2025

Drag is first and foremost about playing with gender and celebrating the performance of something dominant society considers inherent to individuals. Drag relies on impersonation: of celebrity, of gender norms. It can be a costume and a celebration all at once. Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Cher, Shakira, Elvira, Britney Spears, Janet, Selena, and many more pop culture divas have birthed countless drag queens in their image. Pee Wee Herman, Freddy Mercury, David Bowie, Prince, Annie Lennox, Grace Jones, Orville Peck, among many others break gender convention as an exaggerated performative state of being and can inspire your own facsimile.

It’s free form and open to artistic interpretation.

There's a common joke in drag circles asking if queens are a pride queen or Halloween queen: having started drag for pride or started for Halloween.

At the Kitty von Glitterbox invitational, if it’s your first time: you’ll be a soccer tournament drag baby. Congratulations, you’ve arrived.

Kings, queens, aliens, gender fuckery — it’s all welcomed and encouraged. Wear gender as your costume, exaggerate, celebrate, subvert, and plant your tongue firmly into your cheek, looking fabulous as you wear it.