Want to learn more about gender, drag culture, or the LGBT community? Click away!
- Lips: San Diego's most famous drag club!
- SD Kings Club: A local drag king troupe.
- LGBT Center in San Diego: This organization provides resources and support for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered community in San Diego.
- SDSU News Center for Diversity: LGBTQ Community: News and events for the LGBTQ (Q for Questioning) at San Diego Sate can be found here. (Also check out their Safe Zones website.)
- Differences between Drag, Cross-dress, and Transsexualism: A short, condensed blog post about these terms written by the dramaturg. Also see input on the subject from Eddie Izzard.
- Femulate: the web pages of a woman who found herself in a male body: A blog written by Stana, a male-to-female transgendered person, about her "adventures in femulation.
- Leland Bobbe's Half-Drag : This amazing photography series features men half in/half out of drag. Also check out the Huffington Post's article about the series, and, if you are brave, his Neo-Burlesque Project (NOTE: Many of the images from Neo-Burlesque contain nudity. While artistic and interesting, they are NSFW– Not Safe For Workplace viewing.)
- Youtube: Female to Male (Drag King) Makeup Demo: A very cool demonstration of how to turn give a female face male features without adding scruff or facial hair. Neat!
- Youtube: Why do girls have to buy pink toys & princesses?: This little girl wants to know why little girls can't have superhero toys, too...
- "When kids play across gender lines": This article from CNN discusses the messages toy stores and manufacturers send to kids about gender.
- "High fashion, minus the labels": An article about famous androgynous model, Andrej Pejic.
- "A Lifestyle Distinct: the Muxe of Mexico": Did you know that the Zapotec people of Mexico have a third gender category that is a mix of masculine/feminine? Also see this NPR article about Alexander Hernandez, a muxe featured in a recent photography project by Neil Rivas.
- "'Diva, Divo': Joyce DiDonato's Operatic Gender-Bending": "Pants roles"– male roles written for women to sing– have been around in opera for a while.
- Youtube: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Trailer: One of the most iconic drag films ever made, this is a classic!
- Youtube: Wig Out! Video Trailer: A more contemporary depiction of drag, this is the trailer for the Royal Court Theatre's production of Wig Out! by Tarrell McCraney.
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