Talk:Drag (clothing)

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This page was created both because "drag" needed an article and as an attempt to clarify, improve and make more inclusive the articles on drag queens and drag kings. I have not redirected either of those articles yet, but that's what I hope to do. Please leave your comments below. Exploding Boy 08:55, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)

The Drag article itself isn't bad. There is no need to throw in Drag King and Drag Queen, though. -- AlexR 19:15, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)

This page is really where we should have been having this discussion about the drag article, but we're obviously never going to agree on this topic. I still disagree with some of your definitions and I think this article is better than three small and incomplete ones, but I'm going to remove some of what you object to from here. Exploding Boy 22:20, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)

Too late. I see you unilaterally made that decision already. Exploding Boy 22:22, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)

What is the origin of the word Drag? Did it derive by combing fag with some other word?

See article. But, alas, see also the statement in the aricle "Another theory (or usage) is that "drag" would be an abbreviation of "dressed as girl" in description of male-to-female transvestism, sometimes used together with the opposite "drab" for "dressed as boy"..." ...um, or "drat!" for "dressed as turkey?" Wetman 01:45, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Could the origins of the term lie in Polari? I know the article says it's from the 1950s and 60s, but if you look at the talk page that's disputed, and the origins for some Polari words like drag can be traced back much farther.

"The term "drag" may have been given a wider circulation in Polari, a gay street argot in England in the early part of the last century."

[edit] Remove LGBT Table.

Wearing drag is not only a LGBT thing,it implies that people who wear drag are gay or bi,when many drag wearers are not. Dudtz 6/10/06 6:27 PM EST

Nonsense - how does the table imply that? It just implies that it is also an article relevant to LGBT subject, not that it is only relevant in an LGBT context. -- John Smythe 13:42, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

it does imply that

the articles for "male" and "female" are relevant to LGBT, clearly, and yet no table there. the table in this article is indicating a deep relationship between LGBT and drag, which doesn't exist. As many people *coughhomophobescough* make the connection mistakenly, the table should be removed for clarification. LGBT is specifically about sexual orientation, which has no connection to drag whatsoever. Makuta Bookworm 17:04, 5 November 2006 (UTC)