PS: When did you start doing professional drag?
F: The first drag number that I did was in 1998, but Fauxnique has really only been around since 2003. My very first performance was at the club Trannyshack in San Francisco. I moved to San Francisco after college in 1992 for the same reason that a lot of people move there: to fly my freak flag and be an artist.
The first time I went to Trannyshack, I saw Ana Matronic [of the Scissor Sisters] perform, and I was like, "Oh, they'll actually let women come and perform here. Oh my God, I didn't know that was possible." She was amazing. For my first performance in 1998, I was actually in boy drag, and I did a gay marriage number. The gay marriage movement was already happening in San Francisco.
![PS: When did you start doing professional drag?
F: The first drag number that I did was in 1998, but Fauxnique has really only been around since 2003. My very first performance was at the club Trannyshack in San Francisco. I moved to San Francisco after college in 1992 for the same reason that a lot of people move there: to fly my freak flag and be an artist.
The first time I went to Trannyshack, I saw Ana Matronic [of the Scissor Sisters] perform, and I was like, "Oh, they'll actually let women come and perform here. Oh my God, I didn't know that was possible." She was amazing. For my first performance in 1998, I was actually in boy drag, and I did a gay marriage number. The gay marriage movement was already happening in San Francisco.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/OgSro6_hmdQ0j1_te-UxKLcfSl0/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2014/10/06/120/n/1922153/64364a0c1604267b_WEB_fauxniqueCVN04/i/PS-When-did-you-start-doing-professional-drag.jpg "PS: When did you start doing professional drag?
F: The first drag number that I did was in 1998, but Fauxnique has really only been around since 2003. My very first performance was at the club Trannyshack in San Francisco. I moved to San Francisco after college in 1992 for the same reason that a lot of people move there: to fly my freak flag and be an artist.
The first time I went to Trannyshack, I saw Ana Matronic [of the Scissor Sisters] perform, and I was like, \"Oh, they'll actually let women come and perform here. Oh my God, I didn't know that was possible.\" She was amazing. For my first performance in 1998, I was actually in boy drag, and I did a gay marriage number. The gay marriage movement was already happening in San Francisco.")
