Drag: The Complete Story looking at the History & Culture

Drag: The Complete Story Simon Doonan From Danny La Rue to Chi Chi Larue, from Rome to the Renaissance, right up to Rupaul’s Drag Race, and beyond, drag has played a major role in subcultures and sometimes the mainstream. Our love of cross-dressing has been a major component of queer culture for centuries, and this … Continue reading

Dragapolooza : Drag Queens singing Live

  Since the COCID 19 pandemic has turned our world upside down, one of our biggest losses has been the cancellation of practically all live entertainment.  Some of it has been replaced by a plethora  of Virtual Online events which has in a small way made up for part of what we are missing.   On … Continue reading

Dragged :The Film

New York based Danish filmmaker Christopher Birk’s affectionate but somewhat meandering documentary takes a look at the lives of a coterie of assorted New York drag queens that focuses mainly on their particular journeys to get them performing in the not-always-bright-lights in backstreet bars and clubs.  As they share the stories of their struggles (and … Continue reading

Dragging The Archive: Queens, Kings… and Things

  The Bishopsgate Institute in London is launching the archive of Orlando Myxx a multidisciplinary artist who uses photography, video, and performance for his  research which  focuses on the exploration of transness as a mental, physical, and cultural experience For the launch, Myxx will be joined by artist and researcher Elly Clarke for an exploration of … Continue reading

Dragnificent: “the mother of all transformation shows”

  After a successful pilot show last year, TLC are launching a whole new series of Dragnificent!   It’s kind of like Queer Eye but far more outrageous and colorful as the stars are all drag queens in what is being hailed as the “mother of all transformation shows” A quartet of drag queens will travel … Continue reading

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