During the 1880s, American drag performer and first self-proclaimed “queen of drag” William Dorsey Swann hosted several drag ...

Libraries, book stores and schools nationwide have hosted Drag Story Hour events since 2015. But the national program, in which drag performers read children’s books to kids, has faced growing ...

Drag is inherently political, former Club Q performers say. The drag queen who goes by the name Potted Plant is unmissable in any room. With her large white wig, drawn on eyelashes, and striking ...

(CNN) — To many, the stereotypical image of a drag queen is one of a gay man dressed in exaggerated feminine getup, oversized wigs and heavy makeup. But drag’s image — and history — is far more ...

Drag artists seldom travel solo. Theirs is a communal, celebratory art form, shared in clubs and eateries but also, as we see this week, in grand old theaters and hip art galleries. The standard drag ...

Drag was often a form of financial survival, said Testa. Devin Antheus, who coauthored the photo book “Legends of Drag” with Harry James Hanson, said many of the queens he and Hanson photographed and ...