Have you ever been to a drag show?

[ChrissyRyan]

Have you ever been to a drag show?

Did you enjoy it?

I have seen one at a fund raiser, she sang a lot.  She was a good singer.

[big kim]

Used to  go every  Sunday when I was  off work. Blackpools Mardi Gras drag show and stripper. I enjoyed it  a lot. Also went  to  Funny Girls  enjoyable  but rather  expensive 

[TanyaG]

Believe it or not, I've just blogged about this.

Through my childhood, drag in pantomine was the norm and many comedians built it into their acts so we saw it every week on TV. So much was drag a cultural part of being British it only became a topic of discussion when we began to import US style drag back into Britain. I've tried to explain how different the UK is to the US concerning drag in the blog.

American style drag has a different quality to British drag. Over here it used to be all about having one of a group of people on stage crossdressed. In the case of a pantomime dame, that person was prominent, but not central to the show. In comedy acts one or two actors might be in drag, but not all. We did have club drag acts too, they were very common and still are, but the theatre and humour element was very strong. I've written much more about it in the blog.

[ChrissyRyan]

The show I attended the person (a male) in drag did not appear to be an everyday woman, she had an over ample amount of makeup applied for sure.  She was singing, no stripping.  This was at a fund raiser.  So perhaps it was not a typical USA drag show.

I heard that there are some CIS women that appear as a drag queen and sing.  That is supposedly called bio drag.  That seems unusual but in no way am I passing negative judgment.

[davina61]

Only at a gay wedding, she was outrageous as normal. Good singer and comic.

[Faith]

Not my kind of entertainment/art but I'd like to go to one at least once.

[ChrissyRyan]

Now a drag race is a different entertainment event entirely!  Dueling cars.

[Chelsealouise]

I was a drag queen before I became female

[Lori Dee ✅]

I was a drag queen before I became female

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@Chelsealouise

[ChrissyRyan]

I was a drag queen before I became female

Cool.

[ChrissyRyan]

Hi!


Welcome Chelsealouise!


Chrissy

[TanyaG]

Welcome, Chelsea, lots of friends here. Your story sounds like something we could learn from.

[she she]

Years ago I worked at a hole in the wall restaurant, just down from us was a place that did drag shows.   One show after 11 and the other in the evening and the place was popular.    I was just barely 19 working for gas in  my car, 58 chevy with a 427 4 speed and a pretty blond girlfriend to ride with me. During lunch one of the actors would come down to eat and order the same plate each time.  I was very young looking and slim as a young guy would be.   This guy would tease me all the time and nicked named me "pretty boy" for some reason I guess because I looked much younger than my real age.   I was making $1.00 per hour and working 54 hours a week.   This customer started encouraging me to come up to his place and be part of his show.  At that time I did not really know what it was all about, so I agreed to run up after work and see him.   I got a education really quick and I was intrigued big time as well.   So after he told me how much money  I would be making I was willing to do anything. I ended up quitting the restaurant job and worked at my new adventure.  My parents and girlfriend never knew what I was doing all summer but did notice how I was spending money on various items. My GF got a nice necklace and other items and I bought myself a really need .22 rifle that I still have.

Unknown and not expected I got really hooked on cross dressing and that never left me to this day, I guess it was imbedded in my psyc all along.

That was one Fun Summer and I hated it when I had to quit to finish my last year in High School   

[TanyaG]

Unknown and not expected I got really hooked on cross dressing and that never left me to this day, I guess it was imbedded in my psyc all along.

That's a wonderful story. I wonder how many ways there are that people have found out?

[Susan marcs]

Have you ever been to a drag show?

Did you enjoy it?

I have seen one at a fund raiser, she sang a lot.  She was a good singer.

Have you ever been to a drag show?

Did you enjoy it?

I have seen one at a fund raiser, she sang a lot.  She was a good singer.

Hi yes i went to see a show called Queenz brilliant show  brilliant been a couple of time now

[Petunia]

I know this is old but I want to reply.

Sheshe. That would have been a dream come true for a young me. I don't know if I would have had the same courage you did though.

I did go to a drag show years ago. I think it was the Les Girls show touring around Australia.  The girls on stage seemed to be more transgender, in or transistioning rather than stereotypical gay crossdressers.

I have been to other shows where the performers seemed to be gay crossdressers and to bingo nights where there were crossdressers and what appeared to be early transition transgender girls.

All of these shows were in everyday mixed venues, pubs and clubs in Australia and the crowds were totally mixed.

[SophieMaidFr64]

I actually have been to a drag show — in my small town of Pau (France). There were three queens performing, and they were absolutely stunning. At the end of the show they sat down near the audience, and I had this huge urge to go talk to them and tell them how beautiful they were... but I was with friends, and I just couldn't find the courage.

It felt exactly like being 18 again, wanting to go talk to a girl in a nightclub but being terrified of getting rejected. That same mix of excitement and fear.

[Petunia]

@SophieMaidFr64

I get this fear. I lived it for so long too.

If you get the chance again think about the regret you live with forever vs the short term fear.

If you are with friends you can make up a story.

[Allie Jayne]

Like Petunia, I went with my company Social Club to see Les Girls in the mid 1970's, and though it was promoted as Drag (actually as an 'All Male Review'), most of the performers were trans, some post op. In those days there was no term transgender, and no official sex status change, so no matter what you did, officially you had to remain sex assigned at birth.

The performers performed more as Vegas style showgirls, and the MC as a bawdy comedian. Drag is more an art form where men give an over the top portrayal of women, usually in a comedic style. While I acknowledge the art and entertainment value of Drag, I believe it unwittingly makes life harder for transitioning trans people. Drag performers crave attention, and are generally what most people imagine all trans people to be like. For this reason I avoid Drag shows, but I do run into Drag at LBGQIA events, and events focussing on transitioning people.

Hugs,

Allie