On The Way To Folsom St. Fair, 1994. Photo by Chloe Sherman.
The Bearded Lady opened in San Francisco on Fourteenth and Guerrero in 1992, born out of the need for a lesbian-centered meeting and performance space. “Our only idea was we were going to have a coffee machine and a wrestling mat,” recalls cofounder Harry Dodge. Cindy Crabb’s manuscript for The Bearded Lady Truckstop Cafe: An Oral History of the San Francisco Dyke Scene, excerpted here, weaves together interviews from performers, artists, writers, trans icons, and . . .
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