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Photo of Unknown Queen Sitting on Table

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Photo of a drag performer sitting on table and engaging with audience. This item comes from the Felicia “Flames” Elizondo papers (#2021-06) at the GLBT Historical Society. Felicia Elizondo, who performed as Felicia Flames, was a Chicana trans woman and drag queen associated with San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. She was a regular at Gene Compton's Cafeteria at the time of the Compton's Cafeteria Riot, a historic 1966 uprising by trans and queer people. Elizondo performed for many years at Aunt Charlie's Lounge alongside her close friend Vicki Marlane. This collection contains Elizondo's writings, photographs of her and her community, ephemera she collected about local drag and queer topics, and materials about Marlane and her legacy.

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Identifier
1n79h472z
Collection
Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
Institution
GLBT Historical Society
Date Created
circa 1990 to circa 2000
Genre
Photographs
Places
California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Topic(s)
Drag performers
Drag queens
Resource Type
Still Image
Language
English
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