SF Drag Performer Was Detained By ICE Heading Into Pride Weekend

SF Drag Performer Was Detained By ICE Heading Into Pride Weekend

On Thursday of last week as we were leading up to Pride Weekend, a Guatemalan drag performer living in SF and performing under the stage name Hilary Rivers was detained after showing up for an immigration court hearing. We noted in our Pride Weekend roundup today that there weren’t any violent or terribly disruptive incidents at this year’s festivities, but that doesn’t mean the weekend went off without a hitch for everybody. 48 Hills had the ne…

Pride, pages and performance: Why drag story time matters more than ever

A drag queen who goes by the name Flame reads stories to children and their caretakers during a Drag Story Hour at a public library in New York, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Phillip Joy, Mount Saint Vincent University; Andrea Fraser, Mount Saint Vincent University, and Conor Barker, Mount Saint Vincent University June is … Continued

Mission residents write to drag performer arrested by ICE: ‘We’re with you’

Residents stopped by Galeria de la Raza on Monday to write letters of support to Hilary Rivers, the drag performer arrested by ICE last week. Mission residents write to drag performer arrested by ICE: ‘We’re with you’