The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/29/breaking-per-sia-is-san-franciscos-new-drag-laureate/After D’Arcy Drollinger’s two-and-a-half year reign as the nation’s first ever Drag Laureate, the wig has been passed on to Per Sia, a staple of Drag Queen Story Hour and afterschool arts program teacher. When Oasis owner D’Arcy Drollinger was named the first Drag Laureate of San Francisco in May 2023, she was the first Drag Laureate ever named to any jurisdiction in the United States. (West Hollywood has since followed suit and named their own.) Drollinger’s Drag Laureate tenure was only supposed to be 18 months, though ended up lasting more than two-and-a-half years. But that reign has now come to an end. And so on Wednesday, SF Mayor Daniel Lurie announced that SF’s

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