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===Uncommon terms=== | ===Uncommon terms=== | ||
In the drag queen world today, there is an ongoing debate about whether transgender drag queens are actually considered "Drag Queens". This subject is argued because Drag Queens are defined as a man portraying a woman. Since transgender queens are now transitioned into women, many people do not consider them drag queens because they are no longer men dressing as women. | In the drag queen world today, there is an ongoing debate about whether transgender drag queens are actually considered "Drag Queens". This subject is argued because Drag Queens are defined as a man portraying a woman. Since transgender queens are now transitioned into women, many people do not consider them drag queens because they are no longer men dressing as women. | ||
A faux queen or bio queen<ref>Nicholson, Rebecca. “Workin' It! How Female Drag Queens Are Causing a Scene.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 10 July 2017, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/10/workin-it-how-female-drag-queens-are-causing-a-scene.</ref> or female-bodied queen, on the other hand, is usually a cisgender woman while performing in the same context as traditional (men-as-women) drag and displaying such features as exaggerated hair and makeup (as an example, the performance of the actress and singer Lady Gaga during her first appearance in the 2018 film A Star Is Born | Drag Kings are cisgender women who assume a masculine aesthetic. However this is not always the case, because there are also transgender male drag kings as well as bio kings. Bio kings or bio queens are people who perform as their own biological sex through a heightened or exaggerated gender presentation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://academic.eb.com/?target=%2Flevels%2Fcollegiate%2Farticle%2Fdrag-queen%2F627517|title=Britannica Academic|website=academic.eb.com|access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barnett|first=Joshua Trey|last2=Johnson|first2=Corey W.|date=November 2013|title=We Are All Royalty|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.18666/jlr-2013-v45-i5-4369|journal=Journal of Leisure Research|volume=45|issue=5|pages=677–694|doi=10.18666/jlr-2013-v45-i5-4369|issn=0022-2216}}</ref> | ||
A faux queen or bio queen<ref>Nicholson, Rebecca. “Workin' It! How Female Drag Queens Are Causing a Scene.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 10 July 2017, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/10/workin-it-how-female-drag-queens-are-causing-a-scene.</ref> or female-bodied queen, on the other hand, is usually a cisgender woman while performing in the same context as traditional (men-as-women) drag and displaying such features as exaggerated hair and makeup (as an example, the performance of the actress and singer Lady Gaga during her first appearance in the 2018 film ''A Star Is Born''.<ref name="Davisson-2013">{{cite book |author=Amber L. Davisson |title=Lady Gaga and the Remaking of Celebrity Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWEsAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 |date=25 July 2013 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-0-7864-7475-2 |page=55 |chapter=2. Dragging the Monster |oclc=862799660 |accessdate=12 April 2018 |quote=Within the drag community, "faux queen" is the title used for a woman who performs as a drag queen.}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||