Why Drag Queens Are Canaries in SF’s Coronavirus Mine
If they start disappearing, so too will the magic of this city
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7 min readApr 1, 2020
I went for a walk in Corona Heights Park in the Castro a couple Fridays ago after I heard the gay bars were closing due to the shelter-in-place order. Next to the fence where highly groomed dogs chased after each other, I saw a dead butterfly. And it felt like a poetic…