The practice of drag in Africa allows Africans to challenge gender roles. There were many different expressions of masculinity and femininity in pre-colonial Africa. Colonial powers introduced written laws that enforced rigid gender roles that devalued women and femininity. African drag performers, specifically drag queens, now challenge this strict binary and its subsequent criminalization of queer people. Their performances navigate various intersectionalities of gender, sexuality, and race that are legacies of colonialism. Because of the association of drag with queerness, as well as its inherent challenge of the gendered social structure, drag performances are innately political and often dangerous.
all orientations. Not everyone who does drag at some point in their lives is a drag queen or a drag king. Drag refers to an entertainment style wearing...
Drag kings have historically been mostly female performance artists who dress in masculine drag and personify male gender stereotypes as part of an individual...
A drag show is a form of entertainment performed by drag artists impersonating men or women, typically in a bar or nightclub. Shows can range from burlesque-style...
culture, or just Ballroom) is an African-American and Latino underground LGBTQ+ subculture. Its origins can be found indrag balls of the mid-19th century...
Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH), Drag Queen Storytime, Drag Story Time, and Drag Story Hour are children's events first started in 2015 by author and activist...
Drag Race Philippines is a Philippine reality competition television series. It is a spin-off of RuPaul's Drag Race. The series is produced by World of...
Drag Race Brasil is a Brazilian reality competition series, based on the original American series RuPaul's Drag Race. The series is broadcast on MTV and...
Drag Race France is a French reality competition television series based on the original American series RuPaul's Drag Race and part of the Drag Race franchise...
Drag Race Down Under (formerly RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under) is a reality competition television series based on the American television series of the...
Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race...
Race and part of the Drag Race franchise. It airs on Tipik and Auvio [fr] in Belgium and on WOW Presents Plus internationally. Drag Race Belgique is the...
Switch Drag Race is a Chilean reality competition television series, presented by Mega as a Chilean version of the hit American show RuPaul's Drag Race...
Caldwell Tidicue, and better known as his drag name Bob the Drag Queen (born June 22, 1986), is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, activist, musician...
Drag Race Germany is a German reality competition series, based on the original American series, RuPaul's Drag Race. The series is broadcast on MTV and...
Drag panic (also called drag queen panic or anti-drag hysteria) is a moral panic that stems from the belief that drag, when exposed to minors, can be...
Drag Race Thailand is a Thai reality competition television series based on the American series, RuPaul's Drag Race. The series was licensed by the Kantana...
Drag Race Italia is an Italian reality competition television series based on the original American series RuPaul's Drag Race and part of the Drag Race...
Drag Race Holland is a Dutch reality competition streaming television series based on the American RuPaul's Drag Race. The television series was produced...
for sexual pleasure) as disorders in ICD-10 (1994). Both items were removed for ICD-11 (2022). Cross-dressing Drag (clothing) Feminization (activity)...
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