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Drag and Not Drag

4/4/2016

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by Coco

What is drag? What does it mean to be a drag queen?

I think there is a very clear anatomical difference between Bio-queens, Trans-queens and drag queens. That is fact. Neither form is greater or lesser, they are just different. As entertainers, if we are entertaining, that is truly what matter. No, this is not simplistic, it's reality.
Drag, to me, is gender illusion/bending and gender driven performances. Yes, I do agree that the term drag is for the manipulation of ones own gender not the gender to which you're portraying.

What RuPaul said:
Rupaul made a comment that bio-queens already have a show. Sorry folks, fish bio-queens could win a beauty pageant if they choose to go that route, so the comment in itself was valid. Also, Rupaul can put whoever she wants on that show because her name is in the title.

Everyone needs to remember this VERY VERY important fact: In any movement, the loudest voices should be from the ones who are directly affected. For non-binary movements, non-binary people should be speaking the loudest. Cis-people have a place in the LGBT but they shouldn't be taking a front seat and leading the charge.

​Summary: All forms of drag is acceptable. Rupaul can do what she wants and when she wants, she has more then earned it, especially since she isn't hurting anybody and has been fighting the fight for a lot longer then the rest of us and doing it in the main stream. Lastly, I do not care how many of the unspoken "rules" of drag that you follow, unless you're entertaining I don't give a shit what you look like or what's on your face. A big costume does not guarantee a good performer. A pretty Facebook picture doesn't mean crap on stage. Serve it, and entertain.

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