SATURDAY MORNING THEY WILL FILL IT IN WITH TARPS. ANOTHER EVENT IS SUPPORTING THE CITY'S TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND PART OF THE CITY THAT HAS STRUGGLED SINCE COVID. JOSE MARTINEZ TAKES US TO THE START OF THIS YEAR'S DRAG ME DOWNTOWN SERIES. >> IT IS OFFICIALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO. HERE IN DOWNTOWN, THE PARTY IS ALIVE. BUT, THE FIRST DRAG ME DOWNTOWN EVENT BENEFITING THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Reporter: GLITTER, GLAM, A LOT OF CHARISMA. BRINGING BACK LIFE TO DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO. >> DRAG IS ABOUT UNLOCKING THAT INNER SPIRIT THAT YOU HAVE TO JUST SHINE AND FILL FIERCE AND FABULOUS AND OVER THE TOP. >> THE HOST OF THE DRAG ME DOWNTOWN KICKOFF, STARTING OUT WITH AN EXCITING NIGHT. LAST YEAR, THIS EVENT ATTRACTED 200 PEOPLE. THIS YEAR IT IS SET TO BE EVEN BIGGER. >> I HELPED THEM PRODUCE THE FIRST EVENT SERIES OF DRAG ME DOWNTOWN. IT WAS SUCH A SUCCESS. PEOPLE LOVED IT SO MUCH. IT WAS SO FUN TO BRING QUEER BEAUTY AND QUEER ART INTO SPACES THAT MAYBE YOU WOULD NOT FIND IT TYPICALLY. >> THIS TIME DOZENS OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO ENJOY A NIGHT OF SPECTACULAR SHOWS AND ENTERTAINMENT. THE EVENT IS PART OF A EFFORT TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO DOWNTOWN WHILE CELEBRATING PRIDE. >> IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO REMIND FOLKS THAT DOWNTOWN IS FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW. IT IS SOMEWHERE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN REALLY EMBRACING OF THE LBGTQ COMMUNITY IF IT IS HERE, IF IT IS THE TENDERLOIN THIS IS EVERYBODY'S DOWNTOWN. [MUSIC] >> Reporter: CHICKEN OR THE EGG THING, PEOPLE USED TO WORK DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEY HAD TO. NOW THEY EXACTLY TO DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEY WANT TO. WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM REASONS TO WANT TO COME DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? FIRST THURSDAYS, DRAG MOW DOWNTOWN, ENTERTAINMENT ZONE RIGHT OUT HERE. >> THE EVENT AND PREREGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED. RECEIPTS. BENEFITING SAN FRANCISCO TRANSGENDER DISTRICT. THE FIRST LEGALLY RECOGNIZE THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT IN THE WORLD. COME AND SUPPORT. OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY SAY NO TO DRAG SAN FRANCISCO SAYS YES. >> WE WANT TO CELEBRATE WHO YOU ARE. THAT IS WHAT THIS SERIES IS ABOUT. >> THEY KNOW IT IS JUST THE BEGINNING. WE ARE EXPECTED. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THIS YEAR'S DRAG ME DOWNTOWN HAS SOMETHING EACH WEEK. UPCOMING EVENTS
