Drag King History

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KOTW

2023-01-26T03:35:36+00:00

Years active
2020

Stage Name(s)
Kings of the World

Category
Drag Kings

Country of Origin
USA

Birth – Death
April 22 – July 17, 2020

Bio
In 2020, the world relied on the internet to connect with one another to create community due to Covid-19. The ever-resourceful drag community developed digital drag shows on multiple platforms […]

KOTW2023-01-26T03:35:36+00:00

confirmation for ticket holders

2022-08-11T01:37:00+00:00

Thank you for your purchase and supporting Drag King History.

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You will receive a Zoom link the day of the show.
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We hope you enjoy […]

confirmation for ticket holders2022-08-11T01:37:00+00:00

The Case for Kings – Jezebel.com

2022-07-07T23:49:34+00:00

The Case for the Kings

RuPaul’s Drag Race all but defines what drag is and who can perform it. The world’s best drag kings would like a word.

By Amanda Chemeche – Jezebel.com

https://jezebel.com/drag-kings-rupauls-drag-race-history-inclusion-1848824617


Beau Jangles, […]

The Case for Kings – Jezebel.com2022-07-07T23:49:34+00:00

1869 – 1920 Vesta Tilley

2021-11-28T04:10:30+00:00

Years active
1869 – 1920

Stage Name(s)
Vesta Tilley

Category
Male Impersonator

Country of Origin
United Kingdom

Birth – Death
1864 – 1952

Bio

Vesta Tilley, indisputably the most famous male impersonator of all time, was one of the highest paid performers in the British Music Halls during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. She accomplished six […]

1869 – 1920 Vesta Tilley2021-11-28T04:10:30+00:00

ZINES

2021-07-16T20:29:30+00:00

Thank you to all of the writers, academics, scholars, & historians who provided us with these great works for all of us to learn and enjoy !

If you have any books to recommend that we can add to our bookstore, please let us know.
Write us at info@dragkinghistory.com

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ZINES2021-07-16T20:29:30+00:00

1996 – Present • Ken Vegas

2021-06-29T20:35:10+00:00

Years active
1996-Present

Stage Name(s)
Ken Vegas

Category
Drag King

Country of Origin
USA

Birth – Death
1973 –

Bio

Ken Vegas has been blending gender on stages from D.C.’s own Chaos nightclub to venues across North America, UK, and Sweden. As the organizing forces behind the D.C. Kings, he helped shape Washington into one of […]

1996 – Present • Ken Vegas2021-06-29T20:35:10+00:00

1995 – Present • Mo B. Dick

2023-01-26T00:51:02+00:00

Years active
1995 – Present

Stage Name(s)
Mo B. Dick

Category
Drag King

Country of Origin
USA

Birth – Death
1965 –

Bio

Legendary Drag King Mo B. Dick is cited as one of the founding fathers of the modern day Drag King movement. Starting in November 1995 in New York City, Mo B. Dick pioneered […]

1995 – Present • Mo B. Dick2023-01-26T00:51:02+00:00

1995 – Present • Fudgie Frottage

2021-07-07T02:27:39+00:00

Years active
1995 – Present

Stage Name(s)
Fudgie Frottage, Lu Read, Byrd Turgler, Rusty Scrotum

Category
Drag King

Country of Origin
USA

Birth – Death
1955 –

Bio

If Howard Stern is the self-proclaimed King of All Media, then there is no dispute, Fudgie Frottage, best known as the creator, producer, promoter, and performer for the […]

1995 – Present • Fudgie Frottage2021-07-07T02:27:39+00:00

1995 – Present • Flare

2021-06-29T20:36:48+00:00

Years active
1995 – Present

Stage Name(s)
Flare, Flarington King, Drag King Flare

Category
Drag King

Country of Origin
Canada

Birth – Death
1974 –

Bio

Drag King Flare is an international drag king performer, producer, and documentarian.  Flare’s first performance was November 25,1995 at a drag competition in the northern Canadian town of Thunder Bay.  […]

1995 – Present • Flare2021-06-29T20:36:48+00:00

1995 – 2012 Dred

2021-06-26T02:24:06+00:00

Years active
1995 – 2012

Stage Name(s)
Dred

Category
Drag King

Country of Origin
USA

Birth – Death
1971 – 2019

Bio

Haitian-American Drag King Dred was one of the most prominent Drag Kings to emerge from the dynamic drag scene of New York City during the late 1990’s. Dred embodied the term “gender bender” long […]

1995 – 2012 Dred2021-06-26T02:24:06+00:00

1993 – Present • Sexy Galexy

2021-06-29T20:36:26+00:00

Years active
1993 – Present

Stage Name(s)
The Fishvestites 1993 – 1995
Jenda 1996 – 1998
Sexy Galexy 1998 – current

Category
Drag King

Country of Origin
Australia

Birth – Death
1972 –

Bio

The Original Glamourboi Sexy Galexy is Glitz, Glam, Masc and Fem, a Get Down Boogie man, all wrapped up in a disco-loving, muscle-flexing, more-of-a-woman-when-he’s-a-man, […]

1993 – Present • Sexy Galexy2021-06-29T20:36:26+00:00

1990 – Present • Bridge Markland

2021-06-29T21:47:22+00:00

Years active
1990 – Present

Stage Name(s)
Bridge Markland

Category
Drag King

Country of Origin
Germany

Birth – Death
1961 –

Bio

The Berlin performer Bridge Markland is a virtuoso of role play and transformation. An artist who crosses boundaries between dance, theatre, drag + gender performance, cabaret + puppet theatre. Since 1985 she has been […]

1990 – Present • Bridge Markland2021-06-29T21:47:22+00:00

1988 – Present • Elvis Herselvis

2021-06-29T20:37:39+00:00

Years active
1988 – Present

Stage Name(s)
Elvis Herselvis, Leigh Crow

Category
Male Impersonator, Drag King

Country of Origin
United States

Birth – Death
July 16, 1965 –

Bio

Leigh Crow is a gender-bending cabaret singer who gained notoriety as the world’s first female Elvis Impersonator, Elvis Herselvis. Her 30-year performance career includes Drag shows, independent […]

1988 – Present • Elvis Herselvis2021-06-29T20:37:39+00:00

Shelly Mars 1988 – Present

2021-10-26T01:57:09+00:00

Years active
1988 – Present

Stage Name(s)
Shelly Mars

Category
Drag King

Country of Origin
USA

Birth – Death
1960 – Present

Bio

Shelly Mars is a multimedia performance artist, actor, printmaker and drag king whose work explores sexuality and power using an expanding catalog of created personae. An originator of 1980s – ‘90s queer […]

Shelly Mars 1988 – Present2021-10-26T01:57:09+00:00

1984 – 1997 Johnny Science

2021-10-26T01:58:26+00:00

Years active
1984 – 1997

Stage Name(s)
Johnny Science, John Grant, Johnny Armstrong, Daniel Austen

Category
Drag King Make-Up Artist

Country of Origin
USA

Birth – Death
1955 – 2007

Bio

Johnny Science was a musician, make-up artist, and LGBT community leader thriving in New York City. He is credited as the person who fostered masculine […]

1984 – 1997 Johnny Science2021-10-26T01:58:26+00:00

1982 – 2015 Diane Torr

2022-08-19T21:23:20+00:00

Years active
1982 – 2015

Stage Name(s)
Diane Torr, Danny King, Jack Sprat, Hamish McAllister, Charles Beresford, Mr. EE

Category
Drag King, Male Impersonator

Country of Origin
United Kingdom

Birth – Death
1948 – 2017

Bio

Diane Torr was a Drag King pioneer, gender activist and performance art provocateur who blazed […]

1982 – 2015 Diane Torr2022-08-19T21:23:20+00:00
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