Beyond the normal expressions, Drag has also been described as:

          "When a straight man puts on a dress and goes on a sexual kick he is a transvestite. When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body and has a little operation he is a Transsexual. When a gay man has way too much fashion sense for one gender he is a drag queen.  And when a tired little Latin boy puts on a dress, he is simply a boy in a dress!" ~Noxeema Jackson in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

            As I am sitting here writing this article, I think about walking down in the Short North of Columbus, Ohio on a Gallery Hop Night.  In just about any gay bar you might find someone dressed in drag.  From a drag queen being a live mannequin in a store front, to an entertainer at a bar.
I once overheard a family walking passed me, where a younger child asked, "Is that a girl or a boy?"  At the time the parents did not seem to know how to explain it and the child seemed highly confused.

            I understood what had happened and I casually mentioned it to my friend.  It was a good laugh but the art form has been around for awhile.  I would think that a parent who takes their young children out might find a way to explain it.

            Then I realized, here I was in a place I was familiar with and with all the slang terms and ways to describe different things maybe I didn't know it all either.  Just looking at some of the basic information that pops up when you are to GOOGLE the word “drag” could make someone go crazy.

            As an art form I think Drag has influenced many people and many people have loved the idea of what or who they could be using the art form.  Whole shows have been put together on that thought alone.  Hedwig and the Angry Inch and The Rocky Horror Picture Show are just a few of the more popular ones that come to mind.

Waiting to get pictures taken on
Drag Day