These legendary drag queens of a certain age are finally getting their due. legendsofdrag dragqueens pride
If the scope of your drag knowledge starts and ends with RuPaul's Drag Race,, a few drag brunches, and bachelorette parties, you're doing yourself a disservice. TV shows like RuPaul's Drag Race helped bring drag from the underground to the cultural mainstream, but have also drawn criticism from queer and drag communities into what drag is, was, and could be.
But it wasn’t just performative storytelling that made the profiles interesting—the queens were also vulnerable. They shared stories of devastating loss from the AIDS epidemic and substance abuse. Like Dallas drag queen Tasha Kohl, who was very open about her “demons and struggles with anxiety and depression.”
The book shares the types of “draconian methods used to police queens” back in the day–like in Oregon, needing to wear two articles of men’s clothing under your drag or you’d go to jail immediately, or in Hawaii, where it was required “that men performing in drag had to wear a sign that said, ‘I am a boy.’” If the queens were caught without their signs, “they faced hefty fines due to an ‘intent to deceive’ clause in Hawaii’s disorderly conduct statute.
ADVERTISEMENT Although drag as an art form is ephemeral and transcends distinct genres, the book highlights that there are common threads that are tightly woven within drag’s foundation, and that is the principles of community, activism, and service.
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