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High Heel Race, Washington DC (2015)
The High Heel Drag Queen Race is an informal costumed drag queen race in Washington, D.C. Each year on the Tuesday before the Halloween holiday, thousands of spectators come to Dupont Circle to watch as 100 or so costumed drag queens show off their…
Drag Queen Bingo
A drag queen hosts drag queen bingo. Drag Queen Bingo is a comedy show featuring a drag queen entertainer who acts as both comedian and bingo moderator. There may also be additional singing performances and crowd participation.
Drag Queen Advertisement in Wild Side Story (1977)
Wild Side Story is a musical revue originally conceived in Miami Beach in 1973 as a drag parody of West Side Story. This image is one of the “Prologue” slides that would have been displayed before a performance of the show. Eddie Valdez (as José…
Stonewall Inn, West Village
New York City’s Stonewall Inn, a historically significant gay bar and drag venue and the site of the June 28, 1969, Stonewall Riots (also called the Stonewall Rebellion and Stonewall Uprising).
RuPaul (2009)
RuPaul at a launch party for her DVD Starrbooty. RuPaul is an American drag queen, actor, model, singer, and television personality. RuPaul hosts and produces the reality competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Drag Queen Story Time
A drag queen performs story time for children at the San Francisco LGBT Center. Drag queen story time became popular in 2015. This program promotes reading and inclusivity to children.
Paul Storsberg-Sopransanger
Postcard image of early female impersonator.
Sweet Sixteen and Never Been Kissed
Postcard image of an early female impersonator.
Jewel Box Revue Program, Page 2
This is the second page of a Jewel Box Revue Program from July 1950. The page gives information on the founders of the revue, Doc Benner and Danny Brown. The Jewel Box Revue was America's first travelling show of female impersonators.
Venus Xtravaganza, Paris is Burning (1990)
This image is a still shot from the 1990 film Paris is Burning. It posthumously portrays Venus Xtravaganza, a transgender performer living in New York City until her murder in 1988. Venus is one of the main character arcs in the film that exposed…