Photo of Cartiar Behind Curtain

Photo of Cartiar, poking her head out from behind the curtain at a drag performance. 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: zg64tm416
Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Date Created: circa 1990 to circa 2000
Genre: Photographs
Topic(s): Crossdressers
Drag queens
Drag shows
Female impersonators
Wigs
Resource Type: Still Image
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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