#DRAG KING

[crossdreamers]

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An Entertaining Introduction to Drag

There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about the relationship between trans and drag. 

Some say that drag artists are not trans, they are “only” performers. 

Others argues strongly that drag is a clear expression of gender variance, and since transgender is an umbrella term for all kinds of  gender variance, all drag artists must be trans.

To me this disagreement is proof of our language being to poor and restrictive to capture the totality of gender.

Yes, many drag artists identify as their assigned gender, and that is fine.

Yes, many drag artists want to express another side of their gender identity and think of themselves as some shade of nonbinary.

And yes, many drag artists are identifying or will identify as their target gender and might even transition. That is also OK.

So drag is not an identity in the same way as cis or trans. It is a way of expressing and exploring gender through performance.

This video is from blairimani on Instagram, who writes:

While drag can sometimes reflect gender identity for some, drag itself is a performance of gender expression, not gender identity. Drag can often be weaponized against trans people, intending to invalidating their identities. Trans men are not "women in drag," trans women are not “men in drag." Trans men are men, trans women are women, and nonbinary people are nonbinary.

[queerism1969]

[genderqueerdykes]

i need young gays and queers to understand that drag isn't about "men in dresses" or mocking feminity, trans women, or anything like that. drag is historically and always will be about subverting expectations, creating conversation about difficult subjects, directly confronting bigotry and transphobia, and turning gender expression into a literal performance, which is a direct commentary on how gay, trans, queer people have to turn our lives into literal performance acts in order to be seen. it has historically been performed by cis gay men, gnc men, gnc women, and trans people of all stripes. drag is open to people of any gender, it's not exclusive to cis gay men- everyone is encouraged to be drag royalty if you have the spirit of defying social expectations of what gender "should" look like.

drag is awesome and i encourage you to find your local gay scene and find where your local drag royalty perform. you will have a better understanding when you see it for yourself, not hear it be explained.

[weaver-z]

My favorite terrible drag king concept I've come up with is Trey LaPark, whose theme is ironic redneck culture, and this is my outfit concept

[onceuponatown]

Marie Høeg (15 April 1866 – 22 February 1949) was a Norwegian photographer and suffragist. Høeg's published work was traditional in nature, while her private photography, including images of and created with her partner, Bolette Berg, challenged ideas of gender. She was the founder of the Horten Discussion Association, which is still active today. Høeg also started the Horten Branch of the National Association for Women's Right to Vote, the Horten Women's Council and the Horten Tuberculosis Association.

Høeg was born in Langesund on 15 April 1866. She was a photography student in Brevik and completed her photography apprenticeship in 1890.

From 1890 to 1895, Høeg lived in Finland, working as a photographer in Ekenäs and Hanko. Here, she was greatly influenced by the Finnish women's rights movement.

Høeg moved from Finland to Horten in 1895 together with Bolette Berg. Berg was five years younger than Høeg and had trained as a photographer, probably while living in Finland. Høeg and Berg set up and ran their own photography studio, which was named Berg & Høeg. Høeg used their studio not only for photography, but also as a meeting place for women interested in feminism and women's suffrage.

Høeg and Berg moved to Kristiania (present-day Oslo) in 1903 and continued working as professional photographers there, mostly producing scenic and portrait post cards.

The two founded the publishing company Berg og Høghs Kunstforlag A.S., publishing books such as the three-volume Norske Kvinder, which concerns the topic of the history of Norwegian women.

Marie Høeg died in Oslo on 22 February 1949.

Many of her glass negatives were discovered after her death inside a barn in the 1980s. The barn was on the property of a farm where Berg and Høeg lived at the end of their lives. A series of negatives in a box labelled "private" contained photographs of Berg and Høeg dressed in men's clothes, smoking, and wearing mustaches. These 440 glass negatives are now in the collection of the Preus Museum in Horten, Norway.

[kingriverglass]

Household Himbos:

🌺Fabuloso🌺

[lgbt-tiktoks]

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Description: [ A video showing a black person lip-syncing to audio from Family Guy while text on screen is used to act out a conversation with themself about RuPaul's Drag Race. The video flips the person's position for each character speaking:

Peter: "But since we're all gonna die, there's one more secret I feel like I have to share with you... I did not care for the Godfather".

Text: But since we're all gonna die, there's one more secret I feel I have to share with you... I do not care for RuPaul's Drag Race.

Lois: "What?!".

Text: What?

Peter: "Did not care for the godfather".

Text: Do not care for RuPaul's Drag Race.

Chris: "How can you even say that, dad?"

Text: You're literally a drag artist.

Peter: "I didn't like it".

Text: I think it has a lot of negative elements.

Lois: "Peter, it's so good. It's like the perfect movie".

Text: But it's so entertaining, it's like the perfect TV show.

Peter: "This is what everyone always says".

Text: That is what every straight girl and cis yt gay man always says.

Chris: "Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, I mean you never see- ROBERT DUVALL!!".

Sasha Velour, Symone, Bimini Bon Boulash!!!

Peter: "I know- fine, fine actor. Did not like the movie".

Text: Adore these drag queens, but I don't like the show.

Lois: "Why not?".

Text: Why not?!

Peter: "Did not- Couldn't get into it".

Text: It's harmful to a lot of drag artists.

Lois: "Explain yourself, what didn't you like about it?".

Text: Explain yourself- why is it harmful?

Peter: "It insists upon itself, Lois".

Text: It's gentrifying drag.

Lois: "What?!".

Text: What?!

Peter: "It insists upon itself".

Text: It's gentrifying drag.

Lois: "What does that even mean?".

Text: What does that even mean?

Chris: "He has a valid point to make IT'S INSISTING!!".

Text: They have a valid point to make, it platforms a narrow view of drag and ignores other, valid forms of drag.

Peter: "It takes forever getting in and you spend like six and a half hours. I can't even get through- I can't even finish a movie. I've never even seen the ending".

Text: Excludes or tokenizes trans ppl, excludes drag kings/things and women drag queens, has pushed a cookie cutter 'Ru Girl' aesthetic, belittles important local drag scenes. Even if they allowed drag kings, I would never apply.

Chris: "You've never seen THE ENDING?!".

Text: You wouldn't even apply??!!

Stewie: "How can you say that you don't like it if you haven't even given it a chance?".

Text: Well why do you even care about drag king exclusion if you wouldn't apply?

Lois: "I agree with Stewie it's not really fair".

Text: I agree, I think you're just being negative.

Peter: "I have tried on three separate occasions to get through it. And I get to the seen where all the guys are sitting around in their easy chairs...".

Text: As long as RuPaul is at the helm it will always be riddled with misogyny and transphobia, I mean did you SEE the Drag Race Down Under yeast spread episode...]

[mxbutchtwink]

Honestly thank God for butches and drag kings. Where would we be without them

[ah-sure-look-sure-listen]

One piece villians?.......

You mean

Drag Kings?

[mrmaxxxpleasure]

Drag king Maxxx Pleasure photographed by Lucy La Riot

[nooosham3]

Hello Jessie Buckley 😍

Jessie Buckley, Met Gala | 2 May 2022

Daily Mail deemed her outfit a 'bizarre ensemble", and that just tells me she is onto a winner! If they hate, I will unconditionally love ❤️ she is clearly having a great time channelling her inner drag king🕴️

If someone knows label behind outfit, please add here ☺️

[onceuponatown]

Matilda Alice Powles (13 May 1864 – 16 September 1952) was an English music hall performer. She adopted the stage name Vesta Tilley and became one of the best-known male impersonators of her era. Her career lasted from 1869 until 1920. Starting in provincial theatres with her father as manager, she performed her first season in London in 1874. She typically performed as a dandy or fop, also playing other roles. She found additional success as a principal boy in pantomime.

By the 1890s, Tilley was England's highest earning woman. She was also a star in the vaudeville circuit in the United States, touring a total of six times. She married Walter de Frece, a theatre impresario who became her new manager and songwriter. At a Royal Command Performance in 1912, she scandalised Queen Mary because she was wearing trousers. During the First World War she was known as "England’s greatest recruiting sergeant" since she sang patriotic songs dressed in khaki fatigues like a soldier and promoted enlistment drives.

Becoming Lady de Frece in 1919, she decided to retire and made a year-long farewell tour from which all profits went to children's hospitals. Her last performance was in 1920 at the Coliseum Theatre, London. She then supported her husband when he became a Member of Parliament and later retired with him to Monte Carlo. She died in 1952 on a visit to London and is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery. Her life story was commemorated in the 1957 film After the Ball in which she was portrayed by Pat Kirkwood.

[kingriverglass]

Household Himbos:

🧽Scrub Daddy🙂

[lgbt-tiktoks]

Caption: [ (lip-syncing the song Shiny from Moana) Well, well, well. Little Maui's having trouble with his look. You little semi, demi, mini-god! Ouch! What a terrible performance, get the hook! Get it? You don't swing it like you used to, man.

Yet I have to give you credit for my start, and your tattoos on the outside. For just like you, I've made myself a work of art. I'll never hide. I can't! I'm too shiny! Watch me dazzle like a diamond in the rough. Strut my stuff, my stuff is so shiny!]

[akemi-chie]

Soooooo I'm a Drag King now... 🌈 Hoorray❣️❣️

[gerardwaygirlmoments]

Post-punk drag king named Ian Cuntis