San Jose Trans Oral History Project: An Interview with Felicia Elizondo

A copy of an interview done of Felicia Elizondo by oral history library Archive408 in 2019. Elizondo describes her upbringing and the journey she took before and after transitioning. The original copy is available online on the Archive408 website as of Nov 2025. 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: qf85nb730
Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Elizondo, Felicia
Contributor(s): Arana O'Hare, Benny
Date Created: Oct. 19, 2019
Genre: Autobiographies
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
California > Santa Clara County > San Jose
California > San Francisco County > Tenderloin
Topic(s): Chicano/a/x LGBTQ+ people
Chicano/a/x transgender people
Interviews
Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people
Latino/a/x transgender people
LGBTQ+ activists
Trans women
Transgender history
Transgender people in the military
Transgender people of color
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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