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He's every woman...

Help, I can't stop talking! — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:25:34 -0800

There's drag, and then there's female impersonation. Jim Bailey has been exquisitely demonstrating that difference for decades. Here are his dead-on recreations of Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Phyllis Diller, Bette Davis, and Peggy Lee. He still performs.

初音ミク】ベースで｢牛乳飲め！｣演奏してみた【これはひどい】

mattoxic — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:04:29 -0800

The onlt SLYT post you'll ever need- That's IF your're looking for a SLYT of a drag wearing, awsome bass playing, milk drinking, bedroom performing, Japanese guy

Tell her I'm happy, tell her I'm gay, tell her I wouldn't have it any other way.

kimdog — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:55:38 -0800

Jackie Shane could rock the Sapphire Club. He was part of the Toronto Sound of the sixties, and made his mark not only for his soulful voice, but also for his flamboyent, gender ambiguous appearance (video). His song Any Other Way went to Number Two on the Canadian Billboard chart in 1963, and was his biggest hit. While his discography was short and he has faded into obscurity, he has been recognized by the queer community and music bloggers as a trail-blazing performer. In My Tenement, Comin Down, You Are My Sunshine, Stand Up Strait and Tall, Don't Play That Song.

30 years of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

gingerbeer — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:47:30 -0800

Thirty years of community fundraising, flawless makeup, genderbending, and hysterically offensive names: the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are celebrating their 30th anniversary in San Francisco this weekend with parties, library exhibits, an art show, and their usual over-the-top Easter celebration. The motto of this collection of drag queen nuns is “go forth and sin some more” and they aim to spread joy, banish guilt, and serve the community. Behind the flamboyant outfits and gender chaos is an ethos of community service: they created the very first safe sex guide for gay men in 1982 and have raised over a million dollars for community services through events and bingo games. Never ones to hide from controversy, their combination of religious garb and names and over-the-top celebration of queer sexuality has led to denouncements from the Catholic Church including being put on the Papal List of Heretics by the Pope himself in 1987 and has earned the enmity of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality among others. Sisters are a regular presence at community events and AIDS fundraisers in San Francisco, but they are out in force this weekend. There was a large and exuberant group “in face” on BART last night, and after some debate, we decided that the correct collective noun is perhaps a “sacrilege of Sisters.” If you are in San Francisco, you don’t want to miss the events in Dolores Park on Sunday, including the Easter Bonnet contest at 1 pm and the infamous Hunky Jesus competition at 3:40pm. (Somewhat previously )

In which the girls continue to be girls. Sort of.

Help, I can't stop talking! — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:11:45 -0800

"Girls Will Be Girls", the hilariously tacky and tasteless story of a trio of women in Hollywood, earned Best Actress awards for its leads at both Outfest and the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 2003. This was notable largely because the parts were played by three male performers. Now, thanks to the internet, you can watch the continuing adventures of Varla, Coco, and Evie in streaming hi-def. Oh, the gays and their wit.

Real men drive these

dg — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:43:43 -0800

Once upon a time in the postwar, before the advent of EPA and OSHA and the Consumer Products Safety Commission and weenies in bike helmets and multilingual warning stickers on stepladders, crazy people walked this earth. Good, fun-loving Americans who knew that "instructions" were something you threw in the trash along with the empty Falstaff bottles. A halcyon era filled with manly men who savored the wholesome virtues of a rugged game of un-seatbelted automotive chicken. One of these men was Gene Middlebrooks, who founded Turbonique. Want a real bolt-on performance boost for your Chev? How about spending the weekend whacking a 1,000 horsepower "turbo drag axle" under the family sedan? Of course, this won't work on your modern namby-pamby front-wheel drive pretend cars - real cars only apply here. Not enough room in the garage for one of these? How about a rocket-powered go-kart? Will 5.95 seconds and 240mph in a standing quarter-mile get your heart pumping? Anything that has wheels, skids or a hull, it seems can be fitted. What are you waiting for?

Papercraft Musical Medley

Dave Faris — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:16:08 -0800

Ennio Marchetto : Italian quick-change papercraft drag queen does musical medley. Here's his website. (Previously)

Dragging Sheep

blue_beetle — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:21:18 -0800

An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces [PDF] was mentioned recently on the Skeptics Guide to the Universe Podcast.

Les Ballets Trockadero

homunculus — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:10:03 -0800

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo . There was a previous post about the Trocs in the dark age before YouTube.

Holding Out for a Hero

dersins — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:08:15 -0800

Quite an entrance. Single link youtube post to a pretty damn amazing performance at the Miss Black America 2001 drag show / pageant.

“I owe Begum Nawazish Ali’s existence, in a certain way, to General Musharraf,” he said.

amberglow — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:54:23 -0800

“Maybe, yes, I am a diva.” Meet Ali Saleem, known on Pakistani TV as Begum Nawazish Ali, hostess of a popular talk show. Mr. Saleem’s portrayal ... a middle-aged widow who, in glamorous saris and glittery diamonds, invites to her drawing room politicians, movie stars and rights advocates from Pakistan and India.

One stop drag queen shop

philcliff — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:55:52 -0800

Drag-Queen.com Your one stop drag queen shop. (via)

Girls II Men

geoff. — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:26:50 -0800

Norah "Ned" Vincent, releases "Self-Made Man", (NYT) in which she goes in disguise as a man and realizes what most of us already knew without playing drag queen for 18 months. Interestingly, "she also found women to be distrustful, ever ready to criticize men for being emotionally distant yet clearly preferring men who met stereotypical images of strength and virility." (Booklist via Amazon) It's making all the literary rounds (ABC News, Salon, The Independent). Previously, Vincent on Oprah's bookclub, Vincent on blogging.

Forgotten female impersonator Ray Bourbon

mediareport — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:18:14 -0800

Don't Call Me Madam: The sad and crazy life of Ray Bourbon A pioneering drag comedian, friend of Mae West and an early independent recording artist, Ray was a deliberately enigmatic pop cult figure who may or may not have had a sex change operation in 1956. He was a frequent target of police raids and died in prison as a convicted accomplice to murder. "Ray’s comedy was, at once, highbrow and lowbrow, overtly Gay and covertly subversive. Despite his influence on Gays, he remained vague about his own sexuality."

FridayGossipFilter, Part infinity

amberglow — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:13:25 -0800

Hey kids! Guess who's first cousins with our new Secretary of State? why, it's Vaginal Creme Davis! Juicy tidbits from the multitalented first cousin Ms. Rice would rather you not know about, and who wishes that Ms. Davis wouldn't mention to anyone. Very juicy, and NSFW probably. : >

Dancing

semmi — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:59:26 -0800

The Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, with Margeaux Mundeyn, Pavel Törd, Ida Nevasayneva, Vladimir Legupski, Sveltlana Lofatkina, Olga Supphozova, Lariska Dumbchenko, Fifi Barkova is reviewed by Joan Acocella, "they pass through the joke and come out the other side, where the subject, having been laughed at, is once again embraced, enthroned." pic 1, and 2 .

God Save Us Nelly Queens

expialidocious — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:30:08 -0800

Now that we may be renaming the rebuilt eastern span [pdf] of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge after 19th century character (and sometime MeFi topic) Emperor Norton I, the question remains: when the time comes, what shall we name after his devoted widow? [cached last link]

Homosexual agenda v. Christian soldiers

hipnerd — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:01:46 -0800

High-school bans traditional crossdressing day because parents complained it was part of the "homosexual agenda." It's replacement? The manly "Camo Day" complete with military fatigues and combat boots. No word on whether there is a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

22.693 seconds...mmm

Orange Goblin — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:46:19 -0800

Click and drag the red block, avoiding all the blue blocks as long as you can.