Heklina at Trannyshack at The Stud, June 20, 2006. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Goebel)
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Heklina (1967-2023)

San Francisco’s legendary drag queen Heklina, creator of the infamously transgressive drag show Trannyshack and one-time co-owner of the SOMA nightclub Oasis, was found dead…

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Sally Gearhart (1931-2021)

Sally Miller Gearhart (April 15, 1931 – July 14, 2021) – author, academic, feminist, and activist – passed away on July 14 at the age…

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Memorial for activist Ken Jones at the corner of 18th & Castro
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Ken Jones (1950-2021)

Ken Jones (November 9, 1950 – January 13, 2021), a Black gay rights activist who fought against the segregation of LGBTQ activism and spaces, lost…

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Former Supervisor Harry Britt dies

I just thought Harry was a great asset to San Francisco and did a really fantastic job. He’s kind of an unsung hero because he’s…

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Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020)

Phyllis Lyon (right) and her wife, Del Martin, at their first wedding in 2004. Phyllis Lyon, the pioneering activist who cofounded the first lesbian rights…

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Rainbow Honor Walk adds new honorees

We previously reported on the first 20 honorees for the Castro’s Rainbow Honor Walk — a series of bronze plaques in San Francisco’s Castro District…

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Eddie Bell/Cookie Dough (1963–2015)

It seemed so unserious at first. “Oh, dayyyyuuuummmm! Shit just got real here in #PuertaVallarta!” San Francisco drag queen Pollo Del Mar wrote on her…

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This month in SF Gay History: March

Disco legend Sylvester March 26, 1911 On this date in 1911, Tennessee Williams III (A Streetcar Named Desire), who is now honored on Castro’s Rainbow…

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Mary Ellen Cunha (1935 – 2015)

Mary Ellen Cunha, one of the original lesbian owners of the Twin Peaks Tavern, passed away in Palm Springs in January, a month before her…

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This week in SF Gay History: January 12 – 18

In 1958, the US Supreme Court ruled that One Magazine had a First Amendment right to mail its publication to subscribers. January 17, 1920 On…

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