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Abstract
Facebook’s effort to regulate the use of drag names on its site and the activism of drag queens to contest this regulation is discussed as part of a broader project to describe the look of sexuality and gender in San Francisco.
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1 For my initial reactions to this experience, please see my article in Salon (Lil Miss Hot Mess, Citation2014).
2 See Dana Lone Hill’s (Citation2015) “Facebook Don’t Believe in Indian Names” for an analysis of this practice as a continuation of colonial violence and erasure.
3 We were covered in international outlets from The New York Times to CNN, Fox News, BBC News, Der Spiegel, and Le Monde. One of the mainstream articles to best explore the nuance was Vauhini Vara’s (Citation2014) in The New Yorker.
4 News of Alcorn’s death spread quickly due to her suicide note that was published on Tumblr, for example, Merlan (Citation2014). Though her official Tumblr has been taken down, its content remains available using the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150101040547/http://lazerprincess.tumblr.com/
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Lil Miss Hot Mess
Lil Miss Hot Mess bedazzles audiences across the country with a unique blend of camp, critique, and choreography. She has performed at venues ranging from legendary clubs to universities, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the streets of OccupySF.