Why Drag Queens Are Canaries in SF’s Coronavirus Mine

If they start disappearing, so too will the magic of this city

Eddie Jen
The Bold Italic
Published in
7 min readApr 1, 2020

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Embrace your inner queen. Photo: Vilen Gabrielyan

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…

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is a writer, dreamer, occasional drag queen (high heels hurt too much), and attorney in San Francisco. www.eddiejen.com