Queer, Fabulous and Proud: SF’s Drag History

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Love it or hate, drag is a hot topic of conversation now. And you really can’t understand how we got to this point nationally without heading to San Francisco. Today we’re taking a crash course through decades of drag herstory to better understand it’s larger impact on San Francisco, and the country. Additional Reading: How SF's Drag Queens Shaped the City (and the World) Show your love by donating! Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. This story was reported by Christopher Beale. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:00.0	From K-QED. In the past decade, drag has become a centerpiece of American pop culture.
0:09.0	Maybe you've seen RuPaul's Drag Race on MTV.
0:15.0	The show and its host have won armfuls of Emmy Awards,
0:18.9	and RuPaul is widely regarded as the most famous drag queen in the world.
0:25.0	The time has come.
0:27.0	For you to lip sync for your life.
0:33.0	life.
0:34.0	Then there's the drag brunches, drag bingo, and more recently the drag story hour that have become
0:41.3	ubiquitous in many cities.
0:43.0	But growing attention has also led to growing disdain.
0:47.0	This is inappropriate.
0:48.0	I'm only 30 years old, but we didn't have drag queen story hour when I was at elementary school.
0:53.4	We didn't learn about any of this.
0:55.8	Whether it's love or hate on the national stage,
0:59.1	drag is a hot topic of conversation.
1:01.7	And you really can't understand how we got to this point
1:04.3	nationally without heading to San Francisco. Drag in San Francisco is is crucial to the
1:10.6	identity of this city as the cable car.
1:14.0	We thought it was high heel time to take a closer look at drag culture in San Francisco.
1:20.0	Today we're taking a crash course through decades of drag
1:23.6	herstry to better understand its larger impact on San Francisco
1:28.1	and the country.
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