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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews CHRISTMAS GAIETY AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL with all the joys of the holiday seasaon

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  Christmas Gaiety ⚝⚝⚝ Royal Albert Hall  There is no grander, more romantic concert venue in London than the Royal Albert Hall. Part Victorian Coliseum, part jewellery box, part meringue the biggest challenge for performers is that the building is often the star of the show. A Christmas Gaiety, conducted by Edwin Outwater with Mistress … Continue reading



‘Filthy Gorgeous’ the story of Heklina & Trannyshack is the Opening Night Film at SF Queer Film Festival

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    Saturday, Aug 25th sees the opening of the 3rd Edition of SF QUEER FILM FEST a  showcase of ground-breaking indie films by Queer filmmakers, selected on merit.  Most appropriate is the Opening Night Film is FILTHY GORGEOUS which is a tribute to the late San Francisco Drag Icon Heklina. This documentary is directed by … Continue reading



How GOOGLE went from Friends to Foes of the LGBTQ+ community

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  Looks like we are now adding GOOGLE to the list of FRIENDS WHO BECAME FOES of the LGBTQ+ community. They dropped their sponsorship of a drag show featuring  Peaches Christ at Beaux gay bar in San Francisco, California.  The reason they gave was ‘ hundreds of employees signed a fiery petition saying it violated … Continue reading



Paying Tribute and saying Goodbye to the legendary Drag Queen/activist HEKLINA

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  The legendary and much-beloved drag queen Heklina  (aka  Stefan Grygelk) who was such a significant presence on the SF queer scene was actually part Icelandic.  In fact, his drag name is named  after the Icelandic volcano Hekla Heklina really came into her own she founded the drag club Trannyshack in 1996 and was a weekly … Continue reading



Peaches Christ on the joy of being MOMMIE QUEEREST again

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Peaches Christ is an American underground drag performer, emcee, filmmaker, and actor who is worshipped as a queer icon in their hometown of San Francisco where they got their first break performing in Heklina’s legendary Tranny Shack back in 1996. One of their many life events since then was the San Francisco de Young Museum actually honored them with a “Decade of Peaches Christ Retrospective”

Peaches is particularly known for their love of horror …the camper the better…having once even directed a star-studded indie slasher movie All About Evil.

We caught up with Peaches on the eve of them taking one of their most famous roles of Mommie Queerest on a mini UK Tour with Heklina. Underneath this wickedly funny parody the show also shows Peaches’s real respect for the cult status of the original movie Charismatic with a real passion for their craft, Peaches is, as always, a sheer joy to talk with

 

https://peacheschrist.com/
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