Mona's (First San Francisco Lesbian Bar/1934-1953/Where Girls Will Be Boys) 70s new york and drag queens filled the

and drag queens filled the space night after night

where laughter and grief lived side by side

and that visibility itself was resistance

and a story that turned convention on its head with humor and heart

it was one of America’s earliest and longest-running drag venues

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