“As gay people, we always think outside of the box. The irreverent is always important to a drag queen and anyone else who lives outside the box. And this is why drag's important: remember to not take life seriously. It's always important to see the laughter in the illusion that we pretend is real.” PeopleThinkingImportantRealRememberGayLaughterIllusionBoxesQueensDragGay PeopleOutside The BoxIrreverentDrag Queen Author:RuPaul
“The scorn directed against drags is especially virulent; they have become the outcasts of gay life, the "queers" of homosexuality.In fact, they are classic scapegoats. Our old fears about our sissiness, still with us though masked by the new macho fascism, are now located, isolated, quarantined through our persecution of the transvestite.” StillsFactsGayClassicFascismIsolatedDragHomosexualityPersecutionScornOutcastMachoScapegoatTransvestitesGay Life Book:States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America Source: States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America
“I was raised by drag queens, practically ... my mother died when I was four-years-old, so I was effectively raised by a bunch of different people. A lot of those people were friends of my sister, Kathleen, who had all these gay friends. She would baby-sit me everyday, and she would take me over to her friend's houses with all kinds of things going on: tucking, and eyebrow drawing, waxing, all sorts of things. I was literally raised by gay men.” PeopleMenYearsKindDifferentMotherHouseFourBabyGayDiedRaisedEverydayDrawingBunchAll KindsQueensTake MeMy SisterFour YearsDragDifferent PeoplesEyebrowsGay MenMother DiedDrag QueenGay FriendWaxing Author:Ellen Pompeo
“I am not a boy, not a girl, I am not gay, not straight, I am not a drag queen, not a transsexual - I am just me, Jackie.” GirlBoysGayQueensDragJackieDrag QueenTranssexuals Author:Jackie Curtis
“I'm bi everything; sexual, coastal, political, controversial. I think if you find your comfortable sexual preference then that's excellent. Everybody knows that I'm a huge fan of gay men and drag queens and would not be who I am today without their help, support and make-up tips.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenHelpingTodayPoliticalSupportFansHugeGayComfortableWho I AmExcellentQueensDragPreferenceControversialGay MenCoastalDrag Queen Author:Jessicka
“Cause if you're a transvestite, you're actually a male tomboy, that's where the sexuality is. Yeah, it's not drag queen, no; gay men have got that covered. This is male tomboy, and people do get that mixed up, they put transvestite there - no no no no! Little bit of a crowbar separation, thank you! And gay men, I think, would agree. It's male lesbian, that's really where it is, ok? Because... it's true! 'Cause most transvestites fancy girls, fancy women. So that's where it is.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenLittlesGirlCausesBitsGayLittle BitAgreeYeahMalesSexualitySeparationQueensFancyCoveredDragGay MenDrag QueenTransvestites Author:Eddie Izzard
“Not a lot of gay guys end up coming to alt-comedy-ish shows. They like all these '80s shimmer shows, or they like going to drag shows. It is always weird and interesting when I meet somebody at a gay bar who is familiar with my stuff.” EndsShowsGuyStuffInterestingComedyGayBarsFamiliarDrag80sShimmerGay Guy Author:Guy Branum
“It's going to take generations of gay people marrying before these things start to feel natural. We haven't had it long enough to remake it as our own, so it does feel like you're getting dressed up in straight drag to do it.” PeopleFeelsLongDoeEnoughNaturalGenerationsHavensLike YouGayDragGay PeopleMarryingRemakesDressed UpGetting DressedGetting Dressed Up Author:Dan Savage