drag queen

noun

plural drag queens

: a person and especially a man who performs as an entertainer in usually female drag (see drag entry 3 sense 2a)

Drag queens, who are traditionally male, dress in "drag" as female characters.—

Laura Wavra

For the past decade, (basically since RuPaul started Drag Race) traditional drag queens (ie, cis men performing as female characters) have been blowing up in the popular zeitgeist …—

Brittany Knupper

Drag is not simply female impersonation, but involves drag queens exaggerating femininity and drag kings exaggerating masculinity.—

Shannon Kelly

[Victoria] Sin is a female-bodied non-binary drag queen, examining how Western ideals of femininity are produced and consumed.—

Amrou Al-Kadhi

They are a black, non-binary drag queen with a beard in a part of the country that has a reputation for being anti-LGBTQ+.—

Bailey Shelton

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In addition to Roan, he’s designed looks for drag queen Pattie Gonia, 21c Museum Hotels founder Steve Wilson, and the red carpet outfit for The School for Good and Evil author Soman Chainani. —

Sara Belcher, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024 Bilal Hasna is transforming into Layla, the title drag queen in Amrou Al-Kadhi‘s feature directorial debut. —

Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024 Olivia Dreams Olivia Dreams is an up-and-coming drag queen on the Wellington scene. —

Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024 Features special appearance by drag queen The Lady Phaedra, and soprano Victoria Okafor. $18-$45. —

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