-described as an 'anti-Zionist', 'queer Yiddish anarchist vegan pay-what-you-can' establishment. |
| September 30 2021 | Pink Peacock café launched sales of universal handcuff keys, which drew online criticism due to its proximity to the sentencing of a police officer convicted of murdering Sarah Everard. The café later issued a statement explaining the keys were intended for potential United Nations Climate Change Conference protests and acknowledged the timing was insensitive. |
| June 2021 | Police Scotland visited Holleb and Isaac's home after a complaint about a pink tote bag with 'fuck the police' in English and Yiddish displayed in the café window. |
| June 2021 | After the publicized tote bag seizure, Pink Peacock sold out of the bags, indicating increased public interest. |
| June 2021 | The Scottish Sun tabloid reported on Pink Peacock's 'no cops, no terfs' policy, leading to further vandalism of the café's storefront by an unidentified man who painted over it. |
| May 2021 | Pink Peacock's storefront experienced vandalism with windows smashed, along with adjacent Farmfoods and Semichem branches. |
| 2020 | Holleb published an article in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency discussing the significance of Yiddish as a diasporic language, emphasizing its role in Jewish cultural connection beyond modern Hebrew. |
| 2020 | During COVID-19 lockdowns, founders Joe Isaac and Morgan Holleb pivoted to distributing food packages in Govanhill and organizing online queer and Jewish events. |
| August 2020 | Successfully concluded crowdfunding campaign, raising a total of £15,885, exceeding their initial £10,000 goal. |
| July 2020 | Pink Peacock launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £10,000 to cover the café's initial three-month operational costs. |
| 2019 | Morgan Holleb and Joe Isaac began planning to open a queer and Yiddish café called Pink Peacock in Scotland, motivated by the lack of queer, Jewish, and Yiddish spaces in Govanhill. |
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