You may recall L.A.-based drag queen Jackie Beat's corn syrup ad parodies which we aired here on SFist a few months back. Well, the LA-based Ms. Beat is coming to town next weekend with her band Dirty Sanchez to perform aboard the S.S. Trannyshack during Folsom Street Fair weekend (buy tickets for this drunken boat cruise now, we hear they're almost sold out). more ›

Tranny legend (and star!) Heklina is going balls out for this year's Folsom Street Fair festivities. The day before residents don their finest Kenneth Cole belts and Salvatore Ferragamo shoes in honor of the City's annual leather festival on Folsom Street, Heklina will revive her (in)famous party at sea, SS Trannyshack. more ›

Today it's the birthday of Trannyshack founder and SF drag queen bee, Heklina. In her honor, here's a sweet video of a vintage T-shack duet she did with Kermit the Frog on "Rainbow Connection." The Gemini diva is currently appearing in some new episodes of the annual drag rendition of The Golden Girls at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory. Seats are going fast, and the show closes on July June 26th. Get tickets by emailing goldengirlssf@earthlink.net. (Hat tip to The semi-NSFW Sword.) more ›

For those of you who eschewed the shoegazing/indie/whatever-thirtysomething-genre sounds emanating from last night's concert in Golden Gate Park, opting to check out Trannyshack's final party, you were richly rewarded with performances by Trannyshack legends Fauxnique; Kiddie; Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic; Precious Moments (whose performance included real-life, strap-on... more ›

Update: We just asked Heklina if it's true. "Yes, honey!" she replied. "Sometime in spring or early summer [of '08]." So...there you have it. Similar to the club night in question here, this is shocking. On Heklina's MySpace page, she tells us that she plans on shutting down Trannyshack -- San Francisco's longest-running (alternative-y) drag show, etcetera -- soon. Very soon. Heklina says, "I need to feel challenged and no longer feel I have... more ›

-- Trannyshack's Siouxsie and the Banshees Night: Trannyshack icon and Scissor Sisters [NSFW] star Ana Matronic returns home to help Heklina host tonight's Siouxsie tribute. Also, we heard a rumor that Ana likes to watch live Broadway musical clips on YouTube. (i.e., str8-gay hipster suicide.) Is this true? We don't believe it. But if she does, she just landed herself a new stalker. Music starts at 10 p.m. and the show begins at midnight... more ›

Some things just go with certain places: clocks with the Swiss, bagels and New York, Arizona and snowbirds. Occasionally you encounter something that claims to be from one place even though it is clearly from another. more ›