Drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes.
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12 Facts About Drag queen
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The term drag queen implied "homosexual transvestite", but the term drag carried no such connotations.
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Drag queen has been argued to be an over-expression of the stereotypical female look.
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Drag queen is known to break down gender norms and can thus be seen as 'gender bending'.
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Drag queen's considered the term female impersonator to be the one that was widely understood by heterosexual audiences.
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Drag queen included the character of Queenie as an authorial self-insertion.
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Drag queen published a magazine, Magazine and Beauty Hints, which provided beauty and fashion tips, and he posed for corset and cosmetics advertisements.
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Drag queen performed at the Grand Opera House and Central Theater, among other venues, went on tour with United Vaudeville, and later appeared in the film Yankee Doodle in Berlin, produced by Mack Sennett.
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Drag queen impersonated Davis and Miranda in the 1952 film Diplomatic Courier.
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Drag queen families are a part of ball culture and drag 'houses.
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Drag queen show is a piece of entertainment consisting of a variety of songs, monologues or skits featuring either single performers or groups of performers in drag meant to entertain an audience.
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Drag queen has come to be a celebrated and important aspect of modern gay life.
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