Drag King History – The Drag Kingdom has come

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THE DRAG KINGDOM HAS COME

Calling all Queer Collectors who want Queer Art at

Calling all Queer Collectors who want Queer Art at Queer Prices May 31st to July 1st ! This is a rare opportunity to meet, greet Del LaGrace Volcano @dellagracevolcano to acquire a print, poster, photograph of your very own. Del is everyone's favorite queer photographer.

Del provided all the photographs for The Drag King (1999) which garnered international attention, galvanized a global Drag King revolution, and remains a widely sought after book that every drag artist who owns it cherishes!

Del has an extensive body of work that has spanned decades, and they will be in USA from May 31st to July 1st 🌟Celebrate Pride in style by supporting a queer icon & elder 🌈

If you are interested in making a purchase, know that it can easily be mailed to you no matter where you are. CONTACT DEL dellagracevolcano@mac.com ASAP
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TUNE in MAY 31st‼️‼️Posted @withregram •

TUNE in MAY 31st‼️‼️Posted @withregram • @murrayhill Pals! Before you go off the grid this 3 day weekend....set a reminder for Wed. 5/31 ⏰ ALL 10 episodes of DRAG ME TO DINNER 🍽️ will be released on @hulu !! The show is an absolute riot and stars 40 (!!!) of today's top drag queens all competing for best party thrower! The esteemed judges: @nph @dbelicious @haneefahwood @thebiancadelrio and hosted by yours truly 👑 Hope u have as much fun watching as we did making it 💅 Check your local viewing parties! I'll be watching with @merrie_cherry @pixieaventura 6/1 at @metropolitan_bk ! Join us!
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Drag king Nat King Pole @polenatking of Montreal w

Drag king Nat King Pole @polenatking of Montreal wrote Whoopalai The Clumsy Cat (Le Chat Gaffeur - in French too), a book for drag artists to read aloud at Drag Story Hour. The story teaches about differences & how to celebrate them 🌟To purchase it reach out & follow @natkingpole. Let’s keep Drag Story Hour alive & well by supporting it every chance we can

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SARAH BERNHARDT exhibit in Paris now at at the Pet

SARAH BERNHARDT exhibit in Paris now at at the Petit Palais @petitpalais_musee: "Sarah Bernhardt: And the Woman Created the Star."!!
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Bernhardt (1844–1923) was the most celebrated French actress of her generation. At the height of her career, she took her performances to Great Britain, Europe, Russia, Egypt, Turkey, the United States, South America, Polynesia, Australia and New Zealand

The exhibition offers a wealth of fine and decorative art, posters, photography, caricatures, advertisements, costumes, props, set designs, books and bibelots reflecting Bernhardt's life, career and immense fame

Known for playing romantic heroines, Bernhardt made male characters another key to her success. Her first critical triumph came as the troubadour Zannetto in François Copée's drama "Le Passant" (1869). The exhibition includes an entire section on Berhnardt's male roles — and they figure prominently elsewhere in the show, too.

PHOTO 1: Set of 10 postcards depicting Bernhardt in noted roles across her career (circa 1906). The left or right margin of each postcard includes a section of a montaged photo of the actress in the role of Napoléon's son in the play "L'Aiglon."

PHOTO 2: Circa 1900 self-portrait by Berhnardt in the role of Harlequin, the comic male servant character from commedia dell'arte

PHOTO 3: Chat panel for the "Male Roles" section of the exhibition.

PHOTO 4: A stained-glass window from circa 1875 portraying Berhnardt as Zanetto. She commissioned the work from Joseph-Albert Ponsin for her first Paris mansion.

PHOTO 5: Promotional banners on the façade of the Petit Palais

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Katharina Thalbach born January 19, 1954 is an awa

Katharina Thalbach born January 19, 1954 is an award winning German actress and stage director. She has played numerous pants roles in theatre to great acclaim. She resides in Berlin.

Thanks to @bridgemarkland for bringing this to our attention❣️

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Cheers to @dickswaggerdrag for guest star role as

Cheers to @dickswaggerdrag for guest star role as a male impersonator on @hbomax tv show Perry Mason🤩 Big congrats
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@dickswaggerdrag This was one for the books 😭🤌🎞️🕵🏻✨.

📸: @soulfullysolace

Posted @withregram • @dickswaggerdrag Depression Era Dick! This was such an incredible thing to be a part of, thank you @perrymasonhbo for including this important part of queer history, and thank you for letting me be a part of it.

Thank you @mxlcpowell for your voice! 🎙️

Thank you @domkelley for your choreography and incredible vibes.

Thank you Bialy Thomas Casting for letting me audition!

Thank you @marialy.rivas for your vision!
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Laurie Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is one of Amer

Laurie Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is one of America’s most renowned and daring creative pioneers. Known primarily for her multimedia presentations, she has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist. (from her website)

Photos:
1. Homeland album cover, 2010
2. By Polaris/Newscom
3. Deborah Feingold, 1983

She is an icon, dynamic artist, incredible woman & all around great human being

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MARCH 28 - APRIL 1ST 🌈 Glitter Theatrical Ltd @

MARCH 28 - APRIL 1ST 🌈 Glitter Theatrical Ltd @glittertheatrical is presenting Mary Lacy Woz Queer at King's Head Theatre in London. Go to @kingsheadtheatre for tickets ✨
Mary Lacy (c. 1740 – 1801) was a British sailor, shipwright and memoirist. She was the first woman to have been given an exam and a pension from the British Admiralty as a shipwright.
Lacy was born in Wickham, Kent c.1740. At age 12, she became a domestic servant. In 1759 at 19, Lacy ran away from home dressed as a boy. Using the name William Chandler, Lacy worked as a servant for a ship's carpenter of the British navy. William was her father's name and Chandler was her mother's maiden name. She then studied as an apprentice to be a shipwright in 1763, going on to successfully complete the apprenticeship. In 1770, she took her exam as a shipwright, arguably the first woman to have done so. In 1771, however, she was forced to stop working because of her rheumatism, and applied for a pension from the Admiralty under her legal name, Mary Lacy, which was granted. She published her memoirs The Female Shipwright in 1773. This was reprinted by the National Maritime Museum in 2008.
A chapter in Suzanne Stark's book Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail features Lacy's life in eighteenth century England
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🌟FINAL WEEK🌟 Hey folks! Have you purchased y

🌟FINAL WEEK🌟
Hey folks! Have you purchased your Drag King Tea yet ? LINK IN BIO

We are offering this limited edition tea taster box until March 31st in honor of Women's History Month.

The best part about this deal is not only do you get a box of the world's finest teas but every sale of each box goes towards raising funds for our project to preserve our illustrious Drag King History. This is the gift that keeps on giving.

Only a few left... so make your purchase by MARCH 31st and be a part of supporting our history.

BUY YOUR TEA BOX
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WE ARE STEEPED IN HISTORY March 8th is Internation

WE ARE STEEPED IN HISTORY March 8th is International Women’s Day and to celebrate, we have a Drag King History Tea Taster Box for you (link in bio to purchase) which pairs 10 performers to 10 teas, thanks to @steepnclay

Here is what you get:
Tang Dynasty(618 - 907 A.D.):Osmanthus Oolong

Mlle de Maupin(1690 - 1705)Mistress Grey

Vesta Tilley(1869 - 1920):English Breakfast

Maude Adams (1900 - 1918):Sleep Sweetly

MISORA Hibari (1943 - 1989):Kukicha Gold

Gladys Bentley (1925 - 1950):The Chocolate Beauty

Azucena Maizani (1920 - 1945):Sol Mate

Stormé DeLarverié (1955 - 1969):Campfire

Mo B. Dick (1995 - present):Milky Oolong

Ken Vegas (1996 - present):Rooibos Chai

Link in bio to purchase this limited edition box. Your purchase not only supports Drag King History but a small business owner as well. Cheers to all the wonderful women all over the world!!

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In celebration of Women’s History Month, we are

Cheers to Black History Month 🌟Janelle Monáe R

Cheers to Black History Month 🌟Janelle Monáe Robinson (born Dec 1, 1985) @janellemonae is an American singer, rapper and actor. They received 8 Grammy nominations, won a MTV Video Music Award & the ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2010. Monáe was also honored with the Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award in 2015 and the Trailblazer of the Year Award in 2018

These photos are from the book Dandy Lion - The Black Dandy & Street Style by Shantrelle P.Lewis
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In celebration of Black History Month, we encourag

In celebration of Black History Month, we encourage you to visit the profiles on our website for:
Florence Hines (1890-1906) portrait by Raisa Yavneh
Aida Overton Walker (1911-1914)
Alberta “Bert” Whitman (1914-1940)
Gladys Bentley (1923-1945)
Storme DeLarverie (1955-1969)
Dred (1995-2012) photo by Yvon Baumann

These prolific performers were pioneers who brought bravery and visibility to our art form all the while depicting black masculinity in formidable ways never utilizing belittling tropes. We salute them not just this month but every day !

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Kenya’s League of Extravagant Grannies created i

Kenya’s League of Extravagant Grannies created in 2016 by Kenyan photographer & digital artist Osborne Macharia @osborne_macharia found in the book Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy & Street Style by Shantrelle P. Lewis
🌟Cheers to Black History Month🌟

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Thank you @lesbianherstoryarchives for these terri

Thank you @lesbianherstoryarchives for these terrific photos

Posted @withregram • @lesbianherstoryarchives Found Images! You may have seen these familiar trays and boxes with old photos at a street fair, or the vintage store, or an estate sale. Sometimes the images just can't help but make you think: Lesbian!!!
The images speak to a shared sensibility and make us smile. Here are three of them, selected and described by our volunteer Cat, who worked on the collection a while ago.
Two of today's visitors, Bari and Rosie, made a selection of three for you, for now. Enjoy!

ID 1: A sepia-toned photo of a person dressed as the ringleader of a circus, outfitted in a snazzy jacket, top hat, bow tie, and pants, holding a staff. She rests her knee on a wooden chair posed for the camera. Where is this circus? We’d love to go!
ID 2: A sepia-toned photo of two people wearing overalls and caps, standing outside a barn. This photo is from 1939 and has a handwritten caption under the image: “We don’t care if we do.” Is the person on the left speaking? What did she say to make the other person smile like that?
ID 3: One sepia toned-photo of three people wearing fancy suits and hats with their hands in their pockets holding cigarettes and smiling big.
ID 4: our volunteer Cat working on the found images.
ID 5: visitors Bari (r) and Rosie (l) looking at the collection.

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Kings of the World (our newest entry on our site)

Kings of the World (our newest entry on our site) was a monthly global cyber drag king variety show that brought drag king, trans, non-binary performers from six of the seven continents together for 4 shows in 2020 ! It was streamed through Twitch, an American video live-streaming service. The shows were co-produced by Los Angeles based drag kings Johnny Gentleman @johnnythegentla, Pelvis Breastly, and Mo B. Dick @mrmobdick who also hosted the shows.

The Pride show on July 15, 2020 included a total of 129 drag kings, trans and non-binary performers making it one of the most populated drag shows in virtual drag show history.

A free library of the 62 video performances was created to view, and we hope you enjoy all of these wonderful performances ! Go to drag king history.com to view or click the link in our bio for more info 🌟🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈

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Doja Cat's @dojacat Paris Fashion Week style will

Doja Cat's @dojacat Paris Fashion Week style will certainly go down as unforgettable. At Viktor & Rolf's show, here she is in a mustache, goatee, and brows, all made from faux eyelashes serving drag king realness !

Doja Cat (Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini born on October 21, 1995) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer.

Photos by: Marc Piasecki @marcpiasecki @gettyimages @viktorandrolf

Thank you @thekingperkasex for posting this !

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Kate Winslet in L’Uomo Vogue in 2015 photographe

Kate Winslet in L’Uomo Vogue in 2015 photographed by Peter Lindbergh. Clare Richardson styled Kate in oversized coats, form-fitting jumpsuits and oxford style shoes for the black and white portraits.
Winslet is a multi-award winning actress with an Academy Award, a Grammy, 2 Emmy Awards, 3 BAFTA Awards, and 5 Golden Globe Awards. Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 and 2021
@kate.winslet.official @therealpeterlindbergh
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