It wasn’t until after Stonewall and the start of the liberation movement that San Antonio welcomed a game-changing queer-owned nightclub. And while there were establishments in the city where the queer community could spend their nights, potential raids and ongoing police harassment caused people to flee to the outskirts of town. The following decade saw drag queens added to the iconic event lineup - more about that later. Drag queen performances emerged all over the US because of prohibition, and this surge was known as the “pansy craze.” The UTSA Libraries also noted that while the “craze” only lasted into the early 1940s for most cities, San Antonio remained captivated with drag queens and the performance scene survived - even after the war. In the 1930s, Texas female impersonator Ray Bourbon’s Hotcha Hinton was a guest performer at San Antonio cabarets and eventually headlined her own shows. According to The University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries, drag culture in the Alamo City goes back to the early 1900s.
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