List of drag kings explained

This is a list of drag kings, sometimes known as male impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists. A drag king is a person who dresses in masculine clothes and hides their regular features (through such things as breast binding) for special occasions, often to perform, entertain, or engage in social activism. Many, but not all, drag kings are members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Performers

Male name	Name	Nationality	Notes
E. L. Brown	Lillyn Brown	American	^[1]
	Stormé DeLarverie	American	^[2] ^[3]
Elvis Herselvis	Leigh Crow	American	^[4]
	Florence Hines	American	^[5]
Hetty King	Winifred Emms	English	^[6]	Male and Female Impersonators on Stage, Screen and Television: An Illustrated World History
Pepi Litman	Pesha Kahane		^[7]
Macha	Elizabeth Marrero	American	^[8]
LoUis CYfer	Lucy Jane Parkinson	British	^[9]
Dirk Diggler	Deb Pearce	Canadian	^[10]
Burlington Bertie	Ella Shields	American
Vesta Tilley	Matilda Alice Powles	English	^[11]
	Diane Torr	Scottish	^[12]
	Ella Wesner	American	^[13]
	Minnie Tittell Brune	American	^[14]
Charles	Annie Hindle	English/American	^[15]
Hugo Grrrl	George Fowler	New Zealander	^[16]
Wang Newton	Mei-yin	Taiwanese/American	^[17]
Landon Cider	Kristine Bellaluna	American	^[18]
Adam All	Jen Powell	British	^[19]
Vico Suave	Vico Ortiz	Puerto Rican	^[20]
	Melisa Meseguer	Spaniard	^[21]
	Nicolás Otero	Spaniard	^[22]
	Elena Ramírez	Spaniard	^[23]
HercuSleaze	Meags Fitzgerald	Canadian	^[24] ^[25]
Jarvis Hammer		American	^[26]
"Bert" Whitman	Alberta Whitman	American	^[27] ^[28]

See also

• List of drag queens
• List of drag groups
• Lesburlesque

External links

• List of Drag Performers archived link at draglistings.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lillyn-brown-mn0001829772/biography "Biography"
2. Web site: Women Make Movies | Storme The Lady of the Jewel Box . Wmm.com . 2010-08-01.
3. News: Stonewall activist Storme DeLarverie dies at 93. DEEPTI HAJELA. Associated Press. sandiegouniontribune.com. 2017-10-12. en-US.
4. News: Massengill . David . Long Live the Kings! Drag Kings are making a scene in Seattle . . 2000-06-21 . 2009-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070626132157/http://seattleweekly.com/2000-06-21/news/long-live-the-kings.php . 2007-06-26.
5. Book: Abbott . Lynn . Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music 1889-1895 . 2009 . University Press of Mississippi . 978-1-4968-0004-6 .
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7. News: Pollack. Chana. Pepi Littman, Yiddish Drag King. Jan 17, 2017. The Yiddish Forward. Forverts.
8. Waddell, Robert. "Profile: Elizabeth Marrero. This Drag King Is Sinfully Delicious." Puerto Rico Sun (San Juan, PR) April 14, 2007.
9. News: Mustarde . Danielle . Talking drag with Lucy Jane Parkinson . 26 July 2018 . Diva . 19 April 2017 . 26 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180726201619/http://www.divamag.co.uk/Diva-Magazine/Culture/Talking-drag-with-Lucy-Jane-Parkinson/ . dead .
10. Book: Moffatt . Kenneth James . Troubled Masculinities: Reimagining Urban Men . 2012 . University of Toronto Press . 9780802098238 . en.
11. Web site: 10 Photos of 19th and 20th Century Drag Kings That Are Totally Inspiring. 29 January 2016.
12. News: Diane Torr Explores the Dynamics of Drag . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102194732/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/20556637.html?dids=20556637:20556637&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+21,+1995&author=Achy+Obejas.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=DIANE+TORR+EXPLORES+THE+DYNAMICS+OF+DRAG&pqatl=google . dead . November 2, 2012 . . 21 April 1995 . 1 July 2010 . Achy . Obejas.
13. Gillian Rodger, " He Isn't a Marrying Man: Gender and Sexuality in the Repertoire of Male Impersonators, 1870–1930", in Sophie Fuller, Lloyd Whitesell, eds. Queer Episodes in Music and Modern Identity (Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2002) pp. 109-110.
14. Web site: 10 Photos of 19th and 20th Century Drag Kings That Are Totally Inspiring. 29 January 2016.
15. Book: The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater. 2004. Cleis Press, Inc. San Francisco, California. 123–124. 9781573441988. 23 October 2015.
16. Web site: House of Drag winner Hugo Grrrl on his 'life-changing' win. New Zealand Herald . 2018-12-20 . 2019-02-12.
17. Web site: Groundbreaking drag artists who aren't RuPaul. Dazed. 2017-11-14. Dazed. en. 2019-08-09.
18. Web site: Meet Landon Cider, World's Next Drag Super Monster. Mikelle Street. 2019-10-31. Out Magazine. en. 2020-12-17.
19. Web site: Drag king Adam All: 'It's the air that I breathe'. Nina Lecourt. 2019-03-28. Pink News. en. 2021-04-11.
20. News: Tibi . Ariana . Politics & Pride: Getting to Know Vico Ortiz . 29 November 2022 . LADYGUNN . 25 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221122213358/http://www.ladygunn.com/people/vico-ortiz-talks-politics-language-and-pride/ . 22 November 2022 . en-US.
21. News: Melisa Meseguer, 'drag king': "Atacar a la masculinidad es dar donde más duele. ¡Y es muy divertido!" . 13 December 2023 . El Diario . es.
22. News: Nico Elsker . 13 December 2023 . Simia Espacio. es.
23. News: Ken Pollet / Elena Ramírez (Málaga, 1992) . 16 December 2023 . Ajuntament de Barcelona . es.
24. Nolfi. Joey. 2021-10-05. 'Call Me Mother casts queens, kings, and nonbinary stars in wild new drag competition'. 2022-09-26. Entertainment Weekly. https://web.archive.org/web/20220926124652/https://ew.com/tv/call-me-mother-cast-reveal/ . 2022-09-26 . en-US.
25. Web site: Griwkowsky. Fish. 2021-10-20. 'OUTtv's Call Me Mother stars local drag queen Felicia Bonée'. 2022-03-06. Edmonton Journal. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126232902/https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/television/outtvs-call-me-mother-stars-local-drag-queen-felicia-bonee . 2022-01-26 . en-US.
26. News: Jarvis Hammer Represents Atlanta in "The Boulet Brothers' Dragula" Season Five . 23 December 2023 . The Georgia Voice . en.
27. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tdabio.156/default.html "Whitman Sisters (biography)"
28. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America, Volume 1,, pp. 1199–1200