Drag King History – The Drag Kingdom has come

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THE DRAG KINGDOM HAS COME

🌟 Drag King Breaking News 🌟 Condragulations

🌟 Drag King Breaking News 🌟 Condragulations to Austrian born Liam Choclit who is the 1st Drag King to grace the stages for RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq The World Tour 🎉 Posted @withregram • @liam.choclit
Thank you @theladylazzarus for bringing this to our attention

Liam won a Steirerin Award in 2022, and most recently became engaged to Pandora Nox, Drag Race Germany S1 winner🌟

Vienna Queens and King: @pandoranox, @metamorkid, @liam.choclit, @universeofrage, @princessfionadrag, @bloodsugarxo and @philishaconditioner

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Jewel “Pepper” Welsh and Edwina “Salt” Eve

Jewel “Pepper” Welsh and Edwina “Salt” Evelyn were both born in 1922. They were a popular nightclub and venue act incorporating song, dance and comedy. “Pepper” had an unusual fifteen minute routine in which she utilized rhythm, flash and vernacular dance, while “Salt” kept a comedic routine going. The pair continued to work into the 1950s.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina “Salt” Evelyn and Jewel “Pepper” Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were Black show business headliners, playing Harlem’s Apollo Theater with the likes of Count Basie, Fats Waller and Earl “Fatha” Hines. Their exuberant tap style, usually performed by men, earned them the respect of their male peers and the acclaim of audiences. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles for the first time the lives and careers of two overlooked female performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era

Author Cheryl M. Willis, Ed.D., originally a tap dancer from New Orleans, pursued her doctorate at Temple University. There she delved into African American studies and the rhythmic connection to tap dance.

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The Boulet Brother’s Dragula season 5 premieres

The Boulet Brother’s Dragula season 5 premieres on OCT 31st on Shudder & AMC+
🌟Tune in to cheer on 👑Drag Kings @jarvis.hammer 👻 from Atlanta, GA & @throb.zombie 👹 from Boston MA

Jarvis Hammer not only brings a stunning ghostly visual aesthetic to all of his drag looks, but also delivers fabulous performances showcasing his signature comedic styling. With a background in stand-up comedy, they bring a fresh and funny element to the competition. Jarvis is death-defyingly dashing, extremely dramatic, and very dead.
📸 - @cryst4lfemme

Throb Zombie is a horror-obsessed drag king fueled by all things spooky and creepy. With a punk rock aesthetic and a history in burlesque performance, they also love to consistently up the ante on their stage shows with a huge injection of sex appeal. Combining elements of both drag kings and drag queens, Throb promises to show us an unexpected side to the world of monster drag.

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Posted @withregram • @mrmobdick TODAY Mon OCT 23

Posted @withregram • @mrmobdick TODAY Mon OCT 23rd at 5pm PT via ZOOM all are invited to join me at Circa:Queer Histories Festival where I’m presenting DRAG KING HISTORY. Link for FREE tix in bio

Come see what Ken Vegas & I have been working on for almost 6 years

● 🎙 DKH Lecture
● 📆 Mon, OCT 23rd
● ⏰ 5-6pm Pacific Time
● 🌎 Zoom
● 🤑FREE event
● 🎟️ link in bio

🌟I hope you can join me for this groundbreaking festival & terrific event 👑🌟🎉🌈 🌟

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October is LGBTQ+ History Month so let’s celebra

October is LGBTQ+ History Month so let’s celebrate together by joining @onearchives for #Circa2023, the 1st and only Queer Histories Festival in the U.S. !!

DKH co-creator Mo B. Dick @mrmobdick is doing a FREE Drag King History lecture on Mon, OCT 23rd starting at 5pm PT via ZOOM so anyone anywhere can join !! 500 people can attend so please help us make this a great success by sharing, reposting, creating stories & showing up
👉🏼FREE TIX LINK IN BIO👈🏼

This is your opportunity to learn about Drag King History firsthand, find out how DKH started, hear anecdotal stories, revel in amazing performers, and ask Mo anything in the active Q&A

● 🎙 DKH Lecture
● 📆 Mon, OCT 23rd
● ⏰ 5-6pm Pacific Time
● 🌎 Zoom
● 🤑FREE event
● 🎟️ link in bio

Now more than ever we need to stand together by saving our stories, sharing our information, and supporting one another. We hope you join us for this terrific event & groundbreaking festival 👑🌟🎉🌈

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German-born singer and songwriter Kim Petras @kimp

German-born singer and songwriter Kim Petras @kimpetras (born 27 August 1992) introduces her drag king alter-ego Hans.
Petras is the first openly transgender solo artist to reach number one in the US; the first openly transgender artist to receive a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and the second transgender woman to win a Grammy following composer, musician Wendy Carlos. And in 2023, Petras became the second trans woman to be featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
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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
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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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