Fear No Drag
Mar. 29th, 2012 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vianegativaSo one of my guilty gay pleasures is watching, nay, being slightly obsessed with RuPaul's Drag Race. Apparently there is an all-star season coming up & I'd like to see Nina Flowers, Raja, and Sharon Needles on it, mainly because I think they make drag more of an art form than the standard overdone showgirl Drag Queen shuck n jive.
Yes. I'm that gay. Deal.
Overall, I think most gay men fear drag on a certain level because of the gender implications of putting on a dress. So many men (Bears included here) are desperately courting the phrase "straight-acting", which is ironic considering the fact that most gay men I know perform very submissive acts normally associated with women in the bedroom. Me, I care not one whit. While I've never thought of doing drag (the feminine side of me is a trucker named Hal), I understand the importance of drag to our culture as gay men, and the subversive lessons that can be learned from exploring gender roles.
It's been said a million times before, but we have what few rights that we do now because drag queens were tackling the police to get them In split seamed evening gowns, no less. So, before we revile drag queens as effeminate and vain, let's look at them for who they really are: sexual subversives who fought hard so bears could comfortablt set their tookas in the bar of their choice in a major city WITHOUT fear of endless police harassment.
Yes. I'm that gay. Deal.
Overall, I think most gay men fear drag on a certain level because of the gender implications of putting on a dress. So many men (Bears included here) are desperately courting the phrase "straight-acting", which is ironic considering the fact that most gay men I know perform very submissive acts normally associated with women in the bedroom. Me, I care not one whit. While I've never thought of doing drag (the feminine side of me is a trucker named Hal), I understand the importance of drag to our culture as gay men, and the subversive lessons that can be learned from exploring gender roles.
It's been said a million times before, but we have what few rights that we do now because drag queens were tackling the police to get them In split seamed evening gowns, no less. So, before we revile drag queens as effeminate and vain, let's look at them for who they really are: sexual subversives who fought hard so bears could comfortablt set their tookas in the bar of their choice in a major city WITHOUT fear of endless police harassment.
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Date: 2012-03-30 07:44 am (UTC)