Drag History Month

It was said last year that the network, Logo created Drag History Month as a vehicle to launch RuPaul's Drag Race. Whether it was or wasn't, who cares. I'm still claiming it Drag History Month anyhow. These diva's work hard throughout out the year providing everything form hijinks's, laughter, and vary our club landscape, and help to raise thousands of dollars for our community for all different causes. It is at many times a costly hobby in some cases and a unique art form in my opinion. So this month the Mistress will try to feature drag tidbits and some drag history to y'all. To start things off I have always liked the documentary Lipstick Boys as a brief history. Here is a snippett of the movie. I always found it interesting how the name "drag queen" got it's title. And how it was accepted in the beginning when men dressed as women in the olden days in female parts, to not being allowed to cross dress at all, and now drag in some areas doesn't get a second glance ,like in the big cities again. It's like "Oh look, a drag queen." And people, it takes work to get in drag. I remember saying that this is it, never again. Till all the pulling and layers go on, and all the make-up tricks and all the mile high hair is piled up it really is worth seeing the finished product and knowing you have made some people's nights more entertaining. So a major hat tip to the fellow queens everywhere! Now here's a short documentary called Lipstick Boys, which actually is a fascinating look at the history of drag performance, from the Elizabethan times to today. The documentary pays special attention to Julian Eltinge, the famous vaudeville female impersonator and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who have turned drag into a public service.