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HomeDrag King History2021-01-17T23:16:47+00:00

THE DRAG KINGDOM HAS COME

Check out our latest profile (link to our site in Check out our latest profile (link to our site in bio): Azucena Maizani (1902-1970) was a male impersonator from Argentina and DKH's first performer from South America for our historical archives ! Very special thanks to award winning author Carolina De Robertis @carolina_derobertis for bringing her to our attention & creating this terrific addition to our site. Maizana was a prolific tango performer who broke ground as a female performer and as the 1st male impersonator in the heavily male dominated field of tango. We hope you enjoy reading about her ! And we hope you pick up a copy of The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis as Maizani's trailblazing performances as a male impersonator inspired the character Rosa Vidal. 
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#maleimpersonator #argentina #southamerica #historyoftango #thegodsoftango #carolinaderobertis #azucenamaizani #womenshistory #feministhistory #genderstudies #drag #dragking #breechesrole #crossdresser #dragkinghistory
Cheers to more representation!! Link to read artic Cheers to more representation!! Link to read article in bio. Let’s continue creating space for more inclusivity, visibility, recognition & Drag King History 👑🎭🎩🏆🎤🌎🌈
Thank you @a.chemeche for including us in this article well done !! 
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#drag #dragking #dragkings #maleimpersonator #breechesrole  #representationmatters #visibilitymatters #lgbthistory #womenshistory #lesbianhistory #transhistory #dragkinghistory
Drag King Legend Murray Hill is currently in 3 dif Drag King Legend Murray Hill is currently in 3 different television series on 3 different networks ! You can see @murrayhill in @amyschumer show Life & Beth on @hulu, in @bridgeteverett show Somebody Somewhere on @hbomax, and in @paulfeig show Welcome to Flatch on @foxtv ~ Cheers to more representation ! 
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#representationmatters #murrayhill #hbomax #hulu #foxtv #dragkinglegend #dragkinghistory
Los Angeles based Drag King Vico Suave @puertorica Los Angeles based Drag King Vico Suave @puertoricaninja has a recurring role in HBO Max’s @hbomax wildly popular tv series Our Flag Means Death. Non-binary Puerto Rican actor Vico Ortiz, plays a gender nonconforming swashbuckler Jim / Bonifacia who isn’t afraid to stand their ground. Cheers to more representation !
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#nonbinary #puertorico #latinx #genderqueer #gendernonconforming #transmasculine #butch #drag #dragking #dragkinghistory #maleimpersonator #pirate #hbomax #ourflagmeansdeath #lgbtqhistory #lgbtq🌈
In honor of women's history month - Maude Adams (1 In honor of women's history month - Maude Adams (1872-1953) was a renowned American actress & the 1st person to play Peter Pan on the Broadway stage in 1905. She played several notable male impersonator roles in her career. Ever the innovator, she modified Peter's costume to create the "peter pan collar" which became a popular fashion trend. She also advanced lighting technology for stage & film with 4 patents where she was listed as co-inventor. Maude shared two long-term relationships with women, Lillie Florence from the early 1890’s to Florence’s death in 1901, and Louise Boynton from 1905 to Boynton’s death in 1951. When Maude died in 1953, she was buried next to Boynton where they share a headstone. Go to dragkinghistory.com to read more about this prolific woman !
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#maleimpersonator #breechesrole #dragkinghistory #drag #dragking #crossdresser #broadwaystar #peterpan #innovator #pioneer #LGBTQhistory #lesbianhistory #theatrehistory #womenshistorymonth2022 #womenshistory
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) American aboli Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) American abolitionist, feminist, suffragist, prisoner of war and surgeon. She is the only woman to ever receive the Presidential Medal of Honor which she was awarded for her service during the Civil War as the 1st female US Army surgeon. She experienced great resistance in becoming a surgeon yet finally succeeded after 8 years of requests being denied. In 1916, the Medal of Honor was taken away after the government reviewed eligibility. This did not stop her from wearing her award until her death in 1919. Thankfully President Jimmy Carter restored the Medal of Honor to Mary. She wore mens clothing most of her life as she said they are more comfortable. In 1973, the Whitman-Walker Health Clinic was opened in Wash DC, part of the Washington free clinic. It was named after poet Walt Whitman & Dr Mary Walker. 
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Thank you @belladonnaboheme for suggesting this wonderful shero❣️
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#womenshistorymonth #crossdresser #legend #brave #warrior #smashpatriarchy #thankyoujimmy #dragkinghistory
Stormé DeLarverie’s (c1923-2014) profile has be Stormé DeLarverie’s (c1923-2014) profile has been added to our website - please check it out, link in bio ! She was a bi-racial male impersonator from 1955-1969 for the Jewel Box Revue which was the 1st racially integrated, traveling cabaret show during the time of deep homophobia & segregation in the US. DKH owes very special thanks to Chris Starfire @catastrfy for the extensive research ze has done to create a website and a facebook page dedicated solely to preserving Stormé’s legacy. Chris has been researching Stormé’s life since 2018, and ze graciously proofread what we wrote to ensure accuracy. You can find zer website here: http://storme-delarverie.com/ and zer Facebook page for Stormé here: https://www.facebook.com/delarverie. 

Vey special thanks to @jebmedia & Morgan Gwenwald @gwenwald for granting us permission to include their photos ! 
PHOTOS: 
1) 1986 photo of Storme in front of Cubby Hole with permission photo by @jebmedia 
2) c. late 1950’s Jewel Box Revue program from Queer Music Heritage archive
3) Storme as MC flanked by female impersonators from the Jewel Box Revue
4) 1957 Storme with female impersonator Lynne Carter at Flame Show Bar, Detroit MI 
5) 1960 at Tivoli Theatre in Chicago, IL with Lynne Carter & unidentified performer
6) Storme & Morgan Gwenwald, with permission photo by Morgan Gwenwald @gwenwald 

And if you are in Los Angeles tonight 2/27/22 at 7pm - Hammer Museum is showing Michelle Parkersons 1987 docu “Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box” along with Jennie Livingston’s docu “Paris Is Burning” in collaboration with UCLA film celebrating pioneers f queer cinema ! 
#drag #queercinema #ucla #hammermuseum #pioneersofqueercinema #dragking #dragkings #dragkinghistory #maleimpersonator #breechesrole #entravesti #stormedelarverie #jebmedia
How cool is this ?!? Check out the top right corne How cool is this ?!? Check out the top right corner of this billboard & you will find legendary Drag King Madd Dogg 20/20 @sfdukedogg & right below him is Major Hammy. This giant @theoasissf billboard is located at 11th & Folsom in SF. Cheers to Black History Month❣️🎩🌟💝
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#drag #dragking #dragkings #dragkinghistory #sfoasis #blackhistorymonth #billboard
Dutch film Anne+:The Film @anneplus released on Ne Dutch film Anne+:The Film @anneplus released on Netflix today 2/11/22 featuring non-binary Drag King Lou @thorn.vineyard and starring @hannavanvliet ! Thank you creator/ director @valeriebis & Netflix @netflix for representing !!
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#netflix #anne+thefilm #dragking #anneplus #nonbinary #dutchfilm #amsterdam #lgbtq #dragkinghistory
Tune into the docu series Midnight Asia on Netflix Tune into the docu series Midnight Asia on Netflix to meet drag king Dan Dan Demolition @dandan.demolition from Taipei, Taiwan ! The drag king scene in Taiwan is blowing up, cheers to more representation. And thanks to @drwangnewton for bringing this to our attention 💜
#netflix #taiwan #taipei #midnightasiaeatdancedream #drag #dragking #nonbinary #genderqueer #breakthemold #dragkinghistory
These girls are from Afghanistan. Recently, we lea These girls are from Afghanistan. Recently, we learned about bacha posh, the practice where some families without sons pick a daughter to behave and live as a boy. The term ‘bacha posh' literally means “dressed up as a boy”. It is a century old practice that still exists today, and interesting to note that no deception is involved. Teachers and family members know that the “boy” is really a girl despite short hair, boys attire, masculine mannerisms, and boyish behavior, yet there is a quiet tolerance. Without a male in the family, the females don’t have a chaperon when the father is out working. The young girls raised as bacha posh are able to walk freely in public to act as chaperons, attend school, find work, run errands, and play sports which are all unheard of for women and girls. It is quite the irony, yet a much needed practice to sustain societal customs. Once puberty hits, the bacha posh must return to their female selves to marry, bear children, and claim their place as females within their family structure. Needless to say this causes great confusion and anxiety. Activists argue that the true problem lies not in the practice itself, but women are denied rights within society. We bring up this topic as means of education and empowerment, so we may work together to end oppressive practices that bind women and girls to PMS: Patriarchy, Misogyny, Sexism.
#bachaposh #afghanistan #unitednations #endpatriarchy #ceasemisogyny #stopsexism  #womensrights #womensrightsarehumanrights #girlsrule #supportsocialjustice #dragkinghistory
TONIGHT 1/16/22: Somebody Somewhere premieres on H TONIGHT 1/16/22: Somebody Somewhere premieres on HBO Max @hbomax starring @bridgeteverett, Drag King Legend @murrayhill & more. Big congrats !!
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#hbomax #bridgeteverett #murrayhill #dragking #dragkinghistory #representationmatters
Anjelica Huston born on July 8, 1951 is an America Anjelica Huston born on July 8, 1951 is an American actress, director, producer, author, and fashion model. She is the daughter of director John Huston and granddaughter of actor Walter Huston. She became the third generation of her family to receive an Academy Award, when she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Prizzi’s Honor. Here she is posing in all her splendor #legend #fuckpatriarchy #shedontgiveafuck #hot #crossingtheline #genderblur #tough #sexy #anjelicahuston #icon
DKH wishes you a Happy and Healthy Holiday 🙌 ht DKH wishes you a Happy and Healthy Holiday 🙌
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Help Murray Hill recover from building fire. Gofun Help Murray Hill recover from building fire. Gofundme.com
We are praying for you brother. We love you @murrayhill

#murrayhill #gofundme #brooklyn #noamountistoosmall #drag #dragking #dragkinglegend #dragkinghistory
DKH has a lot to be thankful for 💝 Check out V DKH has a lot to be thankful for 💝

Check out Vesta Tilley, the latest profile we added on our site. And be sure to read our November newsletter with other great news about Drag King History. Links in bio

#maleimpersonator #crossdressing #britishmusichall #vaudeville #legend #victorianera #dragkinghistory #drag #dragking #breechesrole #entravesti #vestatilley
There is a lot of terrific research being done the There is a lot of terrific research being done these days. Here are 3 books that will blow your minds 🤩
1) Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, And Race in the Middle Ages, by Roland Betancourt, offers a new history of gender, sexuality, and race. While the term “intersectionality” was coined in 1989, the existence of marginalized identities extends back over millennia.
2) Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography edited by Alicia Spencer-Hall and Blake Gutt, presents an interdisciplinary examination of trans and genderqueer subjects in medieval hagiography (the writing of the lives of saints). 
3) The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance, by Leah DeVun, is a pathbreaking history of nonbinary sex, focusing on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories from 200–1400 C.E. Ranging widely across premodern European thought and culture, Leah DeVun reveals how and why efforts to define “the human” so often hinged on ideas about nonbinary sex.
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#readbooks #knowyourhistory #herstory #theirstory #transhistory #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtqhistory #crossdressing #medievalages #dragkinghistory
Soldaderas, or Adelitas, were women who participat Soldaderas, or Adelitas, were women who participated in the Mexican Revolution from 1910-1920. They proved that women could fight, that women could be courageous, and women could be just as successful as men. The 3 main reasons for the Revolution were: 1) end of dictatorship rule, 2) stop exploitation of workers, 3) end the disparity between rich & poor. Women worked alongside men as soldiers, spies, cooks, nurses, camp followers etc. Some women wore men’s attire for protection to fight & free themselves from oppressive circumstances.  In 1915, Mexican women got the right to divorce which later expanded to include right to alimony & child custody. There’s a long way to go for women’s rights in Mexico, yet we can celebrate the great strides that were made by these brave women 🇲🇽 💪🏼
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#soldaderas #adelitas #crossdresser #womensoldiers #femalearmy #mexicanfeminists #drag #dragking #dragkings #maleimpersonator #breechesrole #entravesti #dragkinghistory #vivalarevolucion
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