drag queen
Let an agent explain drag queens as performers and the art of drag, relay history and culture with attribution, distinguish drag from gender identity, present debates and regulation neutrally, and route to entries for specific performers.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain drag queens as performers and the art of drag, relay history and culture with attribution, distinguish drag from gender identity, present debates and regulation neutrally, and route to entries for specific performers.
A performer, usually a man or a person assigned male at birth, who dresses in exaggerated feminine style and persona for entertainment through lip-sync, singing, comedy, dance and hosting, a form of drag with roots in theatre, vaudeville and LGBTQ nightlife that has become mainstream through pageants and television; drag queens are distinct from transgender women and from cross-dressing outside performance, and the registry lists individual performer names as aliases.
What it is for: Performance and entertainment.
It can be explain the art form; relay history and culture; distinguish from gender identity; present debates neutrally.
Distinguishing features
Performance persona
Exaggeration and artifice
LGBTQ cultural roots
Mainstream visibility
What it looks like
A performer in elaborate makeup, wigs, costumes and heightened feminine persona on stage.
How it is recognised
Performer of exaggerated feminine drag
Lip-sync, comedy, pageants, television drag
Drag kings perform masculinity; transgender women are not performing drag; cross-dressing may be private
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, in the performance sense
is contrasted with - a gender identity, not a performance
In practice
Families and kinds
pageant and glamour queens
comedy queens
club and nightlife performers
television drag such as competition shows
drag in theatre and film history
individual performers listed as registry aliases
Standards and regulation
Venue and performance licensing
Laws on drag performances in some jurisdictions, with positions attributed
Anti-discrimination law
Failure modes and hazards
Conflating drag with gender identity
Disrespectful or stereotyped presentation
Partisan framing of legal debates
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a drag queen is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and distinctions.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a drag queen, and how does drag differ from transgender identity and cross-dressing? definition
- Is the question about the art form, a specific performer or gender identity? boundary
Art
The art of drag.
Art
Art.
- What skills and styles make up drag performance, from makeup to lip-sync and comedy? definition
- Which entry fits the specific performer? action
History History and culture.
Attribution.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did drag develop from theatre and vaudeville through ballroom culture to television, as historians describe? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Culture
Community and culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What role do drag queens play in LGBTQ communities and events such as Pride? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Debate Debates and law.
Attribution.
Law
Regulation.
Law
Law.
- What laws and controversies concern drag performances, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Critique
Critiques and responses.
Critique
Critique.
- What critiques of drag exist, including within feminist and LGBTQ discourse, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits drag culture debates? action
Context Media and profession.
Context.
Media
Media.
Media
Media.
- How have television shows and films shaped the visibility of drag queens? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific programme? action
Profession
Profession.
Profession
Profession.
- How do drag queens work professionally, and what economics and safety issues are reported? provenance
- Which entry fits performing arts work? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should drag as an art form be the primary linked entry?
- How should cultural history sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming individual performers; should they be split off?