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	Urban Dictionary: drag king
		as with drag queens, a drag king's performance can range from a silly, overdone parody to a more natural, subtle depiction of masculinity.
		that drag king at the club was so convincing, i thought she was some man who'd wandered on stage.
		When my mother was in her drag king attire, I could not have picked her out of a line of dirty old men.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=drag+king (346 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Drag Shows: Drag Kings and Male Impersonators
		Drag kings are also different from other male impersonators who cross-dress in that male clothing is merely a part of their performance of masculinity.
		Although the drag king movement is part of the recent renaissance of drag, it must be seen in the context of the history of cross-dressing and male impersonation.
		Drag kings often report incidents of aggression directed towards them when they are on the streets in their male personas.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/drag_kings.html (744 words)

	AfterEllen.com - Review of Drag Kings on Tour
		Because drag kings are generally lesbians in real life, drag kinging has become tangled up with butch identity and trans issues, and also has sometimes been dismissed as irrelevant to women’s experiences or even as anti-feminist.
		Drag kinging puts a political and, yes, gender-revolutionary spin on wearing the pants (not to mention cowboy hats, chaps, jock straps, and sideburns).
		Many NWMF festival-goers as well as lesbians view drag kinging as a threat to feminism because on the surface it appears that the women who are in drag are rejecting womanhood.
	www.afterellen.com /archive/ellen/Movies/62004/dragkingsontour.html (1114 words)

	DragKing.be » What?
		Drag kings are female bodied or identified performance artists - usually lesbians or transmen - who dress in masculine “drag” as part of their routine.
		Drag kings are largely a phenomenon of lesbian culture and can most often be seen at lesbian bars or festivals.
		However, not all drag kings are lesbians, and some participants in the drag king subculture are not otherwise involved in lesbian culture, society, or politics.
	www.dragking.be /what (395 words)

	The beard, the breasts and the bulge - Salon
		Slutsky accompanied the couple to the International Drag King Extravaganza -- an annual conference held in Columbus, Ohio, and produced by fellow Kingdom Come performer Luster (Columbus' 42-year-old Síle Singleton) -- and was immediately intrigued.
		Since drag has historically been an urban phenomenon, the kings were somewhat wary about traveling through rural areas, especially the South.
		Neevel chose the route because she wanted to introduce the art of drag king to new audiences: "The premise of the experience was to see how people who maybe haven't seen drag kings react to us, and what it means for us to be traveling through these towns," she says.
	dir.salon.com /story/mwt/feature/2003/06/23/drag_kings/index2.html (802 words)

	The Seattle Times: Living: Playing dress-up with no illusions
		Gray, 22, is a fledgling drag king, part of a thriving subculture in which women dress up — often very convincingly — as men, and perform dance and lip-synch routines for an enthusiastic audience.
		Drag kings, with their fluid appropriation of masculinity and sensual defiance of the gender binary, are still on the edge.
		She resists attempts to paint drag kingery with a broad, "all performers bravely subvert the dominant gender paradigm" brush.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/living/2002044380_dragkings26.html (1018 words)

	Drag (clothing) - Susan's Place Transgender Wiki
		Drag is practiced by people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
		"Drag" is too casual and culturally-freighted a term to be used for the cross-dressing elements in shamanism, but there is a long history of drag in the performing arts, spanning a wide range of cultural as well as artistic traditions.
		Drag queens (first use in print, 1941) are usually, but not exclusively, gay men who dress in drag, either as part of a performance or for personal fulfillment.
	wiki.susans.org /index.php/Drag_(clothing) (994 words)

	Newcomb College Center for Research on Women: Library and Archives
		New Orleans Drag King Collection Project seeks oral histories, personal papers, ephemera reflecting the community activities and personal experiences of the drag king performance culture in New Orleans from its beginnings in the late 1990s to the current day.
		We especially desire personal accounts of the drag king performance culture.
		Look at this bibliography for the beginnings of a core collection on drag kings and the staged performance of masculinity.
	www.tulane.edu /~wc/collections/kings.htm (224 words)

	Arts & Entertainment: King of the Hill
		Murray Hill, who declines to give any other name, is one of the most beloved drag kings on the scene today, bringing his middleaged, thrice-divorced, Sinatra-loving shtick to venues around the city.
		Drag queens have been around forever, but the idea of women performing in male personae and lip-syncing onstage does not have nearly the same sort of legacy.
		The goal of The Kings is not only to further raise the profile of drag kings, but to raise the bar for future performances.
	www.billroundy.com /kings.html (1104 words)

	The Haworth Press Online Catalog: Product: 'The Drag King Anthology'
		The Drag King Anthology examines the “other side” of the drag culture—female-to-male performers who embody masculinity as a statement of queer identity.
		The Drag King Anthology provides an alternative look at how women—butches, trannyboys, femmes, and gender variants—perform masculinity to cross the spectrum of sexual and gender categories and the impact these performances have.
		Essays and visual images combine with case studies on drag king troupes in the United States, Canada, and Australia to reflect an aesthetic that is more than the sum of its parts.
	www.haworthpressinc.com /store/product.asp?sku=4795 (393 words)

	Hyphen \| Asian America Unabridged
		Drag queens have been around forever, but a widespread drag king culture has only emerged during the past decade.
		The first mainstream media image I can recall of kings was an infamous Maury Povich episode, where the audience, uncomfortably, was fooled when they tried to guess if New York performer Dred was a "man or not." But talk shows do not exactly count as representation.
		Drag kings remain firmly ensconced in queer culture rather than the mainstream.
	www.hyphenmagazine.com /features/issues/summer04/drag_kings.php (436 words)

	Drag Kings
		It was a wild night on the town as a group of students from Feminist Theory 220 attended a drag king show at Club Chaos in Dupont Circle on November 1.
		Drag, in essence, brings this construction to light, as "the parodic replication and resignification of heterosexual constructs within non-heterosexual frames brings into relief the utterly constructed status of the so-called original, but it shows that heterosexuality only constitutes itself as the original through a convincing act of repetition.
		Chaos is one of the only spots in the country that serves as a venue for drag king shows (as opposed to drag queen).
	www.gwu.edu /~wstu/newsletter/fall2000/fall2000/drag.html (286 words)

	The American Observer_D.C. Drag Kings
		She had never heard of drag kings before, but was captivated by the show when she saw the troupe perform at Apex, a club located in northwest D.C. “It really struck me,” she said.
		Before starting the D.C. Kings, Ken, as she likes to be called, was performing as a king since 1996 at various venues throughout Washington.
		They may be lip-synching the words to their songs, but that doesn't mean that drag kings don't have plenty to say, she said.
	observer.american.edu /Apr20/web_pages/Drag.htm (1006 words)

	PERFORM / BEND, TWIST, PULL / Drag king contest: Contestants feel free to reshape gender any which way they want
		Drag king contest: Contestants feel free to reshape gender any which way they want
		As such, she's been hosting the S.F. Drag King Contest since 1992, which has grown into one of the most boisterous parties of the year.
		The dress code request: "king, queen, faux, fetish, formal, high femme, festive." The winners will be determined by Alotta Boutte of Harlem Shake Burlesque; author and rocker Lynnee Breedlove; "San Francisco's favorite accordion playin' lunch lady," Kielbasia; SF Dyke Daddy '02 Skeeter Wildman; and drag king pioneer Martin, a.k.a.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/17/NSGDOIM5561.DTL&type=gaylesbian (804 words)

	index
		Kingdom is the world's first International Drag King Magazine dedicated to the art of female to male drag.
		Be a part of the first International Drag King Magazine in the world!
		, KINGDOM International Drag King Magazine is dedicated to the art of female-to-male drag. The purpose of the magazine is to expose, share, and act as a networking tool for drag kings, their fans, allies and the curious at heart.
	www.geocities.com /kingdomidkm (116 words)

	The Court of Kings
		The Court of Kings are an explosive and talented group of Drag Kings, performing to the sounds of today's hottest hits and yesterday's classics.
		They are the best Atlanta Drag King show you will see.
		Their moves are unique and they generate a response from all crowds that is energetic and vivacious.
	www.courtofkings.com /index.html (86 words)

	Digital Drag: Drag King galleries, interviews, resources and events! A little love for the boiz!
		Kingdom Magazine is a brand new Drag-Centric publication, and the first International Drag King magazine in the world.
		On March 14th I got to see Sammy Swagger's Severe Queer Revue at Fais Do Do in Los Angeles with drag kings Sammy (hosting and juggling his balls), several of the Disposable Boy Toys from Santa Barbara, CA, and Will Dewar, originally from NYC's Club Casanova and now located in glittery Los Angeles.
		Friday -- After a day-long car trip accompanied by members of the Chicago Kings, I wandered into Woody's, where the the first night of performances at the International Drag King Extravaganza took place in a campus bar in Columbus, Ohio.
	www.technodyke.com /drag/default.asp (346 words)

	Houston Voice Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Club Eve will have a full house of drag kings this weekend, as members of the Austin Dragsters, a collaboration of the city’s three drag king troupes, make a stop in Houston to strut their stuff.
		Steinberg says performing as a drag king may be a newer subculture, but it’s still as historically important and valid as the rise of drag queens.
		She said drag kings challenge society to question the idea that gender is somehow biological by dissecting the different ways the illusions of masculinity and femininity are produced.
	www.houstonvoice.com /print.cfm?cid=2555 (999 words)

	Buy The Drag King Anthology - tlavideo.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Drag King Anthology examines the “other side” of the drag culture—female-to-male performers who embody masculinity as a statement of queer identity.
		Drag King Anthology provides an alternative look at how women—butches, trannyboys, femmes, and gender variants—perform masculinity to cross the spectrum of sexual and gender categories and the impact these performances have.
		Essays and visual images combine with case studies on drag king troupes in the United States, Canada, and Australia to reflect an aesthetic that is more than the sum of its parts.
	www.tlavideo.com /details/product_details.cfm?id=195679&v=2&sn=2645 (418 words)

	Drag King \| Table of Contents \| LA Magazine
		Drag racers will tell you that steering 7,000-horsepower, nitromethane-fueled monsters down a quarter-mile strip is like wrestling with an out-of-control rocket.
		As drag racing has evolved from its “grease monkey” roots into a corporation-friendly spectacle, the 56-year-old former truck driver has built an empire that includes lucrative endorsements and Orange County real estate.
		Drag racing may be as much about the maneuvering and blustering that goes on off the track as it is about driving.
	www.lamag.com /ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=14D5B253DB1D499F9AD38F459D8E926A&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications::Article&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=2F288154E6274A1EBC947E177E561851 (2319 words)

	The Austin Chronicle: Features: Not Your Daddy's Facial Hair: Austin's drag king sister misters are doin' it for ...
		For me, drag is like that sweet relative who enjoys kids -- as long as they're someone else's; at the end of a long day of babysitting, the babies go right back to their rightful places (just like my boobies, see?).
		It's precisely this history that makes today's drag community, and specifically FTM drag community, what it is. This is especially true in Austin, a town known and beloved for the intricate intersectings of its theatre, activism, film, queer, and music (especially punk rock) scenes.
		Drag is at once both a refusal to resign to the limiting confines of gender hegemony and an exploration of gender's mysterious potential.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A108289 (1927 words)

	Drag King - definition erklärung bedeutung glossar zu Drag King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Sie haben ihren Urspung in der anglo-amerikanischen Lesbenszene Anfang der 1990er Jahre, greifen dabei teilweise jedoch auch auf die wesentlich ältere Butch-Tradition zurück.
		Dabei ist äußerst unterschiedlich, wie und wo ein Drag King Männlichkeit zeigt; das kann nur gelegentlich, zum Beispiel auf der Bühne oder auf Partys, der Fall sein.
		Insbesondere in letzerem Falle werden oft auch geschlechtsangleichende Maßnahmen in Anspruch genommen; die Grenze zu Transmann ist hier sehr fließend und oft eher eine Frage der Selbstdefinition.
	www.adlexikon.de /Drag_King.shtml (325 words)

	Grumpy the Drag King \| TIME
		Professional drag racing doesn't offer much in the way of fringe benefits or job security, but at least the hourly pay is difficult to beat.
		To the uninitiated, drag racing may be easily confused with the rival sport of stock-car racing.
		Technological superiority is as important in drag racing as it is in the nuclear arms race.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,908087-1,00.html (744 words)

	Drag convention draws international acts, U audience - Minnesota Daily
		The show gives performers the opportunity to meet drag kings and queens from all over the world, said Sexy Galexy, a drag king from Australia who has performed for 10 years.
		More than 50 professional and amateur drag acts performed at the show, including acts from Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia and Gemany, said Corey Dalpee, the show's master of ceremonies and one of the convention's organizers.
		That includes drag kings, women performing as drag queens and academics, she said.
	www.mndaily.com /articles/2003/10/20/47033 (395 words)

	Drag kings find clothes that maketh the man - Arts - www.smh.com.au
		It takes drag king Sexy Galexy an hour to transform herself from a woman into a man.
		Galexy and fellow drag king Jonnie Swift are hosting a harbour cruise called Gender Blender on February 12 and 13, as part of the festival.
		Drag king Swift said her fascination with men's clothes began when she was a child.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Arts/Drag-kings-find-clothes-that-maketh-the-man/2005/02/04/1107476795650.html?oneclick=true (424 words)

	Features
		To experience famed performers, from DKPDX and DC Kings to Fudgie Frottage and Murray Hill (in photo), these drag dens -- bars, clubs and restaurants -- are our top suggestions for spotting drag kings, gender performers and their ilk across North America and overseas.
		Washington, D.C. One of the haunts of the DC Kings (www.dckings.com), this much loved lesbian/gay haunt packs in girls and bois for feasts of royal antics on the first Wednesdays of the month.
		In autumn 2006, the International Drag King Extravaganza (www.idke.org), heads far from its Columbus, Ohio birthplace to Austin, Texas (Oct. 19-22; www.idkeaustin.com).
	www.planetout.com /travel/article.html?sernum=9602 (637 words)

	uksearch.com : Society: Transgendered: Arts and Entertainment: Drag: Drag Kings
		Drag Kinging - Discussion group covering varied aspects of the drag king lifestyle.
		Kings of Vancouver - Vancouver BC based drag king troupe.
		Shelly Mars - Drag king, actress, playwright and instructor.
	www.uksearch.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top%2fSociety%2fTransgendered%2fArts_and_Entertainment%2fDrag%2fDrag_Kings (371 words)

	Drag Kings on Tour
		Neeve is also the organizer of this ambitious project where everyone pitches in with the driving, the cleaning up and even the nasty chore of emptying the on-board septic tank of the Coachmen RV that doubles as their wheels and living quarters.
		The performances of the Kings are generally fun with Christopher Noel (Noelle Campbell Smith) stripping with style and heat for the hometown crowd jammed into Toronto’s Drag King HQ: Crews.
		A couple of aging patrons said it differently, one admitting that “I feel threatened as a feminist.” But later allowed that the Drag Kings of the 21st Century, were not dissimilar to the radicals of her era.
	www.jamesweggreview.org /reviews/filmdvdvideo/drag_kings_on_tour_d_slutsky.html (501 words)

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