Category Archives: Drag

Jingle boys! Hot Leather Dad captures Santa skivvy run in SF Castro in cool seasonal video. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Posted on December 16, 2013 by | 1 comment

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Jingle boys! Also a few girls, Dads, Queens on Segways, frosty snowmen, etc. Hot Leather Dad Steve Gaynes shot the scene seen here. Click through for groovy video! A fun(d)raiser for the SF AIDS Foundation.

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An Empress and a Gentleman: So Long, Jose Sarria…

Posted on August 24, 2013 by | 1 comment

20130824-113529.jpg Soldier. Homosexual. Native Son. Candidate. Empress. Activist. Gentleman. Widow. San Francisco Legend. R.I.P. Jose Sarria, aka the Nightengale of Montgomery St, the Widow Norton and Empress Jose I. born December 12, 1922/23. died August 19, 2013.
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First Gay Candidate.

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Empress of San Francisco.

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Regal Departure.

(Haiku for Jose Sarria)

Funeral service at 11am on Friday, September 6th at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Internment in Colma, reception at Lookout Bar on 16th Street.

Mike Caffee, who knew Jose, says his friends sometimes jokingly called him “the Nightmare of Montgomery Street” – instead of “Nightengale!”

The Bay Area Reporter has more here.

Photos 1, 2 & 4 Courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society (San Francisco).

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Tiny Town Queen Patty McGroin is Empress of San Francisco!

Posted on March 16, 2013 by | 1 comment

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Laytonville Native Wins Empress Of San Francisco’s Imperial Court!

“Patty McGroin went from winning Miss Gay San Francisco in 2011 to the reigning empress of the 2013 San Francisco Imperial Court. Patty will spend her year as Empress raising money for San Francisco charities as part of the duties of representing the San Francisco Imperial Council…”

Congratulations, Patty!

Jayma Shields for The Mendocino County Observer. Photo: anon.

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…at the valet. hey! (New from Dapperkink…)

Posted on July 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

at the valet. hey!. New from fantastic art dandy Gryphon.

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Posted in Collecting, Drag, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Gryphon Van Der Hole, Kansas City, Leather, Men, Photography

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If you remember nothing else….

Posted on May 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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Good words for today…or any day. Remember and you are. Forget it and you’re fodder for fool-catchers. And in today’s economy? Well…

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New Jojo Mendoco Gay Cali Manga! The Rapture of Sister Merci Killing…Leather Nun!

Posted on October 15, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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Carried away on the shoulders of the Swiss Guard…and available to Los Angeles area collectors. Check out the silent auction at the Eagle LA on Friday October 21 at the Mr. Sister Leather contest. For more Catholic fun from JoJo Mendoco, click here. For his take on war, here. And for some S/m, here and here.

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Posted in Collecting, Comics, DIY and Maker Culture, Drag, JoJo Mendoco, Leather, Military, Sickness and Health, Spirituality, Subcultures

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Pre-Folsom Brunch Crowd at Donna Sachet’s

Posted on September 25, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Tasty! Sight seen at San Francisco Leather Diva Donna Sachet’s annual Pre-Folsom brunch. Photo: SMG

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Going Gaga for Jo Calderone

Posted on August 7, 2011 by | 1 comment

When an androgynous male model named Jo Calderone appeared in Vogue Homme Japan last year, celeb watchers noted that he looked a lot like Lady Gaga might in male drag. Turns out, that is exactly who “he” was. The young diva, who dodges regular rumors that she is intersex, shows off Jo on the cover art of her next single, “You and I.” You Go, Guy Gaga!

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Another Shoe Collection…

Posted on June 24, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Looks like a drag queen shoe fashion crisis on Oak Street. But the question remains: what’d she do with the other shoe in each pair?
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Backstage with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus

Posted on June 18, 2011 by | Leave a comment

…tonight at our “Hootenanny” Western-themed show (country and Americana). Catch us Saturday at 2pm or 8pm. Details here. Dancing gay cowboys, country drag, “Home On The Range” like you’ve never heard it, and much more!
-AidanAbroad

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