Drag queen

Drag queens are performers - usually gay men, sometimes transgendered women - who dress in "drag," clothing associated with the female gender, usually highly exaggerated versions thereof. Drag queens often do drag to perform, singing or lip-syncing and dancing, participating in events such as gay pride parades, cabarets, discotheques, and other celebrations and venues.

Related Topics:
Gay - Transgender - Drag - Gender - Lip-sync - Gay pride - Cabaret - Discotheque

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Female-bodied people who perform in usually exaggerated men's clothes and personae are called drag kings, though this term has a wider meaning than drag queen.

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Drag is a part of Western gay culture - drag queens fought at the Stonewall riots in June 1969, and drag shows are traditional at pride parades. Prominent drag queens in the LGBT community of a city often serve as official or unofficial spokespersons, fund-raisers, chroniclers, or community leaders.

Related Topics:
Drag - Gay culture - Stonewall riots - June - 1969 - Pride parade - LGBT

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Non-western cultures have traditions similar to drag, often existing among their LGBT communities; the western notion of drag is also becoming more common in non-western LGBT communities.

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