Facebook Post on LGBT History and Activism

A 2020 Facebook post reflecting on decades of LGBT activism and community work in San Francisco, including AIDS volunteerism and involvement in early gay rights movements. 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.

Item Actions

Download: PDF File
Citation: Cite

Item Information:

Identifier: 3r074v39n
Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Date Created: 2020
Date Issued: 2020
Genre: Autobiographies
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Topic(s): Drag
Gay men
HIV/AIDS
LGBTQ+ people
Transgender people
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
For more information on copyright, please read our policies