Diary of a Drag Queen
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf Ed edition
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: July 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780786715169
Subjects: Gay & Lesbian studies; Gay studies (Gay men); Personal Memoirs; Homosexuality; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Specific Groups - Male Gay Studies; Literary; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Gay Studies; Biography; Gay men; Transvestites; United States
First sentence: I remember the first time I did drag-not the sort of drag that I am doing now, but screeching, camp drag, fright drag, drag that expresses not the love of femininity, but the gay man's triumph over effeminate stereotypes, which he defies by caricaturing them, performing a hygienic subcultural ritual in which he distances himself from the mannerisms of the limp-wristed fag.