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DESCRIPTION:Monique Jenkinson (aka Fauxnique) reads from her memoir Faux Queen: A Life 
 in Drag (Amble Press), then she and Tony Bravo (Arts & Culture columnist, 
 SF Chronicle) discuss Fauxnique’s fabulous place in San Francisco drag 
 herstory and how what we wear makes us who we are. Followed by an informal 
 Q & A and book-signing. Books for sale at the event and wine by 
 Birba.\n\nMasks preferred, Vaxx cards checked at the door.  Note: This 
 event occurs at MAC at 387 Grove Street. Doors at 6pm; event begins 
 6:30pm.\n\nMonique Jenkinson is an artist, choreographer, performer and 
 writer whose work dwells at the intersection of contemporary dance and 
 cabaret and considers the performance of femininity as a powerful, 
 vulnerable and subversive act. Her alter-ego Fauxnique made herstory as the 
 first cis-woman to win a major drag queen pageant and her solo performance 
 works have toured nationally and internationally in wide-ranging contexts 
 from nightclubs to theaters to museums.\n\nFaux Queen: A Life in Drag 
 joyously chronicles the people and cultural practices that crash 
 Fauxnique's identity into being, her journey through one of the most 
 experimental moments in queer cultural history and her rise through the 
 nightlife underground. Jenkinson finds authenticity through the glee of 
 drag artifice and articulation through the immediacy of performing bodies. 
 She pens a valentine to gay men and their irreverent culture while relaying 
 the making of an open-minded feminist.\n\nPraise for Faux Queen: A Life in 
 Drag\n\nMonique Jenkinson is the Jane Goodall of drag. As Fauxnique, she 
 has also become one of it’s most admired primates. This book is a 
 profound herstory of a uniquely fabulous tribe, as well as a deep dive into 
 how to discover, then honor, your own transcendent path. Read and learn.    
    --Justin Vivian Bond, trans-genre artist\n \nJenkinson's journey is both 
 a fantastic trip down memory lane and a reflective perspective on the 
 vibrancy, diversity, and fabulousness of queer culture.
      --Jim 
 Piechota, Bay Area Reporter\n\nI've read many books about drag over the 
 years and Monique Jenkinson's 'Faux Queen' is officially my new favorite- 
 and I swear it's not just because I'm in it! Her life story in drag is 
 unique and inspiring. She beautifully and thoughtfully describes an 
 outrageous, provocative, and magical time in San Francisco drag history 
 that's often misunderstood in hindsight. I'm so grateful to Monique for 
 writing this incredible chronicle of our lives!      --Peaches Christ, 
 filmmaker / cult leader\n\nFaux Queen is a playful, engaging, critically 
 serious, counter-culturally crucial memoir that is full of joy - the primal 
 joys of art-making, fandom, connecting with like-minded weirdos, finding 
 your place in the world and allowing your art and obsessions to lead you to 
 it. I love this book.        --Michelle Tea, author of Against 
 Memoir\n\n\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/03/13/18848655.php
SUMMARY:Books and Looks! Faux Queen: A Life in Drag with Author Performer Monique Jenkinson
LOCATION:Modern Appealing Clothing\n387 Grove Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94102
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/03/13/18848655.php
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