Lets Bite Each Others Tails Off October 18 1990

Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns SAN FRANCISCO SENTINEL  October 18, 1990    Street Talk    “Let’s Bite Each Other’s Tails Off”  By Doris Fish    There’s a heartbreaking phenomenon – one often reads in the tales of farm animal abuse; the victims will attack each other.  Chickens peck each other to death to get…

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So Long For Now October 25 1990

Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel  October 25, 1990    Street Talk  By Doris Fish    ‘So Long For Now’    Not a word. Sometimes I sit here for an hour and nothing happens.  But I bless the cosmos for this wonderful chance to enlighten and annoy my friends and fellow readers. …

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The Silkscreen Miracle

Doris Fish was Sainted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on November 3, 1990, as part of the benefit tribute “Who Does That Bitch Think She Is?”. Typically, the Sisters attribute some miracles to their saints, and in Doris’ case there are many apparent miracles to choose from, before and after her death. In my…

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Doris Fish Meets Sylvester

Doris Fish serves refreshments to Sylvester and friends. Photo from San Francisco Gay Life Where It's At, presumably by James Moss. When Doris met Sylvester…! 1977. As far as we know, the only documented meeting of the two San Francisco drag legends, these photos were taken by James Moss during an interview with the disco…

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The Queens of Castro Street

Doris Fish and Freda Lay at the corner of 18th and Castro sometime between 1979-1983. I think this is an extraordinary photograph. The vanguard of early San Francisco Drag in the Castro in its heyday. Its unconventional with the shadows from the telephone poles breaking it up and adding weird depth in the afternoon light.…

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