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Juanita MORE! Hosting Pride Month Fundraiser Friday at Saks Fifth Avenue, Has Now Raised $1 Million in Charitable Donations

The fashion of Mr. David Couture and the fashion icon Juanita MORE! will hold a free fundraiser for LYRIC this Friday at SF’s Saks Fifth Avenue, as Juanita has now raised a staggering $1 million for local charities over the last 30 years.

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Renegade ‘People’s March’ Returns Sunday of Pride Weekend, To Prioritize Activism Over Capitalism

The fourth annual People’s March and Rally is set for Sunday, right at the same time as the more commercialized larger Pride Parade, to “offer an alternative for those who prefer the harder edge of protest.”

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New Exhibit Shows Off the Three-Decade Living Legacy of SF Drag Star Juanita MORE! — and Her Collection of Hats

A San Francisco treasure and an enduring icon in the local nightlife scene, Juanita MORE! has always been more than just a drag queen. But defining what and who she is, as a person and a persona, requires a thorough look back at her, to-date, 30-year career which hasn't been undertaken until now.

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The Pride Weekend ‘People’s March’ Will Return This Year, Possibly In Direct Competition With the SF Pride Parade

San Francisco could be a two Pride Parade town this year, as the upstart People’s March on Polk Street is planning to return — on the same day as the SF Pride Parade, and possibly even the same time.

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Golden Gate Gaymes Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary Sunday

Empress Juanita MORE! and Emperor Glamamore of the Imperial Court of San Francisco will preside over the 25th Annual Golden Gate Gaymes & Picnic Sunday, and you can still sign up to compete in events like Wheel of Misfortune and Lip-Sync or Swim.

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There Will Be Another March on Polk Street on Pride Sunday

Returning to the protest origins of Pride, and for the second year in a row without an official (and heavily corporate-sponsored) SF Pride parade, there will be a People's March and Rally down Polk Street and in Civic Center on Pride Sunday.

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Following Dustup Over Honey Bears, LGBT Center Gets 'Queeroes' Mural

A new mural is going up on the Octavia-facing side of the SF LGBT Center highlighting a dozen local and national queer heroes, including Harvey Milk, drag queens Juanita MORE! and Sister Roma, and drag performer turned politico Honey Mahogany.

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SF Drag Queen Juanita MORE! Wants Your Vote for Empress of San Francisco

Legendary San Francisco drag queen, activist, philanthropist, and mother hen Juanita MORE! is ready to try on a new role in the city: Empress.

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How You Can Support San Francisco's Queer Elders and LGBTQ+ Nightlife Workers in the Age of Coronavirus

Public health emergencies tend to expose the cracks in our society — this time, particularly, around our ability to help SF’s queer elders and those who make a living in the city’s gay nightlife scene amidst times of crisis. In the age of COVID-19, here’s how you can support those two local cohorts.

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Scenes From Saturday's 'A March to Remember & Reignite Hope' Display in The Castro

Juanita MORE!, San Francisco's indefatigable drag matriarch, walked down The Castro — flanked by locals and a sea of sequined regalia — yesterday afternoon to lay wreaths down at both defunct and thriving queer businesses, spotlighting the need to safeguard SF's queer legacy and culture.

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7 San Francisco Drag Queens Reveal Their Favorite Looks of 2019

In another year chased by gorgeous couture and fierce faces, we asked seven San Francisco drag queens to share with us their best-loved looks from the past twelve months.

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Oasis, Beaux To Host Fundraisers This Week To Support Businesses Affected By Castro Fire

After last week's four-alarm fire burned four local businesses, including a few residential units, on the block of 456 Castro Street, the community (and city) rallied together, raising and offering financial aid. This week, two fundraisers are slated to help garner more fiscal support.

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New Alamo Square Mural Revealed Honoring Drag Legend Juanita MORE!

J. Manuel Carmona's “Girls Call The Shots” mural featuring Juanita MORE! was officially unveiled Saturday afternoon, across Steiner Street from Alamo Square Park, the finishing touches of which were completed late Friday night.

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SF Queens On How 'Rupaul's Drag Race' Has Hurt (and Helped) The Larger World of Drag

After being entirely overlooked on a recent New York Magazine ranking, along with every other established drag queen in the country who hasn't been on the show, SF's local queens reflect on the current state of drag in a 'Drag Race'-dominated world.

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Counter Protests Planned At City Hall And In Castro This Weekend Whether Alt-Right Rally Goes On Or Not

This Friday, city leaders will rally concerned citizens and host an afternoon event on the steps of City Hall to condemn hate and the presumed racist overtones of a planned rally in Crissy

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Drag Queen Juanita More! Kicks Off Pride 2017 With Three New Murals In SF

"2017 marks my 25th year in drag in San Francisco, so these murals are very special to me," says local drag icon Juanita More!, a performer and fundraiser who is equally at home

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Go Do This Thing: 'Puttin' On The Titz' at The Strand

Drag fans and regulars at Oasis may have caught the House of MORE!'s terrific command performance of their eclectic, 1930's-inspired cabaret experience last fall, when Juanita MORE! and her gang took over

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Photo Du Jour: Jane Kim Does Drag

Juanita MORE!, Polly Tickle (a.k.a. Jane Kim), and Glamamore. Photo via Shot In the City At the Powerblouse party at Powerhouse (link semi-NSFW) on Saturday night — in which drag mothers Juanita

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Scenes From The 2016 LGBT Pride Parade And Juanita MORE's Pride Party

Sunday brought the 46th annual San Francisco LGBT Pride parade, arguably the biggest of its kind in the country, and some perfect sunny weather meant that throngs of people lined Market Street to

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Regarding The Art And High Style Of Mr. David, Couturier To The Drag Stars

You aren't going to find Mr. David's clothes on a sale rack, ever. But last week, two decades of daily work putting handmade fashions on local drag queen Juanita MORE! and a bevy

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The 16 Best Party Options For Ringing In 2016 In SF

Do you still not have your New Year's Eve figured out? Have you still not secured your “If it sucks” Plan B or second-party scenario? For those of you not currently holding advance

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Go Do This Thing: Tamale Party At Hecho

For many in the Latino community, Christmas is all about tamales. And tonight you can either hop in to Hecho in the Castro for a prix fixe tamale feast, or take a dozen

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Juanita More Talks About The End Of The Eight-Year Run Of Castro Club Booty Call Wednesdays

Thanksgiving week will mark the end of an era for Castro nightlife as drag queen DJ and promoter Juanita More is ending her weekly party at Q Bar, Booty Call Wednesdays. Eight years

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Pop-Up Dinner With Juanita MORE! Thursday To Benefit LGBTQ Youth Conference

Each year, in preparation for her annual Pride blowout, local drag icon Juanita MORE! chooses a charity to be the beneficiary of proceeds from the party — which follows the parade on Pride Sunday

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Cleve Jones' Birthday Honored With Moving Speech By Dustin Lance Black, 'Hair' Number By Jonathan Groff

There was a big party Saturday night at The Café in the Castro in honor of the 60th birthday of longtime gay-rights activist Cleve Jones. He said all he wanted for his birthday