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Remembering Heklina: Heklina Will Not Be Silenced

Remembering San Francisco drag legend Heklina, who died this week in her hotel room in London. She was 55.

Heklina is a living legend- she started her amazing drag show in San Francisco way back in 1996 that ignited the careers of countless entertainers including Lady Gaga, Peaches Christ and Ana Matronic.

Today, Heklina joins us to take a look at the horrific shooting in Orlando and how gay bar owners are responding to the violence.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 1 year ago 0

FOF #2344 – Heklina Will Not Be Silenced

Heklina is a living legend- she started her amazing drag show in San Francisco way back in 1996 that ignited the careers of countless entertainers including Lady Gaga, Peaches Christ and Ana Matronic.

Today, Heklina joins us to take a look at the horrific shooting in Orlando and how gay bar owners are responding to the violence.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 8 years ago 1

FOF #2063 – School of Drag

When Trannyshack veteran Vinsantos DeFonte moved to New Orleans several years ago, he realized that there wasn’t an easy way for young or inexperienced performers to learn the tricks of the trade so he started the New Orleans Drag Workshop, which might be the world’s first school for drag queens and kings.

Today Vinsantos DeFonte joins us from New Orleans to talk about being head-Mister-ess for his School of Drag.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Interviews, Podcast 10 years ago 6

FOF #1964 – Heklina’s Trouble with Trannyshack

For decades Heklina has been hosting the world’s longest running drag show in San Francisco: Trannyshack. Heklina is such an institution we’re kinda surprised she isn’t on display at a museum in the Castro.

Now there’s rumors that Heklina is contemplating changing the name of her infamous night to T-Shack. Is she finally getting with the times or is she just selling out to expand her brand?

Posted in: Drag & Trans, Drag Queens & Kings, Interviews, Podcast 10 years ago 2

PHOTO: Lady Bunny and Heklina and the Gaga Tribute Night

Love the lobster Heklina! Two of the nation’s fiercest drag queens pulled out their best material for the highly anticipated Gaga Trannyshack Tribute Night, which took place last week in San Francisco. And in case […]

Posted in: Images 13 years ago 0

VIDEO: Fierce Kate Bush Drag at Trannyshack

Lil’ Miss Hot Mess’ ability to capture the blurred video delay of Kate Bush’s original “Wuthering Heights” in a live performance is spectacular. In case you haven’t seen the original

Posted in: Drag & Trans, Music 13 years ago 3

UPDATED: Trannyshack UK Wins Lawsuit Brought By Heklina

As I reported earlier this year, Heklina, the San Francisco drag queen and founder of the long running Trannyshack drag show sued a British outfit for copyright infringement. Heklina claimed that Trannyshack UK is being […]

Posted in: Drag & Trans, News & Rumors 14 years ago 2

San Francisco Drag Queen Gets Litigious

Heklina, the San Francisco drag queen and founder of the long running Trannyshack drag show is suing a British outfit for copyright infringement. Heklina claims that Trannyshack UK is being confused for her show and […]

Posted in: Drag & Trans 14 years ago 0

FOFA #825 – Is This DEEE-END of Trannyshack?

I love having celebrities in my hotel room. On today’s show we’ve got three delicious stars in our penthouse suite at the Hotel Mark Twain in San Francisco- Peaches Christ, Heklina, and Lady Miss Kier! […]

Posted in: Interviews, Musicians, Podcast 15 years ago 0

Behind the Scenes at Trannyshack’s Kiss-Off Party [Part 2]

PART 2 – After a decade of being the Nation’s longest running drag show, Heklina and her friends decided to call it quits and throw a final kiss-off party for all the fans of Trannyshack. […]

Posted in: Videos 16 years ago 2