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

Stage name Name Nationality Notes
Adam AllJen Powell[1]
Andro Gin / [2]
"Bert" WhitmanAlberta Whitman[3] [4]
Buck Wylde[5]
Burlington BertieElla Shields
CharlesAnnie Hindle / [6]
Dirk DigglerDeb Pearce[7]
E. L. BrownLillyn Brown[8]
Elvis HerselvisLeigh Crow[9]
Gage GatlynGage Gatlyn[10]
Grey Matter[11]
HercuSleazeMeags Fitzgerald[12] [13]
Hetty KingWinifred Emms[14]

Male and Female Impersonators on Stage, Screen and Television: An Illustrated World History

Hugo GrrrlGeorge Fowler[15]
Jarvis Hammer[16]
Johnny ScienceJohnny Science[17]
Justin Abit[18]
K.James[19]
Elena Ramírez[20]
King Molasses / [21]
Landon CiderKristine Bellaluna[22]
LoUis CYferLucy Jane Parkinson[23]
MachaElizabeth Marrero[24]
Majic Dyke[25]
Melisa Meseguer[26]
Maxxx Pleasure[27]
Miles Long[28]
Mo B. DickMo Fischer[29]
Murray HillMurray Hill[30]
Nicolás Otero[31]
Pepi LitmanPesha Kahane[32]
Prinze ValentinoSicily[33]
Rock BièreMélodie Noël Rousseau[34]
RV MétalGeneviève Labelle[35]
Sigi MoonlightJacqui Bardelang[36]
Spikey Van DykeyJamie Kalman[37]
Tenderoni[38]
Throb Zombie[39]
Vesta TilleyMatilda Alice Powles[40]
Vico SuaveVico Ortiz[41]
Wang NewtonMei-yin / [42]
Diane Torr[43]
Ella Wesner[44]
Florence Hines[45]
Minnie Tittell Brune[46]
Stormé DeLarverie[47] [48]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drag king Adam All: 'It's the air that I breathe'. Nina Lecourt. 2019-03-28. Pink News. en. 2021-04-11.
  2. Web site: Andro Gin creates space for Southern Drag Kings, one mug at a time . 2024-10-18 . WUSSY Mag . en-US.
  3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tdabio.156/default.html "Whitman Sisters (biography)"
  4. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America, Volume 1,, pp. 1199–1200
  5. Web site: Stories . Local . 2023-05-04 . Rising Stars: Meet Buck Wylde . 2024-10-18 . voyagedallas.com . en-US.
  6. Book: The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater. 2004. Cleis Press, Inc. San Francisco, California. 123–124. 9781573441988. 23 October 2015.
  7. Book: Moffatt . Kenneth James . Troubled Masculinities: Reimagining Urban Men . 2012 . University of Toronto Press . 9780802098238 . en.
  8. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lillyn-brown-mn0001829772/biography "Biography"
  9. 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.
  10. Web site: GAGE GATLYN . 2024-10-18 . venus rose productions . en.
  11. Web site: 2024-10-15 . Uglies, Monsters, and Phobias? Oh My! . 2024-10-18 . OutSmart Magazine . en-US.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
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  15. Web site: House of Drag winner Hugo Grrrl on his 'life-changing' win. New Zealand Herald . 2018-12-20 . 2019-02-12.
  16. News: Jarvis Hammer Represents Atlanta in "The Boulet Brothers' Dragula" Season Five . 23 December 2023 . The Georgia Voice . en.
  17. Web site: Johnny Science Papers: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids . 2024-10-18 . findingaids.library.nyu.edu . en-us.
  18. Web site: Meet 'Call Me Mother' season 2's cast of queens, kings, and non-binary artists . 2024-10-18 . EW.com . en.
  19. Web site: K.James . 2024-10-18 . See the Queens . en-US.
  20. News: Ken Pollet / Elena Ramírez (Málaga, 1992) . 16 December 2023 . Ajuntament de Barcelona . es.
  21. Web site: Rummler . Orion . 2024-02-27 . A Black drag king shares their story of liberation and expression . 2024-10-18 . The 19th . en-us.
  22. Web site: Meet Landon Cider, World's Next Drag Super Monster. Mikelle Street. 2019-10-31. Out Magazine. en. 2020-12-17.
  23. 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 .
  24. Waddell, Robert. "Profile: Elizabeth Marrero. This Drag King Is Sinfully Delicious." Puerto Rico Sun (San Juan, PR) April 14, 2007.
  25. Web site: 2024-10-07 . Navigating the World as an African Non-Binary Drag King – Only Human . 2024-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241007114234/https://onlyhumanco.com/blogs/stories/navigating-the-world-as-an-african-non-binary-drag-king . 2024-10-07 .
  26. News: Melisa Meseguer, 'drag king': "Atacar a la masculinidad es dar donde más duele. ¡Y es muy divertido!" . 13 December 2023 . El Diario . es.
  27. Web site: 2024-06-25 . The Business of Drag: Maxxx Pleasure Is Your Drag King Rockstar . 2024-10-18 . Queerency . en.
  28. Web site: 2023-06-29 . Black Drag Kings You Need To Know . 2024-10-18 . Yahoo News . en-US.
  29. Web site: History . Drag King . 1995-11-11 . 1995 – Present • Mo B. Dick . 2024-10-18 . Drag King History . en-US.
  30. News: Brune . A. M. . 2016-03-28 . Murray Hill: 'I'm more than a drag king. Why can't you just call me a comedian?' . 2024-10-18 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  31. News: Nico Elsker . 13 December 2023 . Simia Espacio. es.
  32. News: Pollack. Chana. Pepi Littman, Yiddish Drag King. Jan 17, 2017. The Yiddish Forward. Forverts.
  33. Web site: Prinze Valentino - Drag King Makeup . 2024-10-18 . Artist Resources by RAW Artists . en-US.
  34. Web site: Rock Bière . 2024-10-17 . Agence IEL . fr-CA.
  35. Web site: RV Métal . 2024-10-17 . Agence IEL . fr-CA.
  36. Web site: Meet Sigi Moonlight – Andro & Eve . 2024-10-18 . en-GB.
  37. Web site: Covello . Rachel . 2018-03-08 . King Spikey Van Dykey Dishes About All Things Drag . 2024-10-18 . OutCoast.com . en-US.
  38. Web site: 2024-02-20 . Tenderoni Is Putting Drag Kings In The Spotlight . 2024-10-18 . Bustle . en.
  39. Web site: THROB ZOMBIE . 2024-10-18 . SPECTRUM TALENT AGENCY . en.
  40. Web site: 10 Photos of 19th and 20th Century Drag Kings That Are Totally Inspiring. 29 January 2016.
  41. 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.
  42. Web site: Groundbreaking drag artists who aren't RuPaul. Dazed. 2017-11-14. Dazed. en. 2019-08-09.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. 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 .
  46. Web site: 10 Photos of 19th and 20th Century Drag Kings That Are Totally Inspiring. 29 January 2016.
  47. Web site: Women Make Movies | Storme The Lady of the Jewel Box . Wmm.com . 2010-08-01.
  48. News: Stonewall activist Storme DeLarverie dies at 93. DEEPTI HAJELA. Associated Press. sandiegouniontribune.com. 2017-10-12. en-US.

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