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The nightclub’s competitive events, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13970352/high-princx-pageant-drag-competition-san-francisco-2024\">High Princx Pageant\u003c/a> and the San Francisco Drag King Contest, provide a proving ground for new talent. 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A show that Drollinger wrote, directed and starred in, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13023550/\">Shit & Champagne\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, was turned into a feature film. Its current show, a musical parody called \u003cem>Jurrasiq Parq\u003c/em>, received a rave review in the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> for its “electric wit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like it is a job that I’m going to probably have to be doing the rest of my life, working to show that drag is a viable art form and is not disposable entertainment,” said Drollinger, noting right-wing political attacks on on drag in recent years. “It does matter and is something to be taken seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our show right now has 1,200 cues in it, which is almost twice as many as a Broadway show,” Drollinger added. “There is real art happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_10134691']Oasis has also provided a platform for advocacy. Over the past decade, the SOMA club gave rise to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13899312/all-black-drag-show-reparations-moves-from-the-internet-to-oasis\">Reparations\u003c/a>, San Francisco’s only all-Black drag revue. Princess host Kochina Rude has used her platform at the club to champion harm reduction and safe drug use, which led to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961839/drag-queens-overdose-prevention-narcan-san-francisco\">partnership with the Department of Public Health\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Heklina, a San Francisco drag icon, died unexpectedly in 2023, Oasis \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927233/heklina-dies-drag-legend-san-francsico\">opened its space for the community to mourn\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oasis plans to continue its programming with its nonprofit, Oasis Arts, at other venues in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Necessity is the mother of invention, and that’s got me this far,” said Drollinger. “I am trying very hard to be open to the opportunities that arise. I know this is shaking me, and it’s shaking the community.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Heklina first arrived in San Francisco in the early ’90s, “with no real plan,” as she put in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61qbUimYg9g&t=823s\">KQED documentary from 2015\u003c/a>. “Immediately, I fell in love with it, and I felt right at home.” [aside postid='arts_13927233']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Tuesday evening, San Francisco returned that love to Heklina, who helped transform drag and elevate queer nightlife in the Bay Area over the past three decades. Heklina died unexpectedly on April 3 in London, where she had traveled to star in the drag parody \u003ci>Mommie Queerest\u003c/i> at the Soho Theatre alongside her close friend Peaches Christ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends of Heklina organized a memorial at the Castro Theatre, its iconic marquee emblazoned with Heklina’s name. Tickets sold out weeks in advance, so organizers closed down the entire block outside the theater, from Market to 18th Street, to bring in jumbotrons that live-streamed the memorial to a crowd of hundreds of well-wishers and admirers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two drag artists speak with microphones to a large crowd in front of San Francisco's Castro Theater.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sister Roma (left) and Dulce De Leche (right) speak during a memorial for Heklina outside the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Heklina was not just a talented and versatile performer, she also dedicated herself to making more spaces available for drag in San Francisco. In 1996, she created the long-running show Trannyshack at The Stud (which she later renamed Mother), offering a platform for funny, rebellious and experimental new performers. Heklina also co-founded the popular SoMa club and cabaret Oasis in 2015 alongside D’Arcy Drollinger. Although she sold her ownership stake in 2019, she remained a beloved fixture there. Most recently, she hosted the popular Daytime Realness party at El Rio in the Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929614\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two drag performers, dressed up in very colorful wigs and puffy dresses, smile at the camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pippi Lovestocking (left) and Mutha Chucka pose for a photo outside the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023, before a memorial for Heklina, who died in April. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many remember Heklina for her firecracker personality, which she owned in her drag. “I just feel like I’m living a very, perhaps to most people, abnormal life. I make a living doing something that is … not considered normal,” Heklina said in 2015. “When you’re walking down the street in makeup and a dress and high heels and all that stuff, you do get an attitude change. You become much more bold, [because] people yell things at you and you just have to be ready to take everything on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During a memorial for Heklina, photos of her play onscreen outside of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the memorial hosted by LOL McFiercen and Dulce De Leche, Heklina’s longtime friend Nancy French took the stage to lead a moment of silence, but quickly changed her mind. “A basic moment of silence is not going to work,” French said. “It’s so basic, she would have hated it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>French asked the crowd to join her in a “community cackle,” referring to Heklina’s loud and distinct laugh. With that, Castro Street filled with hundreds of cackles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of hundreds, of all ages, stands outside on San Francisco's Castro Street and laughs, many with smiles on their faces. In the background, there are balloons in the shape of the letters that spell out "Heklina."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds join Heklina’s friend Nancy French in a ‘community cackle’ outside the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Hofmann, 53, of San Francisco, stood outside the Castro Theatre to pay her respects for Heklina. “[Heklina] helped me grow up to figure out who I was in San Francisco,” she said, noting how meaningful it was for her to see Heklina perform at Trannyshack in the ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She made it OK that drag wasn’t perfect. She made it OK that you could make ugly drag and people would love that and throw dollars at you, too,” Hoffman said. “As long as you had something to say and were willing to get up on stage and do it, you were always welcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She welcomed everyone,” Hoffman continued. “She sassed everyone. If you got sassed by Heklina, you felt like you’ve made it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929611\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A drag performer holds a microphone in one hand, and with the other, holds a marker and draws a beauty mark on the face of a woman standing in the crowd outside the Castro Theater.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Co-host LOL McFiercen paints a beauty mark on Linda Lee’s face in honor of Heklina during a memorial outside of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Darwin Bell, 57, moved to San Francisco in 1987, and Heklina was first drag queen he ever saw perform. “It was very punk rock,” he said of that first show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heklina embraced more transgressive forms of drag, he recalled, adding that he hopes that San Francisco doesn’t lose that edge without her around. Bell and his friends went to so many shows featuring or organized by Heklina that they would joke among themselves, “At the end of the world, there’s going to be Cher, roaches and Heklina.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never even thought there would be world without Heklina,” he said. “She was always kind of bitter and funny and mean, and I just never thought there would be a world without her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929613\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd stands on Castro Street in front of Castro Theater, and in the middle of the crowed, a young couple hugs and kisses.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite the strong winds, a crowd of hundreds gathers outside of the Castro Theatre to watch drag performances in honor of Heklina. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Inside, the Castro Theatre’s 1,407 seats filled up. Close friends of Heklina, including D’Arcy Drollinger and Peaches Christ, took the stage to share some of their fondest memories — infused with Heklina’s relentless humor and love for San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2392px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929618\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2.jpg\" alt=\"Three drag artists stand on a stage. All are wearing very elaborate dresses and big wigs.\" width=\"2392\" height=\"1594\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2.jpg 2392w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2392px) 100vw, 2392px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of Heklina’s closest friends and collaborators spoke and performed inside the Castro Theatre, including D’Arcy Drollinger, Sister Roma and Peaches Christ (left to right). \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2446px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929617\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1.jpg\" alt='A large group of drag performers dance and sing on a stage. In the middle of them is a drag queen with a very large wig and a ribbon that reads \"Fauxnique.\"' width=\"2446\" height=\"1631\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1.jpg 2446w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2446px) 100vw, 2446px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During her performance, Fauxnique brought out many other drag performers who collaborated with Heklina. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the memorial, Margey DeCuir, a San Francisco resident who watched the livestream on Castro Street, wrote to KQED to share that for her, Heklina’s memorial not only honored her life, but represented “the strength and loyalty of the queer community, to come and gather in grief.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Heklina touched lives globally,” she wrote, “and her memorial was a much needed embrace within the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929605\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023.jpg\" alt=\"Two people share a deep hug and smile while they stand outdoors in San Francisco's Castro Street, surrounded by a large crowd.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Tom hugs friend Margey DeCuir (left) during a memorial for Heklina outside of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article includes reporting from KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nvoynovskaya\">Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Tuesday evening, San Francisco returned that love to Heklina, who helped transform drag and elevate queer nightlife in the Bay Area over the past three decades. Heklina died unexpectedly on April 3 in London, where she had traveled to star in the drag parody \u003ci>Mommie Queerest\u003c/i> at the Soho Theatre alongside her close friend Peaches Christ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends of Heklina organized a memorial at the Castro Theatre, its iconic marquee emblazoned with Heklina’s name. Tickets sold out weeks in advance, so organizers closed down the entire block outside the theater, from Market to 18th Street, to bring in jumbotrons that live-streamed the memorial to a crowd of hundreds of well-wishers and admirers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two drag artists speak with microphones to a large crowd in front of San Francisco's Castro Theater.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65859_051_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sister Roma (left) and Dulce De Leche (right) speak during a memorial for Heklina outside the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Heklina was not just a talented and versatile performer, she also dedicated herself to making more spaces available for drag in San Francisco. In 1996, she created the long-running show Trannyshack at The Stud (which she later renamed Mother), offering a platform for funny, rebellious and experimental new performers. Heklina also co-founded the popular SoMa club and cabaret Oasis in 2015 alongside D’Arcy Drollinger. Although she sold her ownership stake in 2019, she remained a beloved fixture there. Most recently, she hosted the popular Daytime Realness party at El Rio in the Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929614\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two drag performers, dressed up in very colorful wigs and puffy dresses, smile at the camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65812_001_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pippi Lovestocking (left) and Mutha Chucka pose for a photo outside the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023, before a memorial for Heklina, who died in April. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many remember Heklina for her firecracker personality, which she owned in her drag. “I just feel like I’m living a very, perhaps to most people, abnormal life. I make a living doing something that is … not considered normal,” Heklina said in 2015. “When you’re walking down the street in makeup and a dress and high heels and all that stuff, you do get an attitude change. You become much more bold, [because] people yell things at you and you just have to be ready to take everything on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65865_056_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During a memorial for Heklina, photos of her play onscreen outside of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the memorial hosted by LOL McFiercen and Dulce De Leche, Heklina’s longtime friend Nancy French took the stage to lead a moment of silence, but quickly changed her mind. “A basic moment of silence is not going to work,” French said. “It’s so basic, she would have hated it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>French asked the crowd to join her in a “community cackle,” referring to Heklina’s loud and distinct laugh. With that, Castro Street filled with hundreds of cackles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of hundreds, of all ages, stands outside on San Francisco's Castro Street and laughs, many with smiles on their faces. In the background, there are balloons in the shape of the letters that spell out "Heklina."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65862_054_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds join Heklina’s friend Nancy French in a ‘community cackle’ outside the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Hofmann, 53, of San Francisco, stood outside the Castro Theatre to pay her respects for Heklina. “[Heklina] helped me grow up to figure out who I was in San Francisco,” she said, noting how meaningful it was for her to see Heklina perform at Trannyshack in the ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She made it OK that drag wasn’t perfect. She made it OK that you could make ugly drag and people would love that and throw dollars at you, too,” Hoffman said. “As long as you had something to say and were willing to get up on stage and do it, you were always welcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She welcomed everyone,” Hoffman continued. “She sassed everyone. If you got sassed by Heklina, you felt like you’ve made it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929611\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A drag performer holds a microphone in one hand, and with the other, holds a marker and draws a beauty mark on the face of a woman standing in the crowd outside the Castro Theater.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65857_049_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Co-host LOL McFiercen paints a beauty mark on Linda Lee’s face in honor of Heklina during a memorial outside of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Darwin Bell, 57, moved to San Francisco in 1987, and Heklina was first drag queen he ever saw perform. “It was very punk rock,” he said of that first show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heklina embraced more transgressive forms of drag, he recalled, adding that he hopes that San Francisco doesn’t lose that edge without her around. Bell and his friends went to so many shows featuring or organized by Heklina that they would joke among themselves, “At the end of the world, there’s going to be Cher, roaches and Heklina.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never even thought there would be world without Heklina,” he said. “She was always kind of bitter and funny and mean, and I just never thought there would be a world without her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929613\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd stands on Castro Street in front of Castro Theater, and in the middle of the crowed, a young couple hugs and kisses.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/RS65852_042_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite the strong winds, a crowd of hundreds gathers outside of the Castro Theatre to watch drag performances in honor of Heklina. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Inside, the Castro Theatre’s 1,407 seats filled up. Close friends of Heklina, including D’Arcy Drollinger and Peaches Christ, took the stage to share some of their fondest memories — infused with Heklina’s relentless humor and love for San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2392px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929618\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2.jpg\" alt=\"Three drag artists stand on a stage. All are wearing very elaborate dresses and big wigs.\" width=\"2392\" height=\"1594\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2.jpg 2392w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/DArcy-Drollinger-Sister-Roma-and-Peaches-Christ-2-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2392px) 100vw, 2392px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of Heklina’s closest friends and collaborators spoke and performed inside the Castro Theatre, including D’Arcy Drollinger, Sister Roma and Peaches Christ (left to right). \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2446px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929617\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1.jpg\" alt='A large group of drag performers dance and sing on a stage. In the middle of them is a drag queen with a very large wig and a ribbon that reads \"Fauxnique.\"' width=\"2446\" height=\"1631\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1.jpg 2446w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Fauxique-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2446px) 100vw, 2446px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During her performance, Fauxnique brought out many other drag performers who collaborated with Heklina. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the memorial, Margey DeCuir, a San Francisco resident who watched the livestream on Castro Street, wrote to KQED to share that for her, Heklina’s memorial not only honored her life, but represented “the strength and loyalty of the queer community, to come and gather in grief.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Heklina touched lives globally,” she wrote, “and her memorial was a much needed embrace within the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929605\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023.jpg\" alt=\"Two people share a deep hug and smile while they stand outdoors in San Francisco's Castro Street, surrounded by a large crowd.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/024_KQED_HeklinaMemorialCastro_05232023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Tom hugs friend Margey DeCuir (left) during a memorial for Heklina outside of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article includes reporting from KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nvoynovskaya\">Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Heklina, the San Francisco drag legend and longtime performer at clubs around the city, has died in London, according to multiple reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/joshuagrannell/posts/pfbid02KjDojuS1c3sNoGwranKLk9FKkfunAZYLBj3GD3qJhiKW5t7kmqVRsCDfdqoUWHWel\">a Facebook post\u003c/a> on Monday, friend and colleague Peaches Christ wrote, “I am shocked and horrified to bring this news to you. … This morning, in London, England, I went to collect my dear friend Heklina, who is co-starring with me in a ‘Mommie Queerest’ show here, and found her dead. I do not know the cause of death yet. I know this is shocking news and I am beyond stunned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>London’s Soho Theatre, where Peaches Christ and Heklina had been performing together in “Mommie Queerest,” also \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sohotheatre/status/1642989190072680451\">posted a message\u003c/a> of being “in shock and incredibly saddened with news of Heklina’s passing. Our thoughts are with Peaches, Mommie Queerest company, Heklina’s family, friends + their wider community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Watch a short documentary on Heklina here\u003c/strong>:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61qbUimYg9g\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heklina co-founded popular drag club Oasis, regularly performed at El Rio and The Stud, and was the creator and hostess of the long-running show Trannyshack (later called Mother). Heklina appeared regularly in drag parodies of popular television shows like \u003cem>Sex in the City\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Golden Girls\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em>, and produced and hosted a party called Daytime Realness — with the tagline “Dancing, Drag & Disorder” — most recently at El Rio just weeks ago, on March 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We at El Rio are absolutely devastated to hear of the passing of Heklina,” wrote El Rio co-owner Lynne Angel in an email to KQED. “She was a huge part of our extended family and we will miss her terribly. The mark she made on the San Francisco drag and performance scene is incomparable. We were blessed to work with her often and she was a joy to witness both on stage and off. May she be surrounded by cats, ’80s New Wave and football butts eternally. Rest in Power to one of the best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heklina was born in Minneapolis, and was raised in New York, New England and Iceland. After a stint in the Navy, Heklina moved to San Francisco; in an interview segment from a KQED documentary in 2015, Heklina recalled that “immediately I fell in love with it, and I felt right at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12242568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12242568\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Heklina\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/heklina-2015-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heklina, pictured here in a promotional photo for one of many events at Oasis. \u003ccite>(Nick Ice)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I met Heklina around 1995 — which now feels like many generations past, just a year before she started her weekly party T-Shack at The Stud,” veteran drag performer Juanita MORE! wrote in an email to KQED. “I performed on the second week of the club, not caring or taking any consideration about what the theme was — and that’s how our friendship rolled. … We respected and knew what each other was great at doing. We cracked each other up all the time. The sound of her laugh will be missed greatly by everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_10134691']Artist and filmmaker Leo Herrera started working for Heklina as a photographer shortly after he first moved to San Francisco in 2003; Herrera was 21 at the time. By then, Trannyshack had become a San Francisco drag institution, and Heklina took Herrera under her wing. “Trannyshack brought drag back to its transgressive roots, and its roots of political resistance,” Herrera said. “There was a lot of healing that happened in the spaces that Heklina created, especially for folks that had come out of the AIDS crisis, and had moved from really homophobic places, like it was for me and my brother.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera says Heklina influenced a generation of artists — both drag performers and others like him who’ve gone on to make an impact in other fields. “I think a lot of us always strived to get her approval because it was really hard to. But once you got one of her deep cackles, you knew you had done something right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sfoasis/status/1643009770927042560\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of Heklina’s passing devastated the drag community in San Francisco and beyond. “I kept thinking it was an April Fool’s joke, it doesn’t make sense. I spoke to her the day before yesterday when she was heading to England from Iceland,” Oasis owner D’Arcy Drollinger told the \u003ca href=\"https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/drag-performer-heklina-reported-dead-in-london\">\u003ci>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. “But it is confirmed, it is real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Monday afternoon, a tearful crowd gathered for an informal memorial at Oasis, which Heklina co-owned until 2019. “She was a powerhouse. And she also had a soft side, and a vulnerable side, that I was lucky enough to get to know,” booking manager Carissa Hatchel, who performs as Snaxx, told KQED. “She was a very complicated person, and was very, very important to so many people in the community for so many decades now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started drag about eight years ago, and Heklina was one of the first queens I ever saw,” said Oasis performer Nicki Jizz. “She was unfiltered, she was unapologetically Heklina. She said whatever came to her mind. She didn’t care what anyone thought — which is a great trait for a drag performer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, State Senator Scott Wiener said he first saw Heklina perform in the 1990s, and was “devastated” by the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Heklina was an icon in the truest sense — funny, caring, outrageous, and brave,” Wiener wrote. “I’ve rarely worked with someone as fierce, creative, and dedicated. … She was the soul of San Francisco, and it’s hard to imagine the city without her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera echoed the sentiments of many on Monday that Heklina was synonymous with the best of drag tradition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A successful artist embodies their medium, so when we think of a brush or an instrument, we think of their name,” he said. “And I think for many of us, when we hear drag, we’re going to think of Heklina. 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"content": "\u003cp>When I Zoom into D’Arcy Drollinger’s world, an audible sound check drifts in from the next room, folks wander in and out of the frame to ask logistical questions, and Drollinger himself looks like he’s been awake for days, though his disposition is sunny and enthusiastic. After a year and a half of the pandemic—the last seven months of which his queer nightlife hub \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoasis.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oasis\u003c/a> has been completely closed—the grand reopening of Oasis, scheduled for Pride weekend, is finally just around the corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opening with the Drag Disco party Princess feels especially meaningful, as it was formerly a staple of the Stud collective at their former Ninth St. digs, which shuttered just over a year ago. With the Stud collective still venue-less, it’s a symbolic melding of two beloved nightlife staples to usher in a new era of what Drollinger is calling “Oasis 2.0.” After a pandemic-induced realization that Oasis’ past programming (and ticket prices) might have attracted a somewhat insular group of regulars, Drollinger’s new vision includes more accessible pricing structures, a wider range of parties and producers, and the idea that Oasis could be—should be—a “clubhouse” for all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel a responsibility,” he elaborates. “Because we’re coming out of this pandemic where I feel like certain people don’t really have a home… as performers and audience members are gone. And I want to be here for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899061\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899061\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">D’Arcy Drollinger living it up at Oasis. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if Oasis’ very existence hadn’t been threatened by the multiple crises that COVID-19 brought to the forefront, it would have been a hectic year for Drollinger. In February of 2020, he assumed full ownership of the business after co-owner Heklina sold back her stake and moved more or less full-time to Palm Springs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two began working regularly together 10 years ago while Heklina was managing Rebel, a bar on Market Street. Offered a Tuesday night slot, Drollinger decided to put on parodies of \u003cem>Sex in the City\u003c/em>—inspired in part by Heklina’s success with her popular \u003cem>Golden Girls \u003c/em>series. The show was a hit, and gradually Drollinger moved from Tuesdays to weekends, adding new shows to the roster, such as \u003cem>Designing Women\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em>, as well as one of her original works—\u003cem>Shit and Champagne\u003c/em>. In 2014, they got word that Rebel was closing for good. And that’s when the idea of co-owning a venue of their own began to take shape. On New Year’s Day, 2015—after months of negotiating for and remodeling the space at 298 11th Street— they opened the doors to the public, and Oasis was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13899059 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy Goldfield, D’Arcy Drollinger, and Steven LeMay celebrating Drollinger’s birthday on the cabaret stage at Oasis. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A hybrid cabaret, theater, dance club and bar, Oasis is set apart from its fellow gay clubs and spaces partially by an attention to production elements. These include in-house technicians to run the shows, and a sturdy, theater-quality stage that, as Drollinger terms, “elevates” the experience for performers, who may be more accustomed to the glare of bare bulbs and makeshift platforms. While audiences stayed at home this past year, Drollinger added the equipment necessary to stream live performances from the space—a practice he intends to keep once live audiences return. Streaming is partly to keep the “clubhouse” accessible to a larger audience, and partly because Drollinger leaned hard into broadcasting during the shutdown, founding a subscriber-based streaming platform called Oasis TV. In addition to airing archival video of his signature staged parodies, Drollinger tapped a talent pool of local queens to create or guest star in a variety of talk shows, drag shows, makeup shows, cooking shows, and other original content created with a playful, queer emphasis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that there are other gay TV networks like Logo,” Drollinger says about the experiment. “(But) I feel like there isn’t really a drag-centered television network.” By filling that niche, Drollinger hopes that Oasis TV will outlive its pandemic origins and remain a home for the drag community both at home and further afield. “I’d like to expand it into a full network,” he enthuses. “I feel like it’s a great asset and it really does have a lot of possibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite Drollinger’s creativity in creating platforms and income streams—such as the bespoke drag queen dinner delivery service, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoasis.com/meals-on-heels\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Meals on Heels\u003c/a>—Oasis was by no means spared the financial stresses that the pandemic wrought across San Francisco nightlife. Even the unanticipated windfall of their 11th hour telethon in early March, during which they raised over $268,000, has already mostly been spent on debts incurred during the pandemic, and on reopening costs. As Drollinger points out, there are government programs at the federal and the local level designed to help small businesses and entertainment venues to survive, but most of the money earmarked for them has yet to be distributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13898639']“It’s crazy…we’re going to reopen before we get any money that was supposed to be here to help us get through this,” comments Drollinger. “I know there’s lots of red tape and so many people involved, but I feel like nobody really understands how hand-to-mouth we are in this business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financial and operational struggles aside, Drollinger is thrilled to be able to open Oasis to a full capacity Pride crowd this weekend and beyond. Although scrambling to fill the calendar while simultaneously hiring back staff and renovating to reopen has been hectic, Drollinger promises some surprises on the horizon. In the immediate future, Oasis favorite Matthew Martin will star in a new original show penned by Michael Phillis called \u003cem>The Hand That Rocks the Crawford\u003c/em>, which reimagines female-led thrillers such as \u003cem>Basic Instinct\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Hand That Rocks the Cradle\u003c/em> as starring Joan Crawford. Princess will continue weekly, and Drag King revue \u003cem>Dandy\u003c/em> will strut it out on July 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All in all, Drollinger is optimistic for the future of Oasis and for nightlife in general. “For the most part I think people—maybe even more so—are going to want to come out, and if history serves us, it’s possibly going to be a roaring ’20s situation,” he remarks. “We’ll see…but everything seems to be pointing to everybody’s sort of desperation to be together again.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When I Zoom into D’Arcy Drollinger’s world, an audible sound check drifts in from the next room, folks wander in and out of the frame to ask logistical questions, and Drollinger himself looks like he’s been awake for days, though his disposition is sunny and enthusiastic. After a year and a half of the pandemic—the last seven months of which his queer nightlife hub \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoasis.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oasis\u003c/a> has been completely closed—the grand reopening of Oasis, scheduled for Pride weekend, is finally just around the corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opening with the Drag Disco party Princess feels especially meaningful, as it was formerly a staple of the Stud collective at their former Ninth St. digs, which shuttered just over a year ago. With the Stud collective still venue-less, it’s a symbolic melding of two beloved nightlife staples to usher in a new era of what Drollinger is calling “Oasis 2.0.” After a pandemic-induced realization that Oasis’ past programming (and ticket prices) might have attracted a somewhat insular group of regulars, Drollinger’s new vision includes more accessible pricing structures, a wider range of parties and producers, and the idea that Oasis could be—should be—a “clubhouse” for all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel a responsibility,” he elaborates. “Because we’re coming out of this pandemic where I feel like certain people don’t really have a home… as performers and audience members are gone. And I want to be here for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899061\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899061\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">D’Arcy Drollinger living it up at Oasis. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if Oasis’ very existence hadn’t been threatened by the multiple crises that COVID-19 brought to the forefront, it would have been a hectic year for Drollinger. In February of 2020, he assumed full ownership of the business after co-owner Heklina sold back her stake and moved more or less full-time to Palm Springs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two began working regularly together 10 years ago while Heklina was managing Rebel, a bar on Market Street. Offered a Tuesday night slot, Drollinger decided to put on parodies of \u003cem>Sex in the City\u003c/em>—inspired in part by Heklina’s success with her popular \u003cem>Golden Girls \u003c/em>series. The show was a hit, and gradually Drollinger moved from Tuesdays to weekends, adding new shows to the roster, such as \u003cem>Designing Women\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em>, as well as one of her original works—\u003cem>Shit and Champagne\u003c/em>. In 2014, they got word that Rebel was closing for good. And that’s when the idea of co-owning a venue of their own began to take shape. 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Businesses will not be required to pay back these fees at a later date, but will still have to file tax returns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement says the city will provide financial relief for approximately 300 permitted entertainment venues which meet the criteria of gross receipts amounting to less than $20 million.[aside postid='arts_13886812']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our entertainment venues are a large part of the reason people flock to San Francisco and rave about our culture,” said \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/departments/city-administrator/entertainment-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Entertainment Commission\u003c/a> president, Ben Bleiman. “They are also particularly vulnerable during these times due to their business models. We must do all we can to support these businesses, so that we have places to be able to come together once we’re able to come together again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clubs and bars have now been shuttered for most of the year. The city’s nightlife scene has suffered more than many other major local industries since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. And hopes for a partial easing of restrictions currently scheduled for mid-November are tentative, to say the least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Struggling business owners are glad to finally be getting help from the city, but remain doubtful this relief will be enough to see them through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m excited to see the city doing something, because so far they have done zero to help venues like ourselves,” says Dan Strachota, managing partner and talent buyer at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.rickshawstop.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rickshaw Stop\u003c/a> in Hayes Valley. “But I’m uncertain how much this is going to help. Even if they waive all of our fees, there’s still so much money that has to be paid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s welcome,” says Tadd Cortell, managing partner for the SOMA nightclub \u003ca href=\"https://www.monarchsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monarch\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.thegreatnorthernsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Great Northern\u003c/a>, a music bar in the Inner Mission. “Any help targeted towards the nightlife industry is particularly helpful at this point. Being able to waive taxes and fees especially over the next two years will make a difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cortell also says the city’s move is “too little too late.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nimble thinking required of venues in order to survive has resulted in sales of surplus off-sale liquor and online archival livestreams. So any help from the city is “awesome,” says San Francisco drag queen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/trulyca/40/heklina\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Heklina\u003c/a>. “Small entertainment venues and bars have been hardest hit because they are seen as the most expendable, and they’re not as politically expedient to support as restaurants, or mom-and-pop stores. And the ones that have been allowed to open have had to jump through crazy hurdles like selling hot food,” Heklina says.[aside postid='arts_13878116']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco venues already had to pay their full fees this year, and Cortell wishes the city would have stepped forward with the fee breaks when the pandemic first started. And he doubts whether the $2.5 million in relief will help tide local venues over until they can reopen properly and find their financial footing again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Great Northern and Monarch have remained closed since mid-February and mid-March, respectively. He says the clubs collectively pay $44,000 in annual taxes and fees to the City of San Francisco, which includes payroll taxes and permits for running a place of assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cortell describes the city’s approach to stemming the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as “disciplined, but very restrictive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to be the cause of increasing a viral spike, but we also need to survive as businesses,” Cortell says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cortell’s businesses have relied on federal aid packages and rent relief from landlords in order to stay afloat over these past few months. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s welcome,” says Tadd Cortell, managing partner for the SOMA nightclub \u003ca href=\"https://www.monarchsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monarch\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.thegreatnorthernsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Great Northern\u003c/a>, a music bar in the Inner Mission. “Any help targeted towards the nightlife industry is particularly helpful at this point. Being able to waive taxes and fees especially over the next two years will make a difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cortell also says the city’s move is “too little too late.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nimble thinking required of venues in order to survive has resulted in sales of surplus off-sale liquor and online archival livestreams. So any help from the city is “awesome,” says San Francisco drag queen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/trulyca/40/heklina\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Heklina\u003c/a>. “Small entertainment venues and bars have been hardest hit because they are seen as the most expendable, and they’re not as politically expedient to support as restaurants, or mom-and-pop stores. And the ones that have been allowed to open have had to jump through crazy hurdles like selling hot food,” Heklina says.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Backstage Heroes’ is a series spotlighting the many movers and shakers working behind the arts scenes to make magic happen in the Bay Area. Guiding us is Hiya Swanhuyser, a veteran fan and all-around culture vulture who for nearly a decade helmed calendar duties for the SF Weekly — where her \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/ArticleArchives?author=2126606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">‘Music Heroes’ \u003c/a>series inspired this broader look at the arts — giving her rare personal insight into those toiling in the wings, but rarely in the spotlight.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything, if you look at it in an abstract way, is drag,” said San Francisco drag legend Heklina\u003ca href=\"http://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-podell/2014/03/an-exclusive-interview-with-heklina-drag-revolutionary-and-legend/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> in an interview\u003c/a> last year. “Every time I go downtown during the day and see all the people in business attire, I think of it as drag.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I first read that interview, I thought of the flip side of Heklina’s statement: In an abstract way, what \u003cem>isn’t\u003c/em> drag? I was reminded of the phrase “residual self-image,” a term taken from \u003cem>The Matrix\u003c/em>’s eerie digital ’90s otherworld, in which everyone appears exactly as they wish to appear. The characters in it dress way better than their real-world counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a sense, I think Heklina has just applied a duality to us all. Your false, fun, ephemeral sense of self, or the mundane one in a baggy sweater — which is the real one? Is Mark Zuckerberg in drag? What is “real” anyway? Drag queens think about these questions all the time: the definition of “realness,” and whether it’s even desirable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For our interview, I’ve come to a nightclub during the day, entering a cold hotspot to talk to the offstage and “out-of-face” version of an enterprising queen. My first question is who it is I’m interviewing, exactly, at first guessing the male-sounding Icelandic birth name that’s easy to find online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11161568\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11161568 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/IMG_3788-400x300.jpg\" alt='Heklina in \"boy drag' width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/IMG_3788-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/IMG_3788-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/IMG_3788-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/IMG_3788-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/IMG_3788-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/IMG_3788-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heklina in “boy drag.” Photo by John Whelan.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I’m wrong. I’m interviewing Heklina, who has a complicated (or would that be a simple?) relationship between the person onstage and the person who’s bartending tonight, wigless. I press the division further with a question about what “you” do to support “her.” I’m wrong again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s not a her — it’s just me,” says Heklina. “Everyone calls me Heklina, whether I’m in boy drag or not.” I begin to understand: Although different in presentation, today’s male-bodied person in gym shoes and the glittering persona out on the boards are one and the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from these complexities, the person I’m interviewing is in some ways a bar owner first, and a busy one. Heklina-in-boy-drag co-owns \u003ca href=\"http://sfoasis.com/#prettyPhoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oasis\u003c/a>, a 6,000 square-foot theater, cabaret, and club on 11th and Folsom in San Francisco. She does booking, she manages, she produces, and she’s a performer, of course. She no longer staples posters onto telephone poles or shops for outfits, as she did for a dozen-plus years at her long-running punk-at-heart drag night Trannyshack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61qbUimYg9g\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are all the things that people don’t see,” she tells me, “all the things that have to get done.” Today, she employs a team of the unseen: dressmaker Tria Connell, social media person Daniel Adams, stage manager Bobby Barber, poster-poster Gareth Gooch, and wig designer Robert Fernandez. If it’s true, as she says, that “I’m in it for the money! I’m one of the few people who’s able to make a living entirely off doing drag and performing,” then she’s also made sure that Oasis functions as the rare rising tide that actually lifts other boats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first time I visited the newly opened Oasis last year, a friend grabbed me by the elbow and guided me through the wing curtains at the side of the stage. I resisted, slightly, not sure I was allowed back there. But of course I wanted to see what the dressing room looked like, and I was amazed at what I saw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Somebody can literally come in through the back entrance, go backstage, get ready, and come onstage, never having been seen,” Heklina tells me. “It’s totally self-contained. We have a sink back there, we have a bathroom … We just got brand-new mirrors put in there, because the other ones were kind of too high, you couldn’t really get a full-body look.” It’s a magnificent palace of a backstage, its mirrors surrounded by large, soft, kind incandescent bulbs, its doorways wide enough for wheeled racks. 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Whether those selves are the real ones or the fancy ones, whether we are drag queens, mere life-sized women, or software developers. But how does Heklina, and how should we, negotiate between onstage and off? After all, as \u003ca href=\"http://ladybunny.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady Bunny\u003c/a> pointed out, sometimes we don’t get enough time outside the public eye, or maybe there’s something about ourselves that doesn’t, and never will, square with our residual self-image.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the eyes of a queen named after an active stratovolcano once known as the “Gateway to Hell,” it’s actually fairly simple. “When I put on a wig and all that stuff,” Heklina says, “it’s just an extension of me. My personality gets amplified a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is complicated somewhat as we walk outside, and she casts a business-owner’s eye, a practiced eye, over the sidewalk, slightly annoyed in advance by whatever fresh hell this afternoon may bring. 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We have a sink back there, we have a bathroom … We just got brand-new mirrors put in there, because the other ones were kind of too high, you couldn’t really get a full-body look.” It’s a magnificent palace of a backstage, its mirrors surrounded by large, soft, kind incandescent bulbs, its doorways wide enough for wheeled racks. 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