Drag: The Complete Story looking at the History & Culture

Drag: The Complete Story Simon Doonan From Danny La Rue to Chi Chi Larue, from Rome to the Renaissance, right up to Rupaul’s Drag Race, and beyond, drag has played a major role in subcultures and sometimes the mainstream. Our love of cross-dressing has been a major component of queer culture for centuries, and this … Continue reading

Dragging The Archive: Queens, Kings… and Things

  The Bishopsgate Institute in London is launching the archive of Orlando Myxx a multidisciplinary artist who uses photography, video, and performance for his  research which  focuses on the exploration of transness as a mental, physical, and cultural experience For the launch, Myxx will be joined by artist and researcher Elly Clarke for an exploration of … Continue reading

Dragnificent: “the mother of all transformation shows”

  After a successful pilot show last year, TLC are launching a whole new series of Dragnificent!   It’s kind of like Queer Eye but far more outrageous and colorful as the stars are all drag queens in what is being hailed as the “mother of all transformation shows” A quartet of drag queens will travel … Continue reading

DRAGS photographed by GREGORY KRAMER

  NY photographer and director Gregory Kramer’s stunning new book DRAGS is a photo series documenting some of the city’s leading drag queens and drag kings. Kramer’s images of legends (and some future legends) are presented in the style of classic fashion portraiture in glamours black and white full length studio portraits. Kramer said he … Continue reading

Dragstrip 66 : a ‘frockumentary’ about where all the queer misfits in Silver Lake went to have fun

If you had never been too or even heard of DRAGSTRIP66, then you really do not know what you had been missing.  Once a month this neighborhood Mexican restaurant in Silverlake, L.A. was transformed into a beloved destination for music, dance, fashion, and performance art. Much more than just a dance club, it was an … Continue reading

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