Drag king

Drag kings are female-bodied persons who either

temporarily attempt to pass as men, usually off-stage, or
perfom male characters in often ostentatious mens' clothes on stage, often with hilariously exaggerated macho attitudes, or
show and/or perform a mixture of male and female characteristics, both on and off stage. This is also called gender-bending or genderqueer or
attempt to present in a male gender role without identifying as man.

Drag Kings should not just be seen as female equivalents of drag queens, because the term covers a much wider field of gender perfomance. Gender identity among Drag Kings is far more varied, too. The difference between some Drag Kings and transmen or even female-to-male transsexuals can be one of self-identification only.

Drag Kings are largely a phenomenon of lesbian culture, although increasingly more Drag Kings become part of the Drag King sub-culture without being part of the lesbian sub-culture. They are only recently coming to fame or spotlight that Drag Queens have known for years.

External links:

Open Directory category: Drag Kings

to be continued