Gay drag queens
Not too long ago I was at home watching an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. I devotion the show and must confess, with a mix of pride and embarrassment, that I’ve rarely missed an episode since it premiered in That said, I couldn’t help but be disappointed by the generic sassy-but-sweet personalities, costly and flawless outfits, and meticulous makeup. Over the course of the fourteen years the show has been on the atmosphere, it’s become increasingly secure and even a petty wholesome. I’m not sure how to feel about that.
I’ve always been fascinated by the performative force and glamour of queenly. My first produced participate was called Underbelly Blues. In it, a disparate group of struggling characters happen to meet at a freeway on-ramp south of Market Street in San Francisco. The scene stealer in every show was the character Glit, an outrageous drag queen to whom I gave the best lines and the most unnerving story line. When I was working in the East Village theater scene in the s and ’80s, I always wrote roles for drag queens. They brought a rough truthfulness to the stage that thrill
We have to spill the tea, but this occasion, there's no shade. Queenly is enjoying one of its most popular periods in herstory.
Thanks largely to the success of RuPaul's Drag Race, the art form is now seen regularly on mainstream TV channels, magazine covers and is the subject of multiple vlogs and podcasts.
But the story of queenly goes back far further than the time the competition has been on the air and made RuPaul Charles a global superstar at the matching time. As his fellow Drag Race judge Michelle Visage may even be persuaded to say: ‘Honey, it goes back centuries’.
Beginning with the Bard
Drag began out of necessity, although that’s not to utter its participants didn’t like it. When Shakespearean theatre was shiny and recent in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the stage wasn’t just a place of amusement. It had strong links to the church and with that came rules that only men could tread the boards. If that play you were in featured a limited female roles, then it was up to a couple of the men in the cast to dress as members of the opposite sex so the story didn’t su
Five Myths About Drag Queens and Drag Kings
In Jackie Huba's latest book, she explores how drag queens and kings clear supreme confidence to tackle and tack on the earth and how we can all study from them.
But men and women in drag--though common enough in urban areas--still inspire all sorts of misinformation. Here are five frequent myths about them (and the truth):
1. All drag queens and kings are gay: Actually, they're not. A number of them are, yes, but there are many who are straight. Flamboyant can be a form of gender-identity but it can just as much be about self-expression or art.
2. All drag queens yearn to be women; all drag kings want to be men: Some may be transgender or have such aspirations but many are perfectly happy with who they are and dressing in drag is a form of self-expression and a way to explore and portray other aspects of their personality.
3. Drag queens are "lesser" men: Actually, it takes some serious guts to express yourself in this way when society tends to view the feminine as weaker and "softer." Men all
I'vealreadytold you what I've learned from being married to drag queen, so I thought I would continue along those lines and debunk 10 myths about kingly queens. Some of these are myths I myself believed before Jeff created Vivian, and others are myths I learned existed only after getting involved in the drag community.
1. All drag queens are gay.
It's genuine that the majority of flamboyant queens are gay, but there is a small minority of queens who are straight. I honestly did not know this until I watched some of the audition tapes for last season of RuPaul's Drag Race. One of the contestants stated that even though he performs in drag, he is percent straight. I was shocked to learn this, but it makes sense, because drag is an art form, not a way of life.
2. Drag queens want to be women.
OK, sadly, this is one of the myths I believed before I knew any better. Before I met Vivian and other kingly queens, I believed that anyone who does drag wants to be a woman, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Though it is real that some drag gueens are transgender women, the