When the pandemic hit, many of the queens of Oasis, a premier San Francisco drag venue, found themselves without a stage to perform on. But thanks to a bit of ingenuity, the Oasis queens are hitting the city streets delivering food and a show to quarantining residents through the Meals on Heels catering program. (Photos by Gooch)

The finishing touch before Thursday’s deliveries begin is a stripe of purple nail polish on each finger; wigs are on, faces are set and someone might be hiding something in their cowboy boot. The sky, congested with ash, looms grey above as Qween (maybe you know them as Travis) and driver/coordinator/manager Lori Fowler leave the sidedoor of Oasis, San Francisco’s renowned drag venue, and pack six big, pink paper bags into the back of Fowler’s Volkswagen Beetle. 

It’s time for another round of Meals on Heels. 

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