![]() ![]() (The ban was temporarily blocked hours before it was expected to be implemented.)Īttendees enjoy New York's Wigstock festival in 1994. In Tennessee, where the most restrictive measures to date were passed in March, people who perform in drag in an area where children could see them could be charged with a misdemeanor or felony. ![]() But this year in particular, some US states have attempted to impose legislative measures that would impact where and when drag can be performed. Jeffreys, a drag historian and adjunct instructor at New York University, who noted that the artform constantly subverts “what people think they know about gender.”Īt its core, drag is an art form that for over a century has affirmed and uplifted LGBTQ people who perform and enjoy it. “Drag is the theatrical exaggeration of gender,” said Joe E. It’s masculine and feminine it’s neither or both. It’s cisgender and trans men, trans and cis women and nonbinary people. Dick in a firetruck-red pompadour and drawn-on goatee. ![]() It’s a queen named Meatball dressed as a ghoulish exaggeration of George Santos, singing the “Greatest Showman” anthem “This is Me,” and a king named Mo B. It’s the glitzy cast of “RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars” and small-town performers with dedicated local followings. Drag is also an underground performer twirling onstage to Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach.” But drag’s image – and history – is far more complex.ĭrag is a grand dame in a glittering gown, commanding the stage with a power ballad or disco classic. To many, the stereotypical image of a drag queen is one of a gay man dressed in exaggerated feminine getup, oversized wigs and heavy makeup. ![]()
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