Peaches Christ's seven best LGBTQ+ spots in San Francisco

For many San Franciscans, Peaches Christ is a drag queen legend. The stage persona of Maryland native Joshua Grannell, Peaches first flourished alongside fellow drag performers at The Stud, a beloved gay bar that closed during the pandemic, and later as the host of Midnight Mass, a rowdy and raucous film series that regularly sold out the Bridge Theater.

In addition to co-hosting the Midnight Mass podcast, this cult queen has since created massive haunted house walk-throughs at The San Francisco Mint and self-produced productions like the recent theatrical parody, Drag Becomes Her, which played to a full-house at the city's Castro Theatre in 2022. She's even performed her campy Christmas Gaiety at London's Royal Albert Hall.

In many ways, Peaches' success makes sense in a place like San Francisco. The city has long been known as one of the most progressive and gay-friendly places in the US. Not only did San Francisco elect one of the country's first openly gay politicians (Harvey Milk), but it also birthed the original rainbow Pride flag and the pioneering gender-bending theatre troupe, the Cockettes, who performed as early as 1969. "I don't think I could have built such an insanely wild and weird artistic career and [made] a living being Peaches Christ anywhere else," she said. "San Francisco has always supported me."