12/28/2022 0 Comments Drag queens![]() ![]() We can look at queer cultural practices, or we can look at the history of cross-casting and theater. When we trace the history of drag, we trace it two ways. And so when people step out of that, they’re not only stepping out of gender roles, they’re stepping out of social compliance, and some people do not like that. It’s been used historically as a tool to enforce compliance. So the concept of a gender binary and gender rules that we’re supposed to adhere to is actually part of a history of colonization. And so we see it as a norm just because it was a norm in one culture that colonized a lot of those other cultures. It just happens to be that this binary was part of a particular culture that was really good at colonizing other cultures. But in other times and places, other cultures, there was more variety. When we think about identity, we think men and women are male and female. If you look at other times in places and cultures, there are many different types of iterations of identity. Gender-bending, like drag-queening, isn’t a norm because of our cultural history It’s because we get really embedded in what we think are norms, right, and when those norms are questioned, we get really upset. And when people find out we used to put little boys in pink, they get really up in arms. And blue was considered a really delicate color we would dress little girls in. You know, I think about how prior to World War I, the color pink used to be like a manly, boy’s color. And so any time something goes out of the box, and people think they have to adjust or live a different way, sometimes they get upset about that. People think any difference is upsetting. So specifically, because drag is a form of communication, somebody is doing something to communicate a message to others, which is different than just living your life. All forms of theater are a form of communication. Even if you go into public and you put on a nice, nice dress, you’re still living your life.ĭrag is a form of performance it’s theater. All they have to do is want to create a conscious performance that’s messing with identity norms. So, it’s any time that you say, “I’m going to do a public theatrical performance, and I’m going to do something weird or different or nonnormative with identity.” So, drag queens don’t have to be feminine, and they don’t have to be cis men. ![]() This interview has been edited for length and clarity.īeing a drag queen is about performance, not about gender identityĭrag is actually any type of public identity performance. And you have to understand that history to get at why people get so riled up, said Meredith Heller - a lecturer in the women’s and gender studies program at Northern Arizona University and the author of “Queering Drag: Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending.” Heller spoke with Grid on how the history of drag has shaped the feelings around it today. Gender nonconformity, they say, has had a rocky past in the U.S. Historians familiar with the history of drag queens aren’t that surprised that drag queens have once again attracted controversy. Attending Drag Queen Story Time will satisfy the requirement.” And video footage shows parents, who thought they were just bringing their kids to a fun community event, greeted with protesters shouting threats and angry epithets. Scott Wiener responded to Slayton on Twitter by suggesting states include drag education as part of the K-12 curriculum: “This guy just gave me a bill idea: Offering Drag Queen 101 as part of the K-12 curriculum. Others were just as mad that the events prompted so much anti-drag vitriol. Tucker Carlson called the “Drag Your Kid to Pride” event “grotesque” and “sexualizing children.” Bryan Slayton said he’ll try to push through legislation banning drag shows in the presence of minors. ![]() ![]() You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.Some of these events were canceled over protests that it’s inappropriate for kids and drag queens to hang out in the same space. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. ![]()
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