Trannyshack Collection, 1996-2008

The club Trannyshack was founded in February 1996 by Steven Grygelko, known by the professional moniker Heklina. Trannyshack was a drag show staged every Tuesday at the Stud, a South of Market gay bar in San Francisco, California. The Tuesday night shows ran for over 12 years until August 2008. The Trannyshack Collection contains posters, press releases, photographs, DVDs, and a series of "Historical Bulletins."

The Trannyshack Collection is comprised of posters, press releases, photographs, DVDs, and a series of "Historical Bulletins" written by Bobby Barber which reveal background information on the performers and a history of each of the Tuesday night shows hosted in 2008, the club's final year. The DVDs include two documentaries, Filthy Gorgeous and Blood, Sweat and Glitter, amateur footage taken from the final Trannyshack Kiss-Off show, and a video oral history from December 2008. The photographs include 500 color prints, with about 100 performers and Trannyshack alumna identified by name, and 760 high resolution digital images on disc.

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Identifier: 8s45q882q
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
Creator(s): James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
Date Created: 2008
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): Heklina
Trannyshack
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Topic(s): Crossdressers
Drag kings
Drag queens
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Related URL: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000128301#glc58
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