Drag (entertainment)

Drag is a performance of exaggerated femininity, masculinity, or other forms of gender expression, usually for entertainment purposes. Drag usually involves cross-dressing. A drag queen is someone (usually male) who performs femininely and a drag king is someone (usually female) who performs masculinely. Performances often involve comedy, social satire, and at times political commentary.[1][2][3] The term may be used as a noun as in the expression in drag or as an adjective as in drag show.[4]

Participants of the High Heel Drag Race in Washington, D.C.
  1. ^ Rupp, Leila J.; Taylor, Verta; Shapiro, Eve Ilana (2010-06-01). "Drag Queens and Drag Kings: The Difference Gender Makes". Sexualities. 13 (3): 275–294. doi:10.1177/1363460709352725. ISSN 1363-4607. S2CID 145721360.
  2. ^ Rupp, Leila J.; Taylor, Verta (2016), "Drag Queens and Drag Kings", The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, American Cancer Society, pp. 1–4, doi:10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosd087.pub2, ISBN 978-1-4051-6551-8
  3. ^ Phelps, Nicole (2018-03-08). "Gender Renegades: Drag Kings Are Too Radical for Prime Time". Vogue. Photographed by Mitchell, Stef. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  4. ^ Abate, Frank R.; Jewell, Elizabeth (2001). The New Oxford American Dictionary. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 515. ISBN 978-0-19-511227-6. OCLC 959495250.

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