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"The Sweetest Spot in the Tenderloin"

"To the Hot Boxxx girls: Thanks for everything! - your fan club president"

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This poem is written by Hokulani Beale, credited as the president of the Hot Boxx Girls fan club. The poem describes each performer and highlights their distinct personalities and character traits. The queens described include Vicki Marlane (1934-2011), a legendary San Francisco drag queen and transgender woman. Marlane had a long career; starting in the 1950s, she performed as a female impersonator, stripper, and carnival sideshow performer, and she continued to perform in drag almost until her death in 2011. In her last decades, Marlane led the Hot Boxx Girls, the in-house drag troupe at Aunt Charlie's Lounge. This item comes from the Felicia "Flames" Elizondo Papers at the GLBT Historical Society.

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