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Flyer for the Baton, featuring Chilli Pepper

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A flyer promoting Chili Pepper at The Baton show lounge in Chicago. 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
vm40xs03r
Collection
Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
Institution
GLBT Historical Society
Date Created
circa 1992
Dates Covered
Dec. 30, 1992
Genre
Ephemera
Subject(s)
Baton Show Lounge
Chili Pepper
Places
Illinois > Cook County > City of Chicago > Chicago
Topic(s)
Drag queens
Drag shows
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Text
Language
English
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