The-drag articles
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All That Drag: Transforming 'Chicago' into 'Shecago'
Drag theater troupe Highball Productions gets ready to premiere "Shecago," its latest "live drag musical" at JR.'s Bar & Grill.
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A brief history of drag in the military
Over at Substack, writer Cole Haddon (Psalms for the End of the World) digs into the strange relationship between hypermasculine 'Merican men and dressing up in drag. He touches briefly on the cross-dressing world of glam metal (particularly the uber-irony of Queen's existence within that oeuvre), but is much more interested in how the manliness of womanly dress manifested in the military: Female performers were rarely allowed near the fronts [during World War II]; members of the Women's Army...
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George Santos Revives Drag Persona
Former Congressman George Santos revived his drag alter ego on Cameo, claiming he intended to donate proceeds to charity.