Last month in Nashville, widely regarded as the entertainment capital of the South, Tennessee lawmakers passed a law that bans one class of entertainer: "male and female impersonators," otherwise ...
With the controversy of drag and anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the news, you’d think the performance art would be shying away. Instead, drag is as loud and proud as ever, on Broadway, TV, fashion and more.
RENTON, Wash. — Late on a Saturday afternoon last month, a gaggle of children, ages 1 to 5, trickled onto a patio next to a bar, sat in tiny plastic chairs and waited for a host who was about to ...
I was six years old when I first dressed in drag. It was for the Jewish holiday of Purim, which has a masquerading tradition dating back to ancient Persia. That year, I went as Bugs Bunny, but not ...
Founded in 2015 by Michelle Tea and RADAR Productions, Drag Queen Story Hour started in San Francisco to give young people in the area queer role models, and show them they can be whoever they want to ...
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. But drag’s image — and history — is far more complex. Drag ...
Watch the new holiday animated short A Bob the Drag Queen x Monét X Change Sing-Along, which features a fierce cameo from a ...
Seligman is the author of Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag In 1987, Doris Fish, at that time San Francisco’s reigning drag queen, had accumulated enough notoriety for ...
The LGBTQ+ community has long celebrated self-expression with drag shows featuring performers in costumes and makeup, impersonating men or women. Witness the popularity of the Emmy Award-winning ...
Lately, drag has been dragged through the mud. The art form has been cast in a false light in recent months by right-wing activists and politicians who complain about the "sexualization" or "grooming" ...
Known for its over-the-top personalities and larger-than-life femininity, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is no stranger to breaking barriers. Since it launched in 2009, the competition series has become a ...
A man struts through the Los Angeles Convention Center wearing a mermaid-style gown, decked out with pink ostrich feathers. No one bats a fake eyelash. He is just one of more than 60,000 people who ...