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This is a quote you might have heard before...
When I was asked to think about how drag appears in
art and where it might have started, I began to
think of the stage and how at one time only men were
allowed to perform. Men often played both
roles, male and female. But to talk about Drag
in art today, I think we need to have a better
understanding of what it is and where it came from.
Today DRAG
can mean many things but is often thought of as
dressing in something that doesn't match ones gender
identity. According to Wikipedia, Drag was an
abbreviation of "dressed as a girl" in description of
males who dressed as girls. This lead onto the term
DRAB, "dressed as a boy." |
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In honor
of Andy Warhol, Drag Day at the Wexner Center for
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Wikipedia also took the time to mention some of the differences,
between people who dress in drag:
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1. A Drag queen
is now commonly referred to as a gay male who is a
female impersonator. Also a female who is dressed as
a male, commonly referred to as a drag king.
2. A Transvestite. A straight male or female
who dresses as the opposite sex, because it makes
them feel closer in some ways to the gender they are
attracted to.
3. This brought up being Transgender, which I
would explain as an umbrella term, not just for
people who wish to change their sex through
different means such as an operation.
But also people who don't feel they can be fit into
the above categories. |
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Girls dressed in dresses on Drag Day |
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