27 Facts About Honey Mahogany

Honey Mahogany was born on December 30,1983 and is an American activist, politician, drag performer, and singer.

Honey Mahogany first came to national attention on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, followed by releasing her debut EP Honey Love.

Honey Mahogany was instrumental in setting up The Transgender District in San Francisco, where she served as the first director.

In 2024, Mahogany was appointed director of the San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives.

Honey Mahogany first started performing in drag while earning her undergrad at University of Southern California.

Honey Mahogany went on to attend graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Master of Social Work and co-founded the annual drag competition Berkeley's Next Top Drag Performer in 2008.

Honey Mahogany was the first contestant on the show from San Francisco, and one of the few who sang live, as opposed to lip syncing.

In week two for the episode Lip Synch Extravaganza Eleganza, Honey Mahogany placed within the top four.

In week three, Honey Mahogany partnered with Coco Montrese for a puppet performance with which the judges were not impressed.

Honey Mahogany was placed in the bottom two, lip syncing against Vivienne Pinay to Britney Spears' Oops I Did It Again.

At the beginning of season 6 of Drag Race, Honey Mahogany stated that she was "Team Courtney" for who should win, referring to Courtney Act.

Honey Mahogany and Act had met when both auditioned for The X Factor.

Honey Mahogany played Rochelle, part of the main foursome from the original film.

Honey Mahogany joined another Christ production later in 2013, the 16th Annual Showgirls performance, based on the 1995 film Showgirls.

In 2015 and 2017 Honey Mahogany starred as Lieutenant Uhura in a live action drag version of Star Trek directed by fellow San Francisco queen D'Arcy Drollinger.

In 2016, Honey Mahogany joined forces with Peaches Christ yet again for Spice Racks, a drag parody of the late 1990s camp film Spice World.

Honey Mahogany reprised her role as Scary Spice for a live reading of Spice World at Clusterfest in 2018.

Honey Mahogany became the first transgender person to serve on the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee following her appointment in 2018.

In June 2022, Honey Mahogany announced her campaign for District 6 Supervisor of San Francisco.

Honey Mahogany had previously served as chief of staff to District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney, who left the Board of Supervisors in April 2022 after being elected to the California State Assembly.

In 2011, Honey Mahogany was voted Best Drag Queen by readers of San Francisco Weekly.

For five years starting in December 2012, Honey Mahogany headlined and emceed Honey Mahogany Mondays, a drag and cabaret show held at Midnight Sun in The Castro.

Honey Mahogany co-founded The Transgender District in San Francisco with Janetta Johnson and Aria Sa'id.

In 2018, Honey Mahogany became the first trans person to serve as co-president of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club.

In May 2024, Honey Mahogany was appointed the new director of the San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives by Mayor London Breed.

Honey Mahogany was born and raised in San Francisco, the child of Ethiopian immigrants who fled their home country due to political persecution and unrest.

Honey Mahogany received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Southern California with a minor in Musical Theater.