Knowra Drag queen Drag queen A performer who uses feminine clothing, makeup, and gendered presentation for entertainment, satire, or artistic expression. Drag performance is distinct from sexual orientation and transgender identity.
Drag : A performance practice that exaggerates or reworks gender through clothing, makeup, movement, and character. Drag queen performance is one form of the broader practice of drag.
Pantomime dame : A comic female character traditionally played by a man in British pantomime. This theatrical role is one historical tradition of men performing exaggerated femininity.
RuPaul's Drag Race : An American reality competition television series in which drag performers compete in challenges and runway presentations. The series made drag competition a major television format and introduced performers to broad audiences.
Gender performativity : Judith Butler’s account of gender as produced through repeated acts and social conventions. Drag makes the constructed conventions of gender especially visible through stylized repetition.
Gender expression : The outward presentation of gender through appearance, behavior, voice, and other social cues. Drag queens deliberately shape gendered appearance as part of performance.
Vaudeville : A popular theatrical entertainment form featuring varied acts such as comedy, music, and dance. Vaudeville stages gave gender-bending performers venues within wider popular entertainment.
Drag show : A live entertainment event featuring one or more drag performers. Drag shows bring together lip sync, comedy, dance, hosting, and character performance.
LGBTQ pride : A movement and set of public events affirming LGBTQ+ identities, rights, and community. Drag queens have long served as performers and public figures at Pride events.
Camp : An aesthetic that treats artifice, exaggeration, theatricality, and deliberate excess as sources of meaning or pleasure. Camp’s embrace of exaggeration often informs drag queens’ visual style and humor.
Ball culture : A Black and Latino LGBTQ+ performance community organized around balls, houses, categories, and competition. Ball culture developed distinctive forms of drag, performance, and community recognition.
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