To many, the stereotypil image of a drag queen is one of a gay man drsed exaggerated feme getup, oversized wigs and heavy makp. But drag's image — and history — is far more plex.
Contents:
- GAY MAN DRAG TELLS LGBT SUPPORTERS: ‘KEEP YOUR KIDS OUT OF DRAG QUEEN SHOWS’
- DRAG GENR: EXPERIENC OF GENR FOR GAY AND QUEER MEN WHO PERFORM DRAG
- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
GAY MAN DRAG TELLS LGBT SUPPORTERS: ‘KEEP YOUR KIDS OUT OF DRAG QUEEN SHOWS’
(Pl Joseph Watson) A trendg vio shows a gay man drag tellg other supporters of the LGBT movement to keep their children away om drag queen shows and gay clubs. * gay man in drag *
Drag queens, otherwise known as “female impersonators," are most typilly gay cisgenr men (though there are many drag queens of varyg sexual orientatns and genr inti) who perform and enterta on stage nightclubs and bars. Although ’s unclear exactly why, drag kgs are ls mon gay muni, and are also ls visible popular culture and rearch on drag. That started to change the late 1960s and ’70s durg the sexual revolutn, when drag beme more proment wh gay male muni, and eventually, thanks part to RuPl, a part of popular culture.
Moncrieff & Lienard relay that the gay muni which drag was born serve as a backdrop due to their exclive and protected nature that was once necsary for the survival of the muni. In the study, Moncrieff & Lienard surveyed 133 gay men along wh a ntrol group of heterosexual men and women, about their perceptns of drag queens. It is thought that this part due to the donng of overtly feme attire and stereotypil behavrs which are seen as ls sirable tras among gay men.
They also risk beg discrimated agast not only public, but also wh the gay muny.
DRAG GENR: EXPERIENC OF GENR FOR GAY AND QUEER MEN WHO PERFORM DRAG
The prent study explored the experience and unrstandg of genr for gay and queer men who perform drag. It is part of a 20-year program of rearch f * gay man in drag *
The ma takeaway om the study is the hypothis that drag performers are motivated, spe the many sts, by how signalg, or performg wh the gay muny, promot “upward mobily” and stat wh a small, protected muny. The rearch fdgs scribed here shed some light on potential motivatg factors of those who perform drag, at least through the ey of some the gay muny.
(Pl Joseph Watson) A trendg vio shows a gay man drag tellg other supporters of the LGBT movement to keep their children away om drag queen shows and gay clubs. “Keep (your) kids out of drag and keep your kids out of our fuckg gay clubs, ” says the man, who intifi as a homosexual.
“Obvly when we’re seeg 12-year-olds drsed as girls and women, strippg for gay men throwg them dollar bills on a stage, I don’t know why me as a homosexual has to tell people keep your kids out of my life, keep your kids nocent and pure as long as you n, ” he adds. The man also said ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ was “stupid, ” “damagg” and “will lead to more nfn of gay children. In 2019, so-lled ‘drag queen kid’ Dmond is Amazg performed on stage at a gay club New York while patrons tossed money at the then 12-year-old boy.
I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
‘In gay years, you’re rather past your sell-by date, aren’t you?’ the person ont of me said, raisg an eyebrow. * gay man in drag *
I don't unrstand the love for drag the gay muny. So I am a gay man my mid 20s. I know nothg obligat me to love drag JUST bee I'm gay, jt seems like a large part of the LGBT culture that I thk is pletely overrated.
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