BurlingtonFreePress.com – By Myra Mathis-Flynn, Free Press Staff Writer
RuPaul, a well-known American drag queen once said: “I do not impersonate females! How many women do you know who wear 7-inch heels, 4-foot wigs and skintight dresses?”
He had a point. The art of drag is not always associated with one’s gender identity or sexual orientation. There are transgender or transsexual people, as well as straight men and women, who perform as drag queens because that’s what drag is all about: performance. Most drag queens perform for personal fulfillment, as a hobby, a profession, or an art form. Adorned in full costume, queens often develop characters that are playful, witty and memorable.