The conversation attempts to define drag by exploring the history of drag performance and culture. It explores the subversive nature of drag as a challenge to social and cultural norms, and delves into the distinction between gender identity and expression, especially between performance and performativity. The conversation also addresses the legal challenges in and erasure of queer history; the historical, cultural, and political roots in queer liberation and resistance; and the intersectionality of drag with race, class, and activism. It emphasizes the role drag has played in building community and solidarity from the 1700s to today.

Takeaways

• Subversive Nature
• Gender Identity vs. Drag Performance
• Drag as a caricature performance of gender
• The intersectionality of drag with race, class, and activism

Links

• What is Judith Butler’s Theory of Gender Performativity?
• Crossing the Stage: Controversies on Cross-Dressing by Lesley Ferris
• Classic Drag: The Greek Creation of Female Parts by Sue-Ellen Case
• Trixie Mattel Breaks Down the History of "Drag"
• Polari
• The 1871 Trial of Boulton and Park
• William Dorsey Swann
• Princess Seraphina: Britain’s first drag queen
• Crystal Labeija: The Queen Who Reinvented Ball Culture
• Stormé DeLarverie
• When Remembering Stonewall, We Need To Listen to Those Who Were There
• STARR
• Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana
• Queer Bozeman
• Montana State University - Bozeman Queer Straight Alliance
• Montana Pride and upcoming events