Obituary for "Gary" Gordon Olmsted Sweet

An obituary kept by Felicia Flames of "Gary" Gordon Olmsted Sweet. The text briefly describes his life and family ties. 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: dv13zt72p
Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Date Issued: Oct. 6, 2005
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): Gary Gordon Olmstead Sweet
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Topic(s): Obituaries
Queer people
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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