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Aoki is a performer, playwright and director whose productions blend Japanese legends, symphonic jazz and her family’s own long history in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aoki told KQED that \u003ca href=\"https://www.firstvoice.org/about-first-voice\">First Voice\u003c/a>, the arts organization she co-founded with her husband, jazz musician \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DE--1yZzO44/?hl=en&img_index=1\">Mark Izu\u003c/a>, “lost 75% of its funding under the new administration.” The financial hit represented an extra hard blow after losing Izu to cancer in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m 72 years old,” Aoki said via email, “and yet this award feels like a luminous pearl, shining in the midst of darkness and chaos. It reminds me that I’m still here, still doing the work I was put on this planet to do. I am uplifted. I am grateful. And I promise to use this honor to nourish us all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13880670']This year’s film fellowship was awarded to writer, performer and filmmaker Kyle Casey Chu (a.k.a. Panda Dulce), who is one of the founding queens of the legendary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/drag-queen-story-hour\">\u003cem>Drag Queen Story Hour\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. (Chu successfully completed a reading to children at the San Lorenzo Public Library in 2022, despite a violent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916918/sheriffs-investigating-hate-crime-after-alleged-proud-boys-disrupt-drag-queen-story-hour-with-homophobic-slurs\">interruption by a group of Proud Boys\u003c/a>.) Earlier this month, Chu released her debut novel, \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216497050-the-queen-bees-of-tybee-county\">\u003cem>The Queen Bees of Tybee County\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, about a teenager in the South reckoning with their gender and sexuality after discovering the world of pageants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My work honors the diverse creative communities I came of age with in San Francisco,” Chu said in an email. “People who lovingly helped me crystallize my voice and vision as an artist — too many of which have already been displaced. This fellowship is helping me preserve these legacies and advance filmmaking itself towards a more inclusive, equitable future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Receiving the Rainin Foundation’s dance fellowship, choreographer Vanessa Sanchez is the founder of San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://lamezclasf.net/\">La Mezcla dance company\u003c/a>. The group uses a combination of tap dance and zapateado (rhythmic footwork from Mexico) to tell stories of Chicana history, culture and resistance. They usually do so while wearing distinctive zoot suits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_vm9EU0YBU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a really emotional experience for me continuing the legacy of resistance and survival that these women had to overcome,” Sanchez told KQED Arts in 2020, “and then being able to put that on a stage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez is also currently an artist-in-residence at \u003ca href=\"https://www.brava.org/\">Brava! For Women in the Arts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Last year at the High Princx Pageant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hello.sassi.fran/\">Sassi Fran\u003c/a> knew she’d be competing against some of the Bay Area’s best drag performers — and getting judged by them, too. So she and her friends spent hours hand-making dozens of delicate tulle flowers that would make up the robe she’d wear on stage. She was preparing for a moment that would make everyone gasp: On the runway, she dropped her robe and revealed a luminescent mushroom outfit that changed color under the blacklight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sassi got a top score that night; the following week, with a high-drama number that incorporated Filipino folk dance, she clinched the victory. Looking back as she gets ready to relinquish her crown when the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-high-princx-pageant-2025-w-pattie-gonia-118-tickets-1070805300479\">pageant returns this weekend\u003c/a>, she says the two-weekend competition gave her the motivation she needed to take her drag to new creative and technical heights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I created something that really pushed myself further than I have before,” she reflects. Indeed, her victory led to high-profile gigs, including opening for \u003cem>RuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c/em> royalty Crystal Methyd and Alaska at major venues like San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts and Bimbo’s 365 Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13970361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13970361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2129\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-800x665.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-1020x848.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-160x133.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-768x639.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-1536x1277.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-2048x1703.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-1920x1597.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sassi Fran, the winner of the 2024 High Princx Pageant, struts the runway in her mushroom look. \u003ccite>(Rachel Ziegler)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Providing a stage for drag performers to elevate their craft is exactly what the pageant’s founder, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tito.so.to/?hl=en\">Tito Soto\u003c/a>, envisioned when he devised it as an offshoot of his popular Saturday night party at Oasis, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoasis.com/princess?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1p28BhCBARIsADP9HrNS-G81gNbA5oC2zO8Q8i-jhzM8v4OklhyNun8HFK_NFZuiYAHAU-IaAkZEEALw_wcB\">Princess\u003c/a>. Since the pandemic, Princess has become San Francisco’s go-to destination for nationally touring drag performers and high-caliber local artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether a performer wants to levitate above the crowd using a scissor lift, pop confetti on cue with a beat drop or envelop the stage in plumes of fog, Oasis has the technical setup for the “wow” moments fans crave. “It wasn’t until I started doing drag in San Francisco and found Oasis that I realized, this is where I need to be, this is where I can flourish,” says Soto, who had a past life as a theme-park designer in Los Angeles. “This venue gives me the capabilities to use all the tech I need in order to execute the vision that I want to put on a big drag spectacular.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 18, Princess party-goers will meet this year’s eight High Princx contestants, who include \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jeteguevaraog/\">Jeté Guevara\u003c/a>, a veteran performer of 30 years with a rockstar energy; \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sadiecreekwoodsparkles/\">Sadie Creekwood\u003c/a>, who pushes the limits of campy horror; and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pangaeas_planet/\">Pangaea\u003c/a>, a performance artist who delivers surrealist looks with a side of activism. Also gunning for the crown are \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vicky.cristinabarcelona/\">Vicky Cristina Barcelona\u003c/a>, whose high-femme fashions often rep Puerto Rican pride; \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/itsmaryvice/\">Mary Vice\u003c/a>, a queen-about-town who hosts Pillows at Powerhouse and The Hot Boxxx Girls at Aunt Charlie’s; \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/elmasjota/\">Jota Mercury\u003c/a>, an award-winning drag king who “puts the cheese in machismo”; \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/themojocarter/\">Mojo Carter\u003c/a>, a rising star with a face to kill; and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/delilahbefierce20/\">Delilah Befierce\u003c/a>, who goes all the way with her cosplayish ensembles (see: her recent glamorous take on the Grinch).[aside postid='arts_13970321']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to highlight all the different kinds of drag that you can see, and all different kinds of gender expression and mini scenes,” says Soto. “There’s many different ways of expressing the art form. So we make sure that our cast represents the whole amalgam.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After delivering their best “creative presentation” runway looks and charming the audience during a Q&A portion, contestants will face off in a lip-sync battle on Jan. 18. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Last year at the High Princx Pageant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hello.sassi.fran/\">Sassi Fran\u003c/a> knew she’d be competing against some of the Bay Area’s best drag performers — and getting judged by them, too. So she and her friends spent hours hand-making dozens of delicate tulle flowers that would make up the robe she’d wear on stage. She was preparing for a moment that would make everyone gasp: On the runway, she dropped her robe and revealed a luminescent mushroom outfit that changed color under the blacklight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sassi got a top score that night; the following week, with a high-drama number that incorporated Filipino folk dance, she clinched the victory. Looking back as she gets ready to relinquish her crown when the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-high-princx-pageant-2025-w-pattie-gonia-118-tickets-1070805300479\">pageant returns this weekend\u003c/a>, she says the two-weekend competition gave her the motivation she needed to take her drag to new creative and technical heights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I created something that really pushed myself further than I have before,” she reflects. Indeed, her victory led to high-profile gigs, including opening for \u003cem>RuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c/em> royalty Crystal Methyd and Alaska at major venues like San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts and Bimbo’s 365 Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13970361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13970361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2129\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-800x665.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-1020x848.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-160x133.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-768x639.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-1536x1277.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-2048x1703.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_9637-1920x1597.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sassi Fran, the winner of the 2024 High Princx Pageant, struts the runway in her mushroom look. \u003ccite>(Rachel Ziegler)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Providing a stage for drag performers to elevate their craft is exactly what the pageant’s founder, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tito.so.to/?hl=en\">Tito Soto\u003c/a>, envisioned when he devised it as an offshoot of his popular Saturday night party at Oasis, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoasis.com/princess?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1p28BhCBARIsADP9HrNS-G81gNbA5oC2zO8Q8i-jhzM8v4OklhyNun8HFK_NFZuiYAHAU-IaAkZEEALw_wcB\">Princess\u003c/a>. Since the pandemic, Princess has become San Francisco’s go-to destination for nationally touring drag performers and high-caliber local artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether a performer wants to levitate above the crowd using a scissor lift, pop confetti on cue with a beat drop or envelop the stage in plumes of fog, Oasis has the technical setup for the “wow” moments fans crave. “It wasn’t until I started doing drag in San Francisco and found Oasis that I realized, this is where I need to be, this is where I can flourish,” says Soto, who had a past life as a theme-park designer in Los Angeles. “This venue gives me the capabilities to use all the tech I need in order to execute the vision that I want to put on a big drag spectacular.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to highlight all the different kinds of drag that you can see, and all different kinds of gender expression and mini scenes,” says Soto. “There’s many different ways of expressing the art form. So we make sure that our cast represents the whole amalgam.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After delivering their best “creative presentation” runway looks and charming the audience during a Q&A portion, contestants will face off in a lip-sync battle on Jan. 18. The competition will continue with a high-stakes talent showcase on Jan. 25 where performers will pull out all the stops for the finale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are allowed to tell their story, however they want to tell it, in their biggest and grandest and most impactful way,” Soto explains. “And that is the category with the most points.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13970359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13970359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Tito-and-Hosts-Nicki-Kochina-and-Lisa-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Four drag artists pose in dramatic pink outfits. \" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Tito-and-Hosts-Nicki-Kochina-and-Lisa-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Tito-and-Hosts-Nicki-Kochina-and-Lisa-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Tito-and-Hosts-Nicki-Kochina-and-Lisa-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Tito-and-Hosts-Nicki-Kochina-and-Lisa-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Tito-and-Hosts-Nicki-Kochina-and-Lisa-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Tito-and-Hosts-Nicki-Kochina-and-Lisa-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Tito-and-Hosts-Nicki-Kochina-and-Lisa-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Tito-and-Hosts-Nicki-Kochina-and-Lisa-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Princess producer Tito Soto (center, seated) with High Princx Pageant hosts Kochina Rude, Nicki Jizz and Lisa Frankenstein (left to right). \u003ccite>(Chantel Beam)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The star-studded judges’ panel includes acclaimed drag queen and environmentalist Pattie Gonia; Rock M Sakura, who repped San Francisco on \u003cem>RuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c/em> season 12; Oasis owner and San Francisco’s first Drag Laureate, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13930404/drag-laureate-darcy-drollinger-pride-san-francisco-oasis-nightclub\">D’Arcy Drollinger\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919897/san-francisco-arts-commission-juanita-more-30-years\">Juanita MORE!\u003c/a>, a local legend whose activist endeavors are only outnumbered by her many couture looks; Soto himself and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as what the judges are looking for? “I want my jaw on the floor,” says Nicki Jizz, who will host the first weekend and judge the second. “I want to see numbers that are moving, sad, funny, ridiculous — sometimes I want all of it at once.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A fundraiser has been set up to assist beloved San Francisco artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.diegodiegodiego.com/home\">Diego Gómez\u003c/a> after he was brutally attacked in the Tenderloin on Sept. 30. Well over 300 donations have poured into the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/join-us-in-uplifting-diego-in-his-recovery\">GoFundMe page\u003c/a> since it was set up on Oct. 2, so far raising $20,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gómez is best known for his joyful murals (including the view of the Bay that decorates \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DAoe4VSyb1n/\">Oasis nightclub’s roofdeck\u003c/a>), \u003ca href=\"https://store.silversprocket.net/products/1963-is-not-an-end-but-a-beginning-by-diego-gomez?srsltid=AfmBOoqHZRHochxlt-CYSTdiUmBl5TwMvyiblLa_CwM6i69WNVRX23e_\">graphic novels\u003c/a> and drag persona, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13835510/bearded-drag-queen-trangela-lansbury-paints-herself-into-a-comic-book-universe\">Trangela Lansbury\u003c/a> — whom KQED once described as a “bearded cosplay queen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" 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"content": "\u003cp>Stand-up comedian, stage actor, drag queen, Madonna’s hype person, podcaster, rapper — is there anything Bob the Drag queen can’t do? The all-star entertainer catapulted into the limelight in 2016 after winning \u003ci>RuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c/i>. More recently, Bob won a 2022 Peabody Award for the HBO docu-series \u003cem>We’re Here\u003c/em>, where drag queens travel to conservative, rural areas to support local LGBTQ+ communities. In 2023, she dropped her comedy special \u003ci>Woke Man in a Dress\u003c/i> and her debut EP, \u003ci>Gay Barz\u003c/i>. Whether roasting audience members during a stand-up set or rhyming over a beat, Bob seems to have a bottomless Mary Poppins bag of punchlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hot off emceeing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953137/live-review-madonna-gives-a-master-class-in-eras-in-san-francisco\">Madonna’s career-spanning Celebration Tour\u003c/a> earlier this year, Bob touches down in San Francisco on Sept. 19 for her \u003ca href=\"https://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com/events/detail/565470\">\u003ci>This Is Wild!\u003c/i> comedy tour stop\u003c/a> at the Warfield. I chatted with Bob about the changing landscape for queer entertainers, her many, \u003ci>many\u003c/i> creative pursuits and what queer rappers we should all be adding to our playlists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006.jpg\" alt=\"Bob the Drag Queen poses on the read carpet in a hot pink puffy dress and '60s-style updo. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-768x495.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-1536x989.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-1920x1236.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob the Drag Queen attends the 2022 YouTube Streamy Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Dec. 4, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Dick Clark Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nastia Voynovskaya:\u003c/strong> I wanted to start off by talking about one of the biggest highlights of your year, which of course was the tour with Madonna. You had a huge task of being a hype person for someone who needs no introduction. How did you approach that role?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bob the Drag Queen:\u003c/strong> Well, I have a lot of reverence for what she’s done for women and for the queer community and for outsiders who became insiders somehow just by being themselves. So it’s pretty easy to give reverence to someone like Madonna. I didn’t have to work too hard to find something to be reverent about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I saw your \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bobthedragqueen/video/7411646501899750699?lang=en\">TikTok about how Madonna’s a 65-year-old boomer\u003c/a> at the end of the day, which I thought was hilarious. But on a serious note, what did you learn about her on the road that inspired you and how you’re going to approach your craft going forward?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, Madonna is the hardest worker I know. I’ve never met anyone in my life and every job I’ve ever worked — this goes from real estate to children’s theater to television to film to drag. But I don’t know that I \u003cem>want\u003c/em> to work as hard as Madonna does. I mean, I’m a hard worker, but I’m not trying to compete with Madonna in terms of work-life balance, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964366\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1368\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-1020x698.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-1536x1051.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-1920x1313.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob the Drag Queen and Estere perform during Madonna’s Celebration Tour at Barclays Center on Dec. 14, 2023 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was it like coming back from the tour? People were probably knocking on your door a lot more.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I came off the tour, to be honest, my life was just kind of going crazy. My mother passed away right after I got off tour. And then I went to go film [the reality competition] \u003cem>The Traitors\u003c/em>. Then I went on my own solo tour. So, you know, just outside of the tour itself, my life just kind of got really crazy right when the tour ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m really sorry for your loss. It must have been hard balancing those huge highs and lows at the same time. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, it was a challenge for sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/phvoynGBo_o?si=9ABdo2Uv_W_gdj3v\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The crowd work you do in your stand-up is so next level. How did you develop that? Do you roast your friends constantly?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My friends are always razzing each other. I also worked for years as an improv actor at this restaurant called the Jekyll & Hyde Club in New York City. I would do these shifts where the whole thing was just me doing improv, acting for eight hours and trying to make people laugh. So I think that’s actually where I got a lot of my quick wit from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I also love your generational humor, as a millennial myself. What do you think makes today’s generational clashes or debates such a fruitful subject for comedy? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, I think it’s the notion that we’re \u003cem>not\u003c/em> all in this together, even though we really know we all are. Like you make fun of our side parts and our skinny jeans, and we make fun of — you ever notice how Gen Z are always fake drinking stuff on TikTok? They’ll put a cup to their mouth before they start talking, but there’s nothing in the cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1489955463.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1489955463.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1489955463-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1489955463-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1489955463-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1489955463-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1489955463-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1489955463-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob The Drag Queen appears on stage during the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at New York Hilton on May 13, 2023 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for GLAAD)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>True, true. What generational differences have you seen between how millennials and Gen Z approach drag? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that millennials are often influenced by the divas or the over-the-top. Where a millennial might be more inspired by Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton or Beyoncé, I feel like a Gen Z might be inspired by Sabrina Carpenter or SZA or, you know, someone else very young whose aesthetic isn’t so over-the-top and wild. Millennial queens are often quite camp — big, bright colors, huge hair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The lane for a queer stand-up comics has expanded significantly since you started. What are your thoughts on how the industry has changed? And how does it still need to grow?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think it’s great — shout-out to people like \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/5GvFc3zL8aU?si=wjfwrnqzEHTQz1Bi\">Pink Foxx\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/K2rxborNVsc?si=3zZDeZKs-HEo8HOU\">Matteo Lane\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsU99VnaUpov58D6ttyS8L3n-j2l8Fg3L\">Nick Smith\u003c/a>, all these comedians who use their queerness as part of their humor. They didn’t have to come out — they were already out when they started their careers. And to the people who, like the Gen Xers, who had to come out — that was a different time. That’s not to begrudge them. It was about safety for them and about their ability to provide for themselves and their families and create a career for themselves. But I love that the queer landscape is changing and forms of stand-up comedy, it really is awesome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There’s a stereotype among some mainstream, straight comedians that queer and trans people can’t take a joke, or that queer comedy is overly politically correct, which is not the case with your work. But what do you make of that debate, and what do you think it says about this moment in the field of comedy?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, some people don’t like to joke about things, and that’s okay. Some people do like to joke about things, and that’s also okay. And I think that a lot of straight people in the comedy world — not all — have this notion that we can’t say anything anymore. And it’s like, you can, but you’re going to have consequences. Like, you can literally say anything you want to say. And then we get to say anything we want to say in response to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/aZzy_nCiBNw?si=WdjKJVCF4IYAl-Pg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You’re also a rapper with some serious bars. What do you enjoy about music as an outlet that you don’t necessarily get out of your other creative pursuits?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when I was younger, I used to rap in the school’s courtyard during lunch. We’d have these rap battles and I was always really good at them. They were just so much fun. I am a musical theater person, but I can’t sing. So this is the way that I dabble with music. I love the poetry of it more than anything. The cleverness of writing outside of prose for me is really exciting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are there any queer rappers that you’re into right now? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, I’m a big fan of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/heyoceankelly/?hl=en\">Ocean Kelly\u003c/a>. I really love \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kameratyme/\">Kamera Tyme\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/itsyaboikandie/\">Kandie\u003c/a>. There’s so many. I love \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/doechii/?hl=en\">Doechii\u003c/a>, Alex Miller, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mrgrandeofficial/?hl=en\">Mikey Angelo\u003c/a>. I could be here all day naming queer rappers that I love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We’re also seeing queer pop artists take over, like Chappell Roan. Ten years ago queer artists were relegated to playing a circuit of queer venues and pride events. And that’s just not the case anymore. What do you think has changed in culture that has allowed queer artists to take up these huge platforms where they’re entertaining \u003ci>everybody\u003c/i>? \u003c/strong>[aside postid='arts_13962406']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not a historian of any kind, so please take this with a grain of salt. But somewhere between \u003ci>RuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c/i>, Lil Nas X coming out of the closet, \u003ci>Pose\u003c/i> and \u003ci>Legendary\u003c/i> all kind of having mainstream success … Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” was massive. It’s the longest running Billboard No. 1 in the history of music. So to have someone like that come out of the closet says a lot. He was really happy to lean into queer aesthetics and queer vibes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then some people forget that some artists are queer, like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Frank Ocean. And now having someone like Chappell Roan come out, not only is she queer, she’s so camp. I don’t know the last time we had a lesbian singer who was this camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yeah, maybe not ever. It also kind of goes to show the influence of drag. I mean, \u003ca href=\"https://ew.com/sasha-colby-introduces-mtv-vmas-chappell-roan-performance-8710627\">Sasha Colby just called Chappell her daughter\u003c/a>. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, I love that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You’re on the upcoming season of reality show \u003ci>The Traitors\u003c/i>, and you’ve also done scripted television and theater. Is more acting on your vision board?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acting was really my first love, but I have evolved into more of a stand-up comedian. And my name is Bob the Drag Queen, so I think a lot of people have a hard time seeing me outside of drag. And I like acting in drag, but that’s not how I trained my acting chops. Bob the Drag Queen isn’t a persona. When I’m Bob the Drag Queen, I’m not acting and I don’t change my voice. I don’t have a weird backstory for Bob. I’m really just being myself, just in a different set of clothes. So I would love to be able to do some more acting, but I think it’s going to take a special kind of director or producer who actually can see that my talents lie within my drag. I just happen to really love dressing up. [aside postid='arts_13964160']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can you give any hints of what people can expect when they come see you at the Warfield in San Francisco this week? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is true, strict stand-up. I have been doing stand-up comedy for 16 years now. So, you know, it is a drag show because I’m doing it. But it’s not [\u003ci>RuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c/i>] Werq the World. This is not Drag Race Lip Sync Extravaganza. This is a tried and true stand-up comedian artfully doing their craft.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Stand-up comedian, stage actor, drag queen, Madonna’s hype person, podcaster, rapper — is there anything Bob the Drag queen can’t do? The all-star entertainer catapulted into the limelight in 2016 after winning \u003ci>RuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c/i>. More recently, Bob won a 2022 Peabody Award for the HBO docu-series \u003cem>We’re Here\u003c/em>, where drag queens travel to conservative, rural areas to support local LGBTQ+ communities. In 2023, she dropped her comedy special \u003ci>Woke Man in a Dress\u003c/i> and her debut EP, \u003ci>Gay Barz\u003c/i>. Whether roasting audience members during a stand-up set or rhyming over a beat, Bob seems to have a bottomless Mary Poppins bag of punchlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hot off emceeing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953137/live-review-madonna-gives-a-master-class-in-eras-in-san-francisco\">Madonna’s career-spanning Celebration Tour\u003c/a> earlier this year, Bob touches down in San Francisco on Sept. 19 for her \u003ca href=\"https://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com/events/detail/565470\">\u003ci>This Is Wild!\u003c/i> comedy tour stop\u003c/a> at the Warfield. I chatted with Bob about the changing landscape for queer entertainers, her many, \u003ci>many\u003c/i> creative pursuits and what queer rappers we should all be adding to our playlists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006.jpg\" alt=\"Bob the Drag Queen poses on the read carpet in a hot pink puffy dress and '60s-style updo. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-768x495.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-1536x989.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1446793006-1920x1236.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob the Drag Queen attends the 2022 YouTube Streamy Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Dec. 4, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Dick Clark Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nastia Voynovskaya:\u003c/strong> I wanted to start off by talking about one of the biggest highlights of your year, which of course was the tour with Madonna. You had a huge task of being a hype person for someone who needs no introduction. How did you approach that role?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bob the Drag Queen:\u003c/strong> Well, I have a lot of reverence for what she’s done for women and for the queer community and for outsiders who became insiders somehow just by being themselves. So it’s pretty easy to give reverence to someone like Madonna. I didn’t have to work too hard to find something to be reverent about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I saw your \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bobthedragqueen/video/7411646501899750699?lang=en\">TikTok about how Madonna’s a 65-year-old boomer\u003c/a> at the end of the day, which I thought was hilarious. But on a serious note, what did you learn about her on the road that inspired you and how you’re going to approach your craft going forward?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, Madonna is the hardest worker I know. I’ve never met anyone in my life and every job I’ve ever worked — this goes from real estate to children’s theater to television to film to drag. But I don’t know that I \u003cem>want\u003c/em> to work as hard as Madonna does. I mean, I’m a hard worker, but I’m not trying to compete with Madonna in terms of work-life balance, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964366\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1368\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-1020x698.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-1536x1051.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1865129523-1920x1313.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob the Drag Queen and Estere perform during Madonna’s Celebration Tour at Barclays Center on Dec. 14, 2023 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was it like coming back from the tour? People were probably knocking on your door a lot more.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I came off the tour, to be honest, my life was just kind of going crazy. My mother passed away right after I got off tour. And then I went to go film [the reality competition] \u003cem>The Traitors\u003c/em>. Then I went on my own solo tour. So, you know, just outside of the tour itself, my life just kind of got really crazy right when the tour ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m really sorry for your loss. It must have been hard balancing those huge highs and lows at the same time. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, it was a challenge for sure.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/phvoynGBo_o'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/phvoynGBo_o'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The crowd work you do in your stand-up is so next level. How did you develop that? Do you roast your friends constantly?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My friends are always razzing each other. I also worked for years as an improv actor at this restaurant called the Jekyll & Hyde Club in New York City. 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"content": "\u003cp>Seven years in, there’s something about \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklash.com/\">Oaklash\u003c/a> that still feels fresh. Not only does the Oakland drag festival offer plenty of sparkly, gender-bending spectacle, it’s also a champion of disability and racial justice — and the organizers put their money where their mouth is. Thanks to their \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklash.com/grants\">Disability Fund\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklash.com/o-snap\">Skills for Nightlife Accelerator Program\u003c/a> (O-SNAP), Oaklash has nurtured dozens of artists who are now making politically urgent, community-minded work, and lifting up others while doing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s Oaklash takes place May 17-19 in multiple Oakland locations. How to navigate the packed weekend of lip syncs, dance parties and immersive theater? And preferably do it without losing a wig or breaking a nail?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Show up a blank slate. Show up ready to have your mind blown. Show up ready to meet the love of your life,” says co-organizer Mama Celeste, who founded Oaklash with Beatrix LaHaine in 2018. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13953497']The festival kicks off Friday night at Nectar Social Club with an eco-sexual-themed party produced by the latest O-SNAP cohort (Piss E Sissy, Holden Wood, Jasmine Robinson, Andrea Wang and Vanessa Hernandez). The dress code encourages green, leafy and slutty (think “plant-based perversion,” as Piss E Sissy put it). The party kicks off with a mixer for new and experienced performers alike, followed by a drag show by BB Gunz, Mommy Dommest, Evangeline Laveau and Translucent; live music from Cuban hip-hop artist Krudas Cubensi and a set by Renaissance the DJ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929146\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"two colorfully dressed drag performers pose for the camera while people fill the street behind them at a drag festival\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-800x477.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-1020x608.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-160x95.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-768x458.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-1536x916.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-2048x1221.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-1920x1145.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mama Celeste and Beatrix Lahaine, founders of Oaklash, pose at 2022’s festival. \u003ccite>(Fred Rowe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fun continues on Saturday, May 18, with an epic block party on 9th Street and Broadway in Old Oakland, headlined by \u003ci>RuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c/i> Season 15 winner Sasha Colby and award-winning drag king and television personality Landon Cider. With over 70 performers and two stages, this is an opportunity to see a huge variety of creative expression from local drag luminaries such as Nicki Jizz, founder of San Francisco’s only all-Black drag show, Reparations; drag king and activist Harddeep Singh; Oaklash co-founder LaHaine and more. Performances will continue at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCK1z7vRrf/\">Afterkii\u003c/a> at nearby club ForTheCulture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13914980\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13914980\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/rachelzphotographyllc-15_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Drag queen on all fours with crowd surrounding\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/rachelzphotographyllc-15_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/rachelzphotographyllc-15_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/rachelzphotographyllc-15_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/rachelzphotographyllc-15_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/rachelzphotographyllc-15_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicki Jizz performs at Princess at Oasis. \u003ccite>(Rachel Ziegler)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mama Celeste says Oaklash especially embraces artists whose work responds to the current political moment. While many arts organizations have remained silent on Israel’s bombardment of Gaza — some have even penalized artists for speaking out against it — Mama Celeste says won’t be the case at Oaklash. (She notes that Oaklash is a fiscal sponsor of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thebadfund?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D\">the BAD Fund\u003c/a>, which provides funding for drag artists if they need to drop out of gigs from funders or promoters they find politically objectionable.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you provide the space for artists to do whatever they want, they’re going to get up there and they’re going to talk about what’s most important to them,” she says. “What’s important to a lot of people in the Bay, a lot of people in the world, a lot of queer people right now, is solidarity with the people in Palestine and the Congo and Sudan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934554\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/EBDA61AB-FF31-431B-A027-9C16A57C1C5F.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/EBDA61AB-FF31-431B-A027-9C16A57C1C5F.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/EBDA61AB-FF31-431B-A027-9C16A57C1C5F-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/EBDA61AB-FF31-431B-A027-9C16A57C1C5F-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/EBDA61AB-FF31-431B-A027-9C16A57C1C5F-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/EBDA61AB-FF31-431B-A027-9C16A57C1C5F-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drag kings Helixir, Papi Churro, King LOTUS BOY and Harddeep Singh. Helixir and Harddeep will both perform at Oaklash’s 2024 block party on May 18. \u003ccite>(Vita Hewitt)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At its core, Oaklash celebrates drag’s countercultural and rebellious roots, and one of the festival’s guiding lights is the beloved, late drag mother \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2021/05/19/phatima-rude-queer-punk-drag-icon-of-sf-scene-dies-at-55/\">Phatima Rude\u003c/a>, who will be honored May 19 in the festival finale, \u003ci>Rebirth: The Death of Drag\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be very raw,” Mama Celeste says. “It’s going to be very intense. It’s going to be very emotional.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Held at anarchist community space Omni Commons, the immersive theater piece and drag installation is led by Hollow Eve and the House of Rude — including Phatima’s drag daughter Kochina, a champion of drug safety and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947448/there-to-save-a-life-san-francisco-bars-fight-fentanyl-overdoses-with-narcan\">harm reduction in the queer nightlife community\u003c/a>. Mama Celeste doesn’t quite know what to expect yet, but is sure the piece is going to capture Phatima Rude’s punk-rock spirit and penchant for the otherworldly, strange and surreal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told Hollow to not tell me what they’re doing because I don’t want to know. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-Beyonce%CC%81Fans-JY-050_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a white sequined dress and cowboy hat kneels on one leg on a catwalk, surrounded by the audience and lit in red\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bionka Simone performs Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ at Oasis in San Francisco on Saturday, April 6, 2024. The show drew a sold-out crowd of drag fans and members of the Beyhive as an all-Black cast celebrated the release of Beyoncé’s new album, ‘Cowboy Carter.’ \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the series \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fandomvote\">The Fandom Vote\u003c/a>, exploring the election-year concerns and voting preferences of significant pop culture fanbases.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]E[/dropcap]arlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/beyonce\">Beyoncé\u003c/a>’s \u003cem>Cowboy Carter\u003c/em> galloped into the national psyche in all of its flag-waving, countrified glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering Beyoncé’s status as an artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/20366/six-beyonce-pieces-by-women-of-color-that-you-should-read-right-now\">unafraid to invoke political imagery in both her music and her visuals\u003c/a> — not to mention the way this album has turned into a battleground over who “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905263/from-beyonce-to-lil-hardin-my-black-country-celebrates-the-undersung-black-history-and-future-of-country-music\">owns country\u003c/a>”— it’s unsurprising that many of her fans consider themselves politically conscious, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We at KQED set out to ask Beyoncé fans at San Francisco’s Oasis nightclub, directly before a Beyoncé-themed drag show, about the state of America and the issues with which they’re most concerned in this election year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955649\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955649\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-014-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A trio of tattooed and flamboyant people, including two in cowboy hats, smile and line up before a pink and red mural.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Lance Derick, Joshua Carrasco and James Aceves. Carrasco, who is a pediatric resident at UCSF, says access to healthcare and health insurance is a huge factor in his voting decisions. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joshua Carrasco came to the Beyoncé party with two friends, having arrived in San Francisco from Texas almost a year ago. As a pediatric resident at UCSF, Carrasco says he’s concerned about the links between poor health, underfunded education and a lack of affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to queer communities, housing is such an important social determinate of health that I think is undervalued within the San Francisco area,” Carrasco said. “A lot of the Props that were voted on [in the last election] went in a direction that I was not anticipating. I think San Francisco flaunts itself as progressive, but I think in action, it’s less progressive than I had anticipated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955643\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955643\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling woman wearing a wide brimmed black hat and leather jacket stands with a shorter woman wearing her hair in braids and a short skirt. They are standing before a pink and red mural.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annika Gabriel (L) and Gabby Huckabee (R). Both expressed concern about the age of the presidential candidates, as well as concern for their friends of color. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Asked how she’s feeling about the 2024 election, Annika Gabriel said simply: “I’m real worried about my trans friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Gabriel’s side was Gabby Huckabee, who said she is “upset for my Muslim friends [and] for my friends of color.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13955021']Huckabee continued, “It’s very upsetting to me that out of everyone they could have possibly chosen for both parties, [Biden and Trump] are the two they still have come up with. I’m not optimistic for the future. I’m still going to vote for Joe Biden. Because I’m very clearly opposed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/donald-trump-tape-transcript.html\">Donald Trump grabbing people by the pussy\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955645\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-003-KQED-e1712693509298.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man smiles broadly in front of a neon-lit O sign at night.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron McCall has the environment at the forefront of his mind during this election year. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite not feeling enthusiastic about either presidential candidate, Aaron McCall was another attendee determined to make a difference in whichever way he can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we are choosing people to vote for, it is not a moral statement and it’s not a statement of who we like,” the climate charity worker emphasized. “It is a statement of who we’re going to work with and who’s going to work with us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans have actively said they are going to target and attack queer [folks] and people of color,” McCall continued, “and they’re going to destroy the environment in the process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955647\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-008-KQED-e1712695709640.jpg\" alt=\"A slender white man in a Beyonce t-shirt, an Arabic man wearing a blue shirt and an Asian woman in a black leather jacket stand with arms around each other outside a nightclub.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Sean Dante Remigio, Mahmoud Dabbah and Mara Lee. Dabbah isn’t happy with President Biden’s support of Israel and feels there isn’t much difference between Biden and Trump. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mahmoud Dabbah, a Palestinian who has lived in America for three years, believes Biden’s ability to get reelected will be greatly impacted by the president’s support of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">Israel’s military actions in Gaza.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can see that clearly. I think the whole world is pissed off,” Dabbah said. “This war is horrible and the U.S. is a big part of it. I hope it stops soon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13940030']Asked if he worries about the consequences of another Trump presidency, Dabbah stated: “After what I saw from Biden, I don’t care anymore. It’s all the same for me as an immigrant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dabbah’s friend Sean Dante Remigio agreed. “It feels very much a losing game either way,” he said. “I mean, it’s not even choosing between a lesser of two evils. There is no choice. That is the conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955702\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1402px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955702\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Two young people of color stand side by side inside a nightclub with thoughtful expressions on their faces.\" width=\"1402\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM.png 1402w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM-800x534.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM-1020x681.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1402px) 100vw, 1402px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L) Rogue and (R) Stephane are both concerned about houselessness and access to healthcare in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remigio’s thoughts were echoed by Rogue and Stephane. (Both declined to give last names.) Though the friends remain concerned with housing and healthcare in San Francisco, they don’t see an upcoming face-off between Trump and Biden offering real solutions to the nation’s problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like the options are not great,” Stephane, an international student, said. “Even if I was allowed to vote, I would need better options. I don’t really care about either of the candidates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yeah,” Rogue laughed, “it’s like: Poo-Poo or Pee-Pee!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955648\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-009-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two white women, one with a ponytail, one with cropped purple hair, stand close together, smiling warmly at each other. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Married couple Sunny and Reece Johnson are politically disillusioned — one more so than the other. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also disillusioned with the election are Sunny and Reece Johnson, who’ve been happily married for 11 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will tell you that I have stopped thinking about [the election] because it’s distressing,” Reece said. “I do feel very unmotivated to vote, because I’m so burned out on the drama.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would never \u003cem>not\u003c/em> vote, though,” Sunny interjected. “Never.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reece shrugged. “I would like to say that I would never not vote, but I’m so disenchanted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955651\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-024-KQED-e1712707940654.jpg\" alt=\"A drag queen strikes a pose in black lingerie and red dressing gown, next to a wooden fence decorated with lights.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xochitl the Queen poses on the roof deck of Oasis shortly before performing on April 5, 2024. Xochitl works in deportation defense at USF Law and uses her drag to make political statements. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One fan who wishes she could vote is drag queen Xochitl. Shortly before her performance as auburn-haired temptress Jolene, Xochitl said she is “low-key scared” about the upcoming election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My future as a performer, as an artist, as an immigrant and as a member of this society is at risk, depending on who wins,” she said. “They say we have a choice, but it’s an illusion of a choice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a DACA recipient, Xochitl is not eligible to vote, but strives to make a difference through her job at USF Law. She also utilizes performance to express herself politically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I make my voice heard by doing art, doing drag,” Xochitl explained. “My drag is inherently political. I’ve done numbers on stage where I burn the American flag as protest, as part of my work in deportation defense. I express my fear about drag bans through my art.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955646\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-006-KQED-e1712693763217.jpg\" alt=\"A person with glasses and short dark haircut, stands hands in pockets in front of a pink and red mural. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dani Arevalos says their biggest concern as a member of the LGBTQ+ community is being respected and acknowledged as a person. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many people we spoke with at Oasis, LGBTQ issues are front and center for Dani Arevalos, who feels dehumanized by recent attacks on gender nonconforming people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Looking to the future, my biggest concern is being respected as a human being,” Arevalos said. “I come from the Latin community, and also being LGBTQ … Honestly two very different communities [with] the same issue of being oppressed. I think going forward, being respected and being acknowledged [will help us] to move forward as a nation together.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-Beyonce%CC%81Fans-JY-050_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a white sequined dress and cowboy hat kneels on one leg on a catwalk, surrounded by the audience and lit in red\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BeyoncéFans-JY-050_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bionka Simone performs Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ at Oasis in San Francisco on Saturday, April 6, 2024. The show drew a sold-out crowd of drag fans and members of the Beyhive as an all-Black cast celebrated the release of Beyoncé’s new album, ‘Cowboy Carter.’ \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the series \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fandomvote\">The Fandom Vote\u003c/a>, exploring the election-year concerns and voting preferences of significant pop culture fanbases.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">E\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>arlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/beyonce\">Beyoncé\u003c/a>’s \u003cem>Cowboy Carter\u003c/em> galloped into the national psyche in all of its flag-waving, countrified glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering Beyoncé’s status as an artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/20366/six-beyonce-pieces-by-women-of-color-that-you-should-read-right-now\">unafraid to invoke political imagery in both her music and her visuals\u003c/a> — not to mention the way this album has turned into a battleground over who “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905263/from-beyonce-to-lil-hardin-my-black-country-celebrates-the-undersung-black-history-and-future-of-country-music\">owns country\u003c/a>”— it’s unsurprising that many of her fans consider themselves politically conscious, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We at KQED set out to ask Beyoncé fans at San Francisco’s Oasis nightclub, directly before a Beyoncé-themed drag show, about the state of America and the issues with which they’re most concerned in this election year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955649\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955649\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-014-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A trio of tattooed and flamboyant people, including two in cowboy hats, smile and line up before a pink and red mural.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-014-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Lance Derick, Joshua Carrasco and James Aceves. Carrasco, who is a pediatric resident at UCSF, says access to healthcare and health insurance is a huge factor in his voting decisions. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joshua Carrasco came to the Beyoncé party with two friends, having arrived in San Francisco from Texas almost a year ago. As a pediatric resident at UCSF, Carrasco says he’s concerned about the links between poor health, underfunded education and a lack of affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to queer communities, housing is such an important social determinate of health that I think is undervalued within the San Francisco area,” Carrasco said. “A lot of the Props that were voted on [in the last election] went in a direction that I was not anticipating. I think San Francisco flaunts itself as progressive, but I think in action, it’s less progressive than I had anticipated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955643\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955643\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling woman wearing a wide brimmed black hat and leather jacket stands with a shorter woman wearing her hair in braids and a short skirt. They are standing before a pink and red mural.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-001-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annika Gabriel (L) and Gabby Huckabee (R). Both expressed concern about the age of the presidential candidates, as well as concern for their friends of color. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Asked how she’s feeling about the 2024 election, Annika Gabriel said simply: “I’m real worried about my trans friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Gabriel’s side was Gabby Huckabee, who said she is “upset for my Muslim friends [and] for my friends of color.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Huckabee continued, “It’s very upsetting to me that out of everyone they could have possibly chosen for both parties, [Biden and Trump] are the two they still have come up with. I’m not optimistic for the future. I’m still going to vote for Joe Biden. Because I’m very clearly opposed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/donald-trump-tape-transcript.html\">Donald Trump grabbing people by the pussy\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955645\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-003-KQED-e1712693509298.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man smiles broadly in front of a neon-lit O sign at night.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron McCall has the environment at the forefront of his mind during this election year. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite not feeling enthusiastic about either presidential candidate, Aaron McCall was another attendee determined to make a difference in whichever way he can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we are choosing people to vote for, it is not a moral statement and it’s not a statement of who we like,” the climate charity worker emphasized. “It is a statement of who we’re going to work with and who’s going to work with us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans have actively said they are going to target and attack queer [folks] and people of color,” McCall continued, “and they’re going to destroy the environment in the process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955647\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-008-KQED-e1712695709640.jpg\" alt=\"A slender white man in a Beyonce t-shirt, an Arabic man wearing a blue shirt and an Asian woman in a black leather jacket stand with arms around each other outside a nightclub.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Sean Dante Remigio, Mahmoud Dabbah and Mara Lee. Dabbah isn’t happy with President Biden’s support of Israel and feels there isn’t much difference between Biden and Trump. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mahmoud Dabbah, a Palestinian who has lived in America for three years, believes Biden’s ability to get reelected will be greatly impacted by the president’s support of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">Israel’s military actions in Gaza.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can see that clearly. I think the whole world is pissed off,” Dabbah said. “This war is horrible and the U.S. is a big part of it. I hope it stops soon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Asked if he worries about the consequences of another Trump presidency, Dabbah stated: “After what I saw from Biden, I don’t care anymore. It’s all the same for me as an immigrant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dabbah’s friend Sean Dante Remigio agreed. “It feels very much a losing game either way,” he said. “I mean, it’s not even choosing between a lesser of two evils. There is no choice. That is the conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955702\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1402px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955702\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Two young people of color stand side by side inside a nightclub with thoughtful expressions on their faces.\" width=\"1402\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM.png 1402w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM-800x534.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM-1020x681.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-09-at-4.57.48-PM-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1402px) 100vw, 1402px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L) Rogue and (R) Stephane are both concerned about houselessness and access to healthcare in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remigio’s thoughts were echoed by Rogue and Stephane. (Both declined to give last names.) Though the friends remain concerned with housing and healthcare in San Francisco, they don’t see an upcoming face-off between Trump and Biden offering real solutions to the nation’s problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like the options are not great,” Stephane, an international student, said. “Even if I was allowed to vote, I would need better options. I don’t really care about either of the candidates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yeah,” Rogue laughed, “it’s like: Poo-Poo or Pee-Pee!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955648\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-009-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two white women, one with a ponytail, one with cropped purple hair, stand close together, smiling warmly at each other. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCÉFANS-JY-009-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Married couple Sunny and Reece Johnson are politically disillusioned — one more so than the other. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also disillusioned with the election are Sunny and Reece Johnson, who’ve been happily married for 11 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will tell you that I have stopped thinking about [the election] because it’s distressing,” Reece said. “I do feel very unmotivated to vote, because I’m so burned out on the drama.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would never \u003cem>not\u003c/em> vote, though,” Sunny interjected. “Never.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reece shrugged. “I would like to say that I would never not vote, but I’m so disenchanted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955651\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-024-KQED-e1712707940654.jpg\" alt=\"A drag queen strikes a pose in black lingerie and red dressing gown, next to a wooden fence decorated with lights.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xochitl the Queen poses on the roof deck of Oasis shortly before performing on April 5, 2024. Xochitl works in deportation defense at USF Law and uses her drag to make political statements. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One fan who wishes she could vote is drag queen Xochitl. Shortly before her performance as auburn-haired temptress Jolene, Xochitl said she is “low-key scared” about the upcoming election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My future as a performer, as an artist, as an immigrant and as a member of this society is at risk, depending on who wins,” she said. “They say we have a choice, but it’s an illusion of a choice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a DACA recipient, Xochitl is not eligible to vote, but strives to make a difference through her job at USF Law. She also utilizes performance to express herself politically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I make my voice heard by doing art, doing drag,” Xochitl explained. “My drag is inherently political. 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I express my fear about drag bans through my art.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955646\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240405-BEYONCE%CC%81FANS-JY-006-KQED-e1712693763217.jpg\" alt=\"A person with glasses and short dark haircut, stands hands in pockets in front of a pink and red mural. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dani Arevalos says their biggest concern as a member of the LGBTQ+ community is being respected and acknowledged as a person. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many people we spoke with at Oasis, LGBTQ issues are front and center for Dani Arevalos, who feels dehumanized by recent attacks on gender nonconforming people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For their residency at the historic David Ireland House, artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.marcelapardo.com/bio\">Marcel Pardo Ariza\u003c/a> decided to roll up the garage door of the ivory tower, and turn the conceptual art space into a sanctuary for the people of San Francisco’s Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The photographer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919897/san-francisco-arts-commission-juanita-more-30-years\">curator\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923804/2022-seca-art-award-exhibition-sfmoma-review\">installation artist\u003c/a> spent the summer inviting trans organizers to \u003ca href=\"https://500cappstreet.org/\">500 Capp Street\u003c/a>. Over meals, guests like performer-activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13835520/a-new-generation-gathers-strength-from-the-courageous-queens-of-the-comptons-cafeteria-riot\">Donna Personna\u003c/a> and community advocate \u003ca href=\"https://msbilliecooper.org/\">Billie Cooper\u003c/a> shared stories of how trans people survived discriminatory laws and police harassment in the 1960s and ’70s, and took care of each other during the AIDS epidemic in the ’80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pardo Ariza took heart in how over the decades, trans people have always come together in chosen families and underground networks of support — no matter how hostile the climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s important for us — as our humanity is being questioned and attacked constantly — to think about, first, how have people in the past organized to combat this same rhetoric?” Pardo Ariza says. “Also to understand that if we all collectively support each other, that there’s going to be less of a sense of self-hate or isolation or fear, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Pardo Ariza isn’t just making art with that message. Their new exhibition \u003ci>Orquídeas\u003c/i>, opening Oct. 19 at 500 Capp, sets out to create that sense of solidarity, community and celebration in real time. The goal is to make the gallery not just a hub for activism and organizing, but “a place to gather that’s for the soul,” the artist says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1.jpg\" alt=\"Ephemera and photographs densely arranged on orange wall \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcel Pardo Ariza and collaborator Julián Delgado Lopera collected photos, posters and pamphlets that document trans life throughout the 20th century for their installation, ‘Memoria Trans SF,’ at 500 Capp Street. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That begins with the colorful, street-facing installation inside the David Ireland House’s garage, \u003ci>Memoria Trans SF\u003c/i>, developed with writer Julián Delgado Lopera in collaboration with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://ellaparatranslatinas.org/\">El/La Para Translatinas\u003c/a>, whose clients shared stories and posed for photos on display in the space. For the installation, Pardo Ariza papered the garage’s walls with large-scale scans from trans history: the 1932 book \u003ci>Women in Men’s Guise\u003c/i>; 1990s photos of drag queens and trans women at the city’s first Latinx gay club, Esta Noche; posters from Finocchio’s, a drag club that opened in 1929.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The artifacts on display affirm that trans and gender-nonconforming people have always been here, even if mainstream society didn’t always acknowledge them. But because they’ve been pushed to the margins, source materials were hard to come by. “Trans history is so fragile because it has been written on napkins or in bathroom stalls,” says Pardo Ariza, who scoured the GLBT Historical Society and other collections for the installation. [aside postid='arts_13915486']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the exhibition opens with drag performances on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13840309/for-the-one-and-only-rexy-the-best-is-yet-to-come\">The One and Only Rexy\u003c/a> and Dulce de Leche on Oct. 19, 500 Capp will host a number of free events throughout October and November. Grace Towers and Mudd the Two Spirit will teach drag makeup workshops on Oct. 25 and Nov. 8. A number of private dinners, catered by trans chefs, are in the works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dec. 1 invites the public for a benefit to raise money for street-based sex workers — an occupation some trans people have turned to for survival because of job discrimination. And throughout the show’s run, Pardo Ariza and Delgado Lopera plan to set up scanners for trans elders to submit their photos, posters and ephemera to build on their archival work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Six rows of small black-and-white negatives of people in a nightclub\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2146\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--800x671.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--1020x855.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--160x134.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--768x644.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--1536x1288.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--2048x1717.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--1920x1610.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A contact sheet of photos from a night out at Latinx gay club Esta Noche in 1995. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Rick Gerharter and Memoria Trans SF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the garage installation, Esta Noche, a long-running Latinx gay club that shuttered in 2014, is a recurring touchpoint. On the wall is a newspaper photo of Cuban-born San Francisco trans activist Adela Vasquez, whose drag night Las AtreDivas, which she started at Esta Noche in the ’80s, is the inspiration for an upcoming drag performance at 500 Capp on Nov. 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vasquez’s story is just one of the many examples of how trans people have used art and culture in service of community healing. After being crowned Miss Gay Latina in 1992, she devoted herself to hospice care for AIDS patients and to safe sex education. Today, she runs an \u003ca href=\"https://sfcommunityhealth.org/onlinecommunitygroups/\">online trans support group\u003c/a> called Fifty and Fabulous through San Francisco Community Health Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vasquez says telling trans history is important as trans people face discrimination from all sides — not just from straight people, but from some lesbian, gay and bisexual people as well. “I think it’s important to let them know that we are human, that we have our issues and we take care of our issues, you know what I mean, better than many other communities,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1456px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem.png\" alt=\"Flyer with event info, black text on cream paper, photos of three storytellers at top of page\" width=\"1456\" height=\"1928\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem.png 1456w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-800x1059.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-1020x1351.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-160x212.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-768x1017.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-1160x1536.png 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 1997 flyer by Laylani Wong (photo by Freddie Niems) for Adela Vasquez, Tamara Ching and Connie Amarathithada’s live storytelling event promoting safe sex behavior. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Adela Vazquez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pardo Ariza points out that trans rights have come a long way — decades ago, they say, openly trans artists weren’t necessarily exhibiting in major institutions or teaching at California College of the Arts, as Pardo Ariza is doing. But as anti-trans laws and rhetoric continue to put trans people at risk of discrimination and violence, there’s still a long way to go until we achieve true gender equality. In Pardo Ariza’s view, culture can help chart new paths towards collective liberation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our joy or celebration is not always prioritized. And we’re put in a situation of precarity and scarcity mentality most of the time,” they say. “I like thinking about possibilities, a space in which we can dream up how it is that we want to live, how it is that we want to relate to one another. And that’s a sort of space that feels very generative and very abundant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13835025\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-768x75.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-375x37.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-520x51.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Orquídeas’ opens at 500 Capp Street on Oct. 19, 2023 and will be on view through Feb. 17, 2024. \u003ca href=\"https://500cappstreet.org/upcoming-exhibitions/marcel-pardo-arizas-orquideas/\">Event schedule, information and tickets here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For their residency at the historic David Ireland House, artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.marcelapardo.com/bio\">Marcel Pardo Ariza\u003c/a> decided to roll up the garage door of the ivory tower, and turn the conceptual art space into a sanctuary for the people of San Francisco’s Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The photographer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919897/san-francisco-arts-commission-juanita-more-30-years\">curator\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923804/2022-seca-art-award-exhibition-sfmoma-review\">installation artist\u003c/a> spent the summer inviting trans organizers to \u003ca href=\"https://500cappstreet.org/\">500 Capp Street\u003c/a>. Over meals, guests like performer-activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13835520/a-new-generation-gathers-strength-from-the-courageous-queens-of-the-comptons-cafeteria-riot\">Donna Personna\u003c/a> and community advocate \u003ca href=\"https://msbilliecooper.org/\">Billie Cooper\u003c/a> shared stories of how trans people survived discriminatory laws and police harassment in the 1960s and ’70s, and took care of each other during the AIDS epidemic in the ’80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pardo Ariza took heart in how over the decades, trans people have always come together in chosen families and underground networks of support — no matter how hostile the climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s important for us — as our humanity is being questioned and attacked constantly — to think about, first, how have people in the past organized to combat this same rhetoric?” Pardo Ariza says. “Also to understand that if we all collectively support each other, that there’s going to be less of a sense of self-hate or isolation or fear, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Pardo Ariza isn’t just making art with that message. Their new exhibition \u003ci>Orquídeas\u003c/i>, opening Oct. 19 at 500 Capp, sets out to create that sense of solidarity, community and celebration in real time. The goal is to make the gallery not just a hub for activism and organizing, but “a place to gather that’s for the soul,” the artist says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1.jpg\" alt=\"Ephemera and photographs densely arranged on orange wall \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/MAP1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcel Pardo Ariza and collaborator Julián Delgado Lopera collected photos, posters and pamphlets that document trans life throughout the 20th century for their installation, ‘Memoria Trans SF,’ at 500 Capp Street. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That begins with the colorful, street-facing installation inside the David Ireland House’s garage, \u003ci>Memoria Trans SF\u003c/i>, developed with writer Julián Delgado Lopera in collaboration with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://ellaparatranslatinas.org/\">El/La Para Translatinas\u003c/a>, whose clients shared stories and posed for photos on display in the space. For the installation, Pardo Ariza papered the garage’s walls with large-scale scans from trans history: the 1932 book \u003ci>Women in Men’s Guise\u003c/i>; 1990s photos of drag queens and trans women at the city’s first Latinx gay club, Esta Noche; posters from Finocchio’s, a drag club that opened in 1929.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the exhibition opens with drag performances on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13840309/for-the-one-and-only-rexy-the-best-is-yet-to-come\">The One and Only Rexy\u003c/a> and Dulce de Leche on Oct. 19, 500 Capp will host a number of free events throughout October and November. Grace Towers and Mudd the Two Spirit will teach drag makeup workshops on Oct. 25 and Nov. 8. A number of private dinners, catered by trans chefs, are in the works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dec. 1 invites the public for a benefit to raise money for street-based sex workers — an occupation some trans people have turned to for survival because of job discrimination. And throughout the show’s run, Pardo Ariza and Delgado Lopera plan to set up scanners for trans elders to submit their photos, posters and ephemera to build on their archival work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Six rows of small black-and-white negatives of people in a nightclub\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2146\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--800x671.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--1020x855.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--160x134.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--768x644.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--1536x1288.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--2048x1717.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Contact-sheet-by-Rick-Gerarhter--1920x1610.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A contact sheet of photos from a night out at Latinx gay club Esta Noche in 1995. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Rick Gerharter and Memoria Trans SF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the garage installation, Esta Noche, a long-running Latinx gay club that shuttered in 2014, is a recurring touchpoint. On the wall is a newspaper photo of Cuban-born San Francisco trans activist Adela Vasquez, whose drag night Las AtreDivas, which she started at Esta Noche in the ’80s, is the inspiration for an upcoming drag performance at 500 Capp on Nov. 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vasquez’s story is just one of the many examples of how trans people have used art and culture in service of community healing. After being crowned Miss Gay Latina in 1992, she devoted herself to hospice care for AIDS patients and to safe sex education. Today, she runs an \u003ca href=\"https://sfcommunityhealth.org/onlinecommunitygroups/\">online trans support group\u003c/a> called Fifty and Fabulous through San Francisco Community Health Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vasquez says telling trans history is important as trans people face discrimination from all sides — not just from straight people, but from some lesbian, gay and bisexual people as well. “I think it’s important to let them know that we are human, that we have our issues and we take care of our issues, you know what I mean, better than many other communities,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1456px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem.png\" alt=\"Flyer with event info, black text on cream paper, photos of three storytellers at top of page\" width=\"1456\" height=\"1928\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem.png 1456w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-800x1059.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-1020x1351.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-160x212.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-768x1017.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Photo-by-Freddie-Niem-1160x1536.png 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 1997 flyer by Laylani Wong (photo by Freddie Niems) for Adela Vasquez, Tamara Ching and Connie Amarathithada’s live storytelling event promoting safe sex behavior. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Adela Vazquez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pardo Ariza points out that trans rights have come a long way — decades ago, they say, openly trans artists weren’t necessarily exhibiting in major institutions or teaching at California College of the Arts, as Pardo Ariza is doing. But as anti-trans laws and rhetoric continue to put trans people at risk of discrimination and violence, there’s still a long way to go until we achieve true gender equality. In Pardo Ariza’s view, culture can help chart new paths towards collective liberation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our joy or celebration is not always prioritized. And we’re put in a situation of precarity and scarcity mentality most of the time,” they say. “I like thinking about possibilities, a space in which we can dream up how it is that we want to live, how it is that we want to relate to one another. And that’s a sort of space that feels very generative and very abundant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13835025\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-768x75.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-375x37.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-520x51.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Orquídeas’ opens at 500 Capp Street on Oct. 19, 2023 and will be on view through Feb. 17, 2024. \u003ca href=\"https://500cappstreet.org/upcoming-exhibitions/marcel-pardo-arizas-orquideas/\">Event schedule, information and tickets here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1667px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Cornelius.SQ_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1667\" height=\"1667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936003\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Cornelius.SQ_.jpg 1667w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Cornelius.SQ_-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Cornelius.SQ_-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Cornelius.SQ_-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Cornelius.SQ_-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Cornelius.SQ_-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1667px) 100vw, 1667px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">VivvyAnne ForeverMORE!, whose drag extravaganza ‘The Show’ is part of this year’s CounterPulse Festival. \u003ccite>(Marcel Pardo Ariza)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a young drag queen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.vivvys.com/\">VivvyAnne ForeverMORE!\u003c/a> spent many a night backstage, listening to her drag elders gossip and cackle under the glow of dressing room lights. Now, as a drag mother herself, she’s passed down wisdom to younger artists while gluing eyelashes and rhinestones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This form of queer oral history — rarely documented or seen by the general public — is part of her upcoming drag extravaganza simply titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.theshow.rocks/\">\u003ci>The Show\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. The multi-venue event takes place on Oct. 14 as part of San Francisco’s CounterPulse Festival, and features an array of performances that invite audiences to partake in the otherwise private, behind-the-scenes rituals that make drag not just a form of entertainment, but a way to foster community and chosen family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ForeverMORE! says that she and co-producer Julie Phelps, executive director of CounterPulse!, had the word “epic” in mind while designing the programming, which takes place in and around the Tenderloin, much of it free and outdoors. “I want these incidental moments of drag art on the street to be these moments of potential beauty for people,” says ForeverMORE!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Festivities kick off from 1–5 p.m. with “The Peepshow,” where 16 drag artists — including leading disability justice advocate Glamputee and Lisa Frankenstein, co-host of Oasis’ popular drag party Princess — take turns lip syncing behind the glass of CounterPulse’s lobby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13935934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13935934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-055.jpg\" alt=\"A drag artist on crutches swings their ponytail. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-055.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-055-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-055-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-055-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-055-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-055-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glamputee performs at KQED for a Clutch the Pearls showcase on June 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The audience is literally on Turk Street, which is a very active area,” ForeverMORE! says, noting the neighborhood’s poignant history: CounterPulse is just blocks from the former site of Compton’s Cafeteria, an all-night diner where trans women and drag queens rioted against police brutality in 1966.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For ForeverMORE!, the history of how LGBTQ+ identity was criminalized adds weight to \u003ci>The Show\u003c/i>’s glamorous and theatrical displays. “We didn’t just exist at nighttime, but we weren’t allowed to gather in public,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrating gender-nonconformity in daylight is a core theme that runs through \u003ci>The Show\u003c/i> — and an important one as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927432/drag-up-fight-back-protest-san-francisco-trans-lgbtq\">anti-trans laws\u003c/a> continue to sweep the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13899332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/NickiJizz_COVER.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/NickiJizz_COVER.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/NickiJizz_COVER-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/NickiJizz_COVER-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/NickiJizz_COVER-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/NickiJizz_COVER-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drag queen Nicki Jizz hosts Reparations, a night of all-Black performers at Oasis. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Nicki Jizz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From 2–5 p.m. at The Strand Theater (a short walk from CounterPulse), eight drag artists will partake in one-on-one conversations on stage. Meant to replicate those aforementioned backstage kikis, “The Talks” pair \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/nicki-jizz\">Nicki Jizz\u003c/a>, creator of San Francisco’s only all-Black drag show \u003ci>Reparations\u003c/i>, for a conversation with KING LOTUS BOY, the 2023 San Francisco Drag King Contest winner and another formidable disability justice activist. Glamamore — VivvyAnne ForeverMORE!’s drag mother and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919897/san-francisco-arts-commission-juanita-more-30-years\">couture designer to the drag stars\u003c/a> — will be in conversation with drag artist, choreographer and author Fauxnique.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love backstage, not because it’s VIP, but because it’s funny and hilarious and full of jokes, you know?” ForeverMORE! says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13935941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13935941\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-009-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-009-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-009-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-009-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-009-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-009-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Clutch-the-Pearls-event-at-KQED-Headquarters-on-Thursday-June-8-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-009-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Churro Nomi performs at KQED for a Clutch the Pearls showcase on June 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just a high-heeled hop and skip away from The Strand at Civic Center UN Plaza, “The Photoshoot” will feature street performances from VERA, Newonce, HELIXIR, Bindi Masala, Venus Superstar Bizarre, Mary Vice and Yves Saint Croissant. DJ aunteejoan will spin while Butter Rugged and Marcel Pardo Ariza snap pictures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then we have drag artists walking to Civic Center from where they parked or from BART or whatever,” says ForeverMORE! of the atmosphere she hopes to cultivate. “Like maybe you’re visiting San Francisco and you just happened to be walking down Market and you pass by Newonce and you’re like, ‘Why is there a drag queen at 4 p.m.?’” [aside postid='arts_13934286']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the events are free except for “The Finale” and a VIP reception with food and drinks at the Line Hotel, where ForeverMORE! will announce a new arts initiative with her collaborators at the Stud Collective, the group of workers who plan to reopen their historic LGBTQ+ venue in a new location in 2024. And finally, \u003cem>The Show\u003c/em> will wrap with a performance at CounterPulse that includes live vocals and aerial dance, starring Dulce De Leche, Militia Scunt, Gina LaDivina, Pseuda, Churro Nomi and Major Hammy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ForeverMORE! says she dreamt up \u003ci>The Show\u003c/i> to celebrate the dedicated drag artists who — through ingenuity, sacrifice and resourcefulness — created an intergenerational community that helps each other find the courage to flourish. “One of the coolest parts, particularly about Bay Area drag, is you can start here,” she says. “You can start off here and be encouraged pretty quickly. People will embrace you and pull you in and offer support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13835025\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-768x75.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-375x37.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-520x51.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘The Show’ takes place at CounterPulse and other San Francisco locations Oct. 14 1–8:30 p.m. “The Peepshow” will stream on \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/counterpulsesf\">CounterPulse’s Twitch channel\u003c/a>, and “The Peepshow,” “The Talks” and “The Finale” offer ASL interpretation. \u003ca href=\"https://www.theshow.rocks/\">Details and tickets here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the events are free except for “The Finale” and a VIP reception with food and drinks at the Line Hotel, where ForeverMORE! will announce a new arts initiative with her collaborators at the Stud Collective, the group of workers who plan to reopen their historic LGBTQ+ venue in a new location in 2024. And finally, \u003cem>The Show\u003c/em> will wrap with a performance at CounterPulse that includes live vocals and aerial dance, starring Dulce De Leche, Militia Scunt, Gina LaDivina, Pseuda, Churro Nomi and Major Hammy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ForeverMORE! says she dreamt up \u003ci>The Show\u003c/i> to celebrate the dedicated drag artists who — through ingenuity, sacrifice and resourcefulness — created an intergenerational community that helps each other find the courage to flourish. “One of the coolest parts, particularly about Bay Area drag, is you can start here,” she says. “You can start off here and be encouraged pretty quickly. People will embrace you and pull you in and offer support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13835025\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-768x75.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-375x37.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Compact_Logo_Break-520x51.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘The Show’ takes place at CounterPulse and other San Francisco locations Oct. 14 1–8:30 p.m. “The Peepshow” will stream on \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/counterpulsesf\">CounterPulse’s Twitch channel\u003c/a>, and “The Peepshow,” “The Talks” and “The Finale” offer ASL interpretation. \u003ca href=\"https://www.theshow.rocks/\">Details and tickets here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>We in the Bay Area are fortunate in that we get to celebrate pride twice: first in late June at the extravaganza that is SF Pride, and three months later in Oakland for another weekend of revelry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More low-key and less corporate, Oakland Pride offers a \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandpride.org/\">parade and festival on Sept. 10\u003c/a> with headliner Deborah Cox, plus support from ballroom legend Kevin Aviance (who was recently sampled by Beyoncé), singer and drag performer Ada Vox, rapper Kidd Ken and singers Saturn Risin9 and Vincint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All weekend, the Town will light up with events that celebrate the ingenuity of our local queer and trans artists. Gather your posse of girls, gays and theys — here are three events for your party radar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929146\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-800x477.jpeg\" alt=\"two colorfully dressed drag performers pose for the camera while people fill the street behind them at a drag festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-800x477.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-1020x608.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-160x95.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-768x458.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-1536x916.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-2048x1221.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-1920x1145.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mama Celeste and Beatrix Lahaine, founders of Oaklash, pose at 2022’s festival. \u003ccite>(Fred Rowe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CwHL_6Yr2eo/\">We Run This: Oakland Pride Block Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 8, 5 p.m.–2 a.m.\u003cbr>\n15th and Franklin Streets, Oakland\u003cbr>\nPay what you can\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929138/in-oakland-a-drag-fest-for-the-community-by-the-community\">Oaklash\u003c/a> is about much more than a good wig reveal or lip sync. As the drag festival has grown into a community pillar since it emerged in 2018, it has repeatedly shown its commitment to disability rights and racial justice. The Oaklash crew is taking over 15th and Franklin Streets with DJs, queer vendors and ASL-interpreted drag performances curated by King Lotus Boy, who was recently crowned winner of the San Francisco Drag King Contest. Performers include Harddeep Singh, Miss Bea Haven, Iman, Piss E Sissy and Stinky Pinky.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw5jFC-Rzff/\">A.B.L.U.N.T. Presents Gorgeous Rave\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 9, 10 p.m.\u003cbr>\nBrix\u003cbr>\n$20 before 11 p.m., $25 after\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A.B.L.U.N.T. was one of the first parties for queer women of color in the ’90s, and it has recently reemerged as a platform for cutting-edge, genre-bending DJs from the Bay and beyond. DJs Him Hun, Neurokill, Ghostmilk, EDGESLAYER, Honeybear, On.Mommas, Blossom, Gloamy Dawn, Black2Brown, De Alma and TWINKDEATH will be behind the decks at Brix, and a secret after-party announcement is forthcoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketweb.com/event/femme-world-oakland-pride-edition-crybaby-tickets/13555108?REFID=clientsitewp\">Femme World\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 10, 3 p.m.\u003cbr>\nCrybaby\u003cbr>\nFree before 4 p.m., $15 after\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to \u003ci>Barbie\u003c/i>, we all now have hot pink in our closets. It’s a perfect wardrobe choice for Femme World, a party celebrating feminine rappers and pop stars. With DJs Emelle, climaxXx, Ivy and CYBERSP1C3 behind the decks, the party promises danceable mixes that include artists like pop star Kim Petras, experimental producer SOPHIE, “Lipstick Lover” hitmaker Janelle Monáe and more. (Full disclosure: I DJed at Crybaby for another party in May.)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We in the Bay Area are fortunate in that we get to celebrate pride twice: first in late June at the extravaganza that is SF Pride, and three months later in Oakland for another weekend of revelry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More low-key and less corporate, Oakland Pride offers a \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandpride.org/\">parade and festival on Sept. 10\u003c/a> with headliner Deborah Cox, plus support from ballroom legend Kevin Aviance (who was recently sampled by Beyoncé), singer and drag performer Ada Vox, rapper Kidd Ken and singers Saturn Risin9 and Vincint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All weekend, the Town will light up with events that celebrate the ingenuity of our local queer and trans artists. Gather your posse of girls, gays and theys — here are three events for your party radar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929146\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-800x477.jpeg\" alt=\"two colorfully dressed drag performers pose for the camera while people fill the street behind them at a drag festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-800x477.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-1020x608.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-160x95.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-768x458.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-1536x916.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-2048x1221.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Mama-Celeste-and-Beatrix-Lahaine-by-Fred-Rowe-Oaklash-2022-1920x1145.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mama Celeste and Beatrix Lahaine, founders of Oaklash, pose at 2022’s festival. \u003ccite>(Fred Rowe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CwHL_6Yr2eo/\">We Run This: Oakland Pride Block Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 8, 5 p.m.–2 a.m.\u003cbr>\n15th and Franklin Streets, Oakland\u003cbr>\nPay what you can\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929138/in-oakland-a-drag-fest-for-the-community-by-the-community\">Oaklash\u003c/a> is about much more than a good wig reveal or lip sync. As the drag festival has grown into a community pillar since it emerged in 2018, it has repeatedly shown its commitment to disability rights and racial justice. The Oaklash crew is taking over 15th and Franklin Streets with DJs, queer vendors and ASL-interpreted drag performances curated by King Lotus Boy, who was recently crowned winner of the San Francisco Drag King Contest. Performers include Harddeep Singh, Miss Bea Haven, Iman, Piss E Sissy and Stinky Pinky.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw5jFC-Rzff/\">A.B.L.U.N.T. Presents Gorgeous Rave\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 9, 10 p.m.\u003cbr>\nBrix\u003cbr>\n$20 before 11 p.m., $25 after\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A.B.L.U.N.T. was one of the first parties for queer women of color in the ’90s, and it has recently reemerged as a platform for cutting-edge, genre-bending DJs from the Bay and beyond. DJs Him Hun, Neurokill, Ghostmilk, EDGESLAYER, Honeybear, On.Mommas, Blossom, Gloamy Dawn, Black2Brown, De Alma and TWINKDEATH will be behind the decks at Brix, and a secret after-party announcement is forthcoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketweb.com/event/femme-world-oakland-pride-edition-crybaby-tickets/13555108?REFID=clientsitewp\">Femme World\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 10, 3 p.m.\u003cbr>\nCrybaby\u003cbr>\nFree before 4 p.m., $15 after\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to \u003ci>Barbie\u003c/i>, we all now have hot pink in our closets. It’s a perfect wardrobe choice for Femme World, a party celebrating feminine rappers and pop stars. With DJs Emelle, climaxXx, Ivy and CYBERSP1C3 behind the decks, the party promises danceable mixes that include artists like pop star Kim Petras, experimental producer SOPHIE, “Lipstick Lover” hitmaker Janelle Monáe and more. (Full disclosure: I DJed at Crybaby for another party in May.)\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For the last month, my group chats have been surging with excitement. Friends tease about who they’ll kiss at the next function, goading me on to be bold too. Just a few years ago, I’d never have imagined that this could be my reality — that I could feel comfortable enough in my identity to celebrate amongst fellow queer people. Now, these are the relationships that nourish me most — and bring me closer to understanding what it means to be part of the LGBTQ+ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At these Pride parties, expect to be swept up in intimate community spaces, where music reverberates and queer euphoria flourishes beneath dim light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930597\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-800x531.png\" alt='a Black woman with a shirt that reads \"end police terrorism\" smiles at the camera' width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-800x531.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-1020x677.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-768x509.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-1536x1019.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-1920x1273.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan.png 1966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LadyRyan, a local DJ and creator of Soulovely — an Oakland day party for QTBIPOC communities — is an organizer and performer for the SF Queer Pride Party. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://wl.seetickets.us/event/SF-QueerPride/548749?afflky=1015Folsom\">SF Queer Pride Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 23, 10 p.m.\u003cbr>\n1015 Folsom, San Francisco, $60–$100\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fixture in the Bay Area queer party scene returns with an electrifying lineup of DJs, rappers and performers. Organized by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/swaggerlikeussf\">Swagger Like Us\u003c/a> — a Bay Area party platform focused on emerging queer talent — and local \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djladyryan/?hl=en\">DJ LadyRyan\u003c/a>, this is a go-to annual event with an eclectic selection of musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notable performers this year include New York City rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/daiburger\">Dai Burger\u003c/a>, whose diverse discography features both dreamy, feel-good club music and slower-tempo raps dripping with self-confidence. Berlin-based multidisciplinary rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/zebrakatz\">Zebra Katz\u003c/a> will also join, bringing in seductive, high-tempo and experimental tracks that provide the atmosphere of a dark European techno rave. And for those seeking fast-paced ballroom beats, New Orleans-born \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/leonce\">DJ Leonce\u003c/a> will be mixing together funky electronic songs reminiscent of Atlanta’s ballrooms. Other artists include \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/aimathedrmr\">Aïma the Dreamer\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sirjoq\">Sir JoQ\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/byrellthegreat\">Byrell the Great\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lSGd7z4JgU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/club-ablunt-ft-suzi-analogue-just-us-bright-beautiful-gay-as-fuck-tickets-639113434487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JUST US: Bright & Beautiful, Gay as Fuck\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 23, 10 p.m. \u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>CounterPulse, San Francisco, $20–$30\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For experimental music lovers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/clubablunt510\">CLUB A.B.L.U.N.T.\u003c/a> (Asian, Black, Latinx, Uniting with Native Tribes) is hosting an event that offers a more alternative dance party. With an all QTBIPOC lineup, JUST US will be headlined by Miami-based producer and music professor \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/\">Suzi Analogue\u003c/a>, whose sets layer lofi beats, ambient noise and irregular percussion to create a distinct, undefinable sound. Other performers include local \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tecuani.feroz\">DJ De Alma\u003c/a>, whose hardcore sets are especially enticing to energetic Bay Area ravers. The event features two rooms and will be held at \u003ca href=\"https://counterpulse.org/\">CounterPulse\u003c/a>, a San Francisco venue dedicated to uplifting experimental dance, music and art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11907616\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11907616\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Big Freedia at GastroMagic. (Wendy Goodfriend)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Freedia will headline one of five stages at the Pink Block, hosted by Polyglamorous SF. (Wendy Goodfriend) \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pink-block-big-freedia-horse-meat-disco-doc-martin-kim-ann-foxman-tickets-539583908997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pink Block — Polyglamorous Pride 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 24, 12 p.m.–3 a.m.\u003cbr>\nThe Great Northern, San Francisco, $45–$130\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More like a mini-festival than a single party, the vibrant Pink Block will host performers on five different stages from day to night. Hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/polyglamoroussf\">Polyglamorous SF\u003c/a>, the gathering will be headlined by more than 40 musical artists, including New Orleans rapper and cultural icon \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bigfreedia\">Big Freedia\u003c/a>, queer party favorite \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/horse_meat_disco\">Horse Meat Disco\u003c/a>, wavy techno DJ \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kimannfoxma\">Kim Ann Foxman\u003c/a>, Russian punk rock group \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pussyriot\">Pussy Riot\u003c/a>, former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant and rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ajathekween\">Aja LaBeija\u003c/a> and more. There’s something here for music lovers across all different tastes, including more mellow, head-bumping EDM, funky fresh Italo disco remixes and electrifying bounce hip-hop performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13914979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13914979\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-800x581.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd with drag queen and furry in dog costume at center\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-1020x741.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-768x558.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanita MORE!’s Pride party in 2021. The celebrated drag performer and activist will host a daylong Pride march and party June 25. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://juanitamore.com/about-jm-pride-2022\">Juanita MORE! Pride\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 25, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Day Party: 620 Jones, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nNight Party: Halcyon, San Francisco, $35 (cash only)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the intersection of Polk and Washington Streets, crowds will gather early in the morning to join celebrated drag queen and activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/missmore8\">Juanita MORE!\u003c/a> for a march. Black and brown queer and trans community leaders will take the lead, rallying passionate attendees for LGBTQIA+ rights as they walk together in solidarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afterwards, all are invited to attend a day party at cocktail bar \u003ca href=\"https://620-jones.com/\">620 Jones\u003c/a> and an evening dance party at nightclub \u003ca href=\"https://halcyon-sf.com/main/\">Halcyon\u003c/a>. The multifaceted, marathon event brings together eager people every year, intertwining social justice with high-energy dance and celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13915257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13915257\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"drag queens dressed in colorful costumes on a float in downtown San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicki Jizz (left), drag queen and host of San Francisco Black drag show Reparations, will be hosting ENVY with fellow drag performer Vivvy on June 25. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/envy-a-pride-party-with-nicki-jizz-and-vivvy-tickets-629572256567?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENVY, a Pride Party with Nicki Jizz and Vivvy\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 25, 3–9 p.m.\u003cbr>\nEl Rio, San Francisco, $30\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the LGBTQIA+ community, drag and ballroom culture have long been touchstones for Black and brown queer/trans expression. Focused on Black queer liberation, ENVY will be bringing “sickening drag performances” by nine performers: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/moniquefauxnique\">Fauxnique\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ms_mahlae\">Mahlae Balenciaga\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/itslisafrankenstein\">Lisa Frankenstein\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kochinarude\">Kochina 𝕽𝖚𝖉𝖊\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/eatmoresnaxx\">snaxx\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tila_pia_\">Tila Pia\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/redbonempls/\">RedBone\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/churro_nomi\">Churro Nomi\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/veritas_22\">Vera Hannush\u003c/a>. Each artist presents their own bold vision: with perfectly styled wigs, flawless makeup and intricately designed wardrobes, they command the stage and connect with the crowd in ways that are irreplicable. People scream for them as they strut and dance, embodying self-assuredness. The space is infectious: it’s freeing, safe and joyous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ENVY will be hosted by Bay Area drag royalty \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vivvyanne_forevermore\">Vivvy\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nicki_jizz\">Nicki Jizz\u003c/a>; the latter also hosts Reparations — an all-Black San Francisco drag show. The event will feature music by DJs \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/silkybrinny\">Silk Worm\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sainthillsdj\">Saint Hills\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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