Drag King History – The Drag Kingdom has come

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THE DRAG KINGDOM HAS COME

Drag King representation on Drag Race Germany 👑

Drag King representation on Drag Race Germany 👑🌈💗 Here is afab queen Pandora Nox as a Drag King. Thanks to @theladylazzarus for pointing this out to us Posted @withregram • @pandoranox Daddy Nox is in the house!
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Episode 3 of @dragracegermany
Category: glitter party
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Handmade & upcycled outfit by the best team @epic_couture_vie @maxmattuschka @debi.di.gi & my mom 🫶🏼
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Pics by @pixelcoma
Hat by @dungeoncandyclothing
Nails by @nailigion
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Presenting Drag King History on Mon, OCT 23rd at

Presenting Drag King History on Mon, OCT 23rd at 5pm PST via Zoom so all are welcome. Link in bio for free tix 👑🌈
Posted @withregram • @onearchives 📚 History comes alive through powerful discourse at #CircaFestival’s Lectures section. Join us for enlightening talks that shed light on queer histories, challenge societal norms, and inspire positive change. Secure your spot now and be part of the conversation! 🎙️🌈

Get your tickets today at circafestival.org and be a part of this extraordinary journey!

Circa: Queer Histories Festival is presented by ONE Archives Foundation. Circa is made possible with support from the City of West Hollywood, Los Angeles County Third District Supervisor Lindsey Horvath’s Office, and California Humanities, a nonprofit partner of the NEH. Visit calhum.org.

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IT’S OUT ‼️‼️The long awaited epic tome,

IT’S OUT ‼️‼️The long awaited epic tome, Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City by Elyssa Maxx Goodman is out !! @missmanhattanny received a starred review in Publishers Weekly where a star means “exceptional quality”. Elyssa documents drag history in NYC from 1865 beginning with male impersonator Ella Wesner through to today 2023.

She features Drag King Legends @mrmobdick , @murrayhill , Dred along with drag kings @drwangnewton , @the_cakeboys , @goldiepeacock , @k.james_switchnplay /Switch n' Play, and numerous notable male impersonators along with an honorable mention for Drag King History. It is well-researched, enjoyable, and a MUST read for all queers, historians and drag enthusiasts ! Get your copy at your local bookstore #shoplocal

Many thanks to Elyssa for her support of Drag King History !

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Award winning Australian actress Rose Byrne impers

Award winning Australian actress Rose Byrne impersonating Elvis Presley in the film Seriously Red from 2022 directed by Gracie Otto and starring Krew Boylan, Daniel Webber, Rose Byrne, Celeste Barber
Thank you @talktorebekah for pointing this out 🌟

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ELLA WESNER Posted @withregram • @queer_happened

ELLA WESNER Posted @withregram • @queer_happened_here Not to be confused with The Gaiety Theatre, raunchy gay male burlesque theater in Times Square, the Gayety Theatre, located at 18-22 Throop Avenue in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn was a legitimate theater open during the late 19th century which showcased high-class vaudeville, burlesque, Yiddish drama & other varieties of live entertainment. Throughout the late 1800s & early 1900s, one could often see celebrated male impersonator of the Gilded Age vaudeville circuit Ella Wesner, perform at the Gayety. She was a much celebrated male impersonator throughout the late 1800s & early 1900s. Wesner was born May 29, 1841 in New Jersey & was raised in Philadelphia. She began acting at the age of 9 as part of a family of vaudeville & musical-stage dancers. By her mid-20s, Wesner was playing both male & female roles, at some point meeting & working as a "dresser" for another popular vaudeville male impersonator named Annie Hindle. Wesner developed her own act based on Hindle's as a "swaggering, cigar-smoking, swearing" young man. Wesner performed her act into the early 1900s, including at The Gayety. Wesner died in the Bronx in 1917 & by her own request was buried in a menswear suit in Brooklyn.
The Gayety was owned & operated by Hyde & Behman starting in 1877, a Brooklyn based theater management company that grew to operate theaters in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Newark, Pittsburgh & Chicago.
The Gayety was built for the company in 1892 & was designed by J.B. McElfatrick, a successful & well-known theater designer with quite a roster of Brooklyn buildings to his name, officially opening on Nov 7, 1892. The theatre ultimately met its demise in 1932

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American actress, singer, dancer Mitzi Gaynor (bor

American actress, singer, dancer Mitzi Gaynor (born September 4, 1931) starred as Ensign Nellie Forbush in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'South Pacific' which premiered in 1958. In her impressive book, Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City, Elyssa Max Goodman @missmanhattanny writes “…Mitzi, entertains naval officers while dressed in a men’s sailor uniform.” Elyssa goes on to say: “Drag became not just an acceptable form of entertainment in the army during World War II, but a revered one, even though national attitudes toward homosexuality, remained oppressive.”
We are very grateful that Drag King History is referred to in Glitter and Concrete & contains many notable male impersonators & Drag Kings 👑
🌟 This book is a must have & is due out in bookstores Sept 12th🌟 Link in bio for pre-order purchase

📸 Photos by Herbert Dorfman/Corbis

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ETHEL WATERS (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 19

ETHEL WATERS (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Posted @withregram • @queer_happened_here Legendary black performer Ethel Waters lived in this apartment building at 580 St. Nicholas Ave from at least 1925 to 1927, when she was well known in Harlem’s lesbian circles. Waters (1896-1977) achieved stardom in theater, radio, movies, and television. Her career in New York began in 1919 when she moved to Harlem and performed at such popular venues as the Lafayette and Lincoln Theaters.

By 1925, Waters was living in a seven-room apartment at 580 St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem’s Sugar Hill section. The building had become one of the neighborhood’s most prestigious addresses for prominent African Americans around that time. First a blues singer, she recorded numerous hit songs during this time, including “Dinah” (1925), “I’ve Found a New Baby” (1926), and “Am I Blue?” (1927).

In 1925, Waters replaced popular black star Florence Mills at the Plantation Club. She made her Broadway debut in Africana (1927) at Daly’s 63rd Street Theatre which soon moved to the National Theatre. Her performance in the short-lived revue caught the attention of lyricist Irving Berlin, who would later cast her as the only major black performer in As Thousands Cheer, a huge Broadway hit in 1933.

As Waters found success in Hollywood she never publicly acknowledged her homosexuality, likely because — as with other closeted stars then and to this day — she feared it would ruin her career. However, in the early 1920s, she lived with her girlfriend, dancer Ethel Williams, and was well known in Harlem’s lesbian circles. Fellow entertainer Mabel Hampton called them “the two Ethels” and later recalled spending time with them and other lesbian blues singers in Harlem.

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NBC News did a Pride story on drag & included thes

NBC News did a Pride story on drag & included these terrific performers AND mentioned Drag King History !! Male impersonators : Gowongo Mohawk, Vesta Tilley, Gladys Bentley, Storme DeLarverie and Drag King Legend @murrayhill

You can read more about them on our website dragkinghistory.com & be sure to sign up for our newsletter where you get the latest King info 👑🌟
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“Hi Barbie 👋🏼💗” This is Margot Robbie

“Hi Barbie 👋🏼💗” This is Margot Robbie for Vogue by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin dressed in Dolce & Gabbana on June 6, 2019. Director Greta Gerwig’s film Barbie starring Robbie was the biggest North American opening for a movie directed by a woman; had the highest preview ticket sales of the year; had the biggest single day debut of the year & exceeded Warner Bros. conservative projected $75 million in box office sales according to Variety

Thank you @belladonnaboheme for bringing this photo to our attention

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Posted @withregram • @queer_happened_here From 1

Posted @withregram • @queer_happened_here From 1940 to 1962, 76 W. 3rd Street between Thompson Street & LaGuardia Place in Manhattan's Greenwich Village was home to Ernie's Three Ring Circus which opened @1940, (also called Ernie's Bar, Ernie's Club, Ernie's Restaurant), a jazz club that attracted a mixed crowd but which became an important gathering place for working class lesbians in the 1940s. Ernie's also hosted burlesque performances, comedians & male impersonator acts, including the likes of Ella Shields (1879-1952), a music hall singer & male impersonator who performed there in April 1943.

Newspapers & magazines from the time give us an idea of some of the entertainment offered. For example, Billboard mentions that music hall singer & male impersonator Ella Shields (1879-1952) performed there in April 1943, & she likely lured in & was a major hit with the lesbian crowd. Other kinds of performances at Ernie's included a a three piece band accompanied by “Tessie the Tassel Tosser”, who evidently had certain “talents” with her chest that demonstrated excellent muscle control. Evelyn Nesbit also appeared at Ernie’s. Nesbit was the woman the film “The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing”, starring Joan Collins & Ray Milland, was based on. She was a model & early film star, whose husband later murdered her lover.

Ernie's is long gone but 76 W. 3rd is now a restaurant called the Half Pint, a burger & beer joint that at least acknowledges its space's heritage.It's website makes mention of its history, including Ella Shields and her male impersonation act
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Female Husbands: A Trans History by Jen Manion @ma

Female Husbands: A Trans History by Jen Manion @manionjen published in 2020 by Cambridge University Press. We just acquired this book & can’t wait to read it. These are a few of the photos from this well researched book. Be sure to check out our bookstore at dragkinghistory.com for more summer reading suggestions

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Award winning actor/singer Zendaya @zendaya starri

Award winning actor/singer Zendaya @zendaya starring in K.C. Undercover, a TV series that aired from 2015-2018
Thank you to @sir_dan_manhattan for bringing this to our attention
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MURRAY HILL IS ON LIVE TV NOW ‼️Happy Pride 🌈🥳
Posted @withregram • @murrayhill This Sunday stream PRIDE ACROSS AMERICA on @abcnewslive & @hulu at 11am -4pm ET #PrideNeverStops Honored to represent! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Suit: @sharpe.haus Shirt: @cegonyc HMU: @theokoganmakeup #showbiz #equality #pride #drag #dragking #dragkings #nonbinary #trans #maleillusionist #maleimpersonator #breechesrole #entravesti #crossdresser #dragkinghistory #lesbianhistory #transhistory #lgbtqhistory #feminist #represent #representationmatters #diversityequityinclusion

🌈HAPPY PRIDE🌈 Marga Gomez @themargagomez pe

🌈HAPPY PRIDE🌈
Marga Gomez @themargagomez performed as actor Danny Trejo @officialdannytrejo at Dandy in San Francisco CA. Marga: comedian, actor, writer, performer, and teacher has written and performed in thirteen solo plays ! One of which she is touring now called Swimming with Lesbians
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Drag Kings on display on live TV in 1967 !! Posted

Drag Kings on display on live TV in 1967 !! Posted @withregram • @impersonate_her Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett, Bobbie Gentry, and Gwen Verdon perform a tribute to the Beatles on The Carol Burnett Show. Oct 16, 1967
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HAPPY PRIDE 🌈 Let’s celebrate queer elders: L

HAPPY PRIDE 🌈 Let’s celebrate queer elders: Lynn Lavner is an American comedian and musician from Brooklyn, New York and has been living in Boynton Beach, Fl with her partner Ardis Sperber of 47 years. Her material is based around being Jewish and a lesbian and billed as "America's Most Politically Incorrect Entertainer." Ardis served as Lynn's manager and they toured 41 US states and eight foreign countries. One notable club where she performed was the Valencia Rose Cafe in San Francisco which was the first gay comedy club in the US.

Lynn started out in cabaret and piano bars in NYC, drawing inspiration from George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter. From JD Doyles terrific archive, you can sample Lynn's music: https://www.queermusicheritage.com/mar2003l.html

Butch Fatale was Lynn's first live album from 1992. Here is a quote from that: "There are 6 admonishments in the Bible concerning homosexual activity and our enemies are always throwing them up to us usually in a vicious way and very much out of context. What they don't want us to remember is that there are 362 admonishments in the Bible concerning heterosexual activity. I don't mean to imply by this that God doesn't love straight people, only that they seem to require a great deal more supervision."
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THANK YOU to all of our fans, friends and follower

THANK YOU to all of our fans, friends and followers who support Drag King History 💝 We are grateful for reaching 10K followers achieved authentically and enthusiastically❣️
Cheers to 10K more 🌟🎉🌈🥳

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HAPPY PRIDE 🌈🌟💝 Cheers to Landon Cider Po

HAPPY PRIDE 🌈🌟💝
Cheers to Landon Cider
Posted @withregram • @landoncider Wow! So happy to finally share this!!
Huge thanks to @billboard & @marenmorris for hosting this round table with such icons
@eurekaohara @sashacolby @the_symone!
What an incredible day with an incredible team!

My suit: @simplyfontasia
Hair: @wigsbyvanity
Photographer: @munachiosegbu
Set Design: @eamonnmcglynn
Writer: @stephenrdaw
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