http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/04/can-straight-guys-do-drag Comments On: Can Straight Guys Do Drag? by Mary Traverse en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Can Str8t Guyz do Drag?—
Queried a curious Fag Hag
Well, of course, honey!!!
I’ll bet you Money!!!

They wanna get Pegged—
They’ve even begged
Gimme that Dildo!!!
And quick a Pillow!!!

Posted by pugetopolis]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:00:03 -0800 The Stranger
Fuck yeah straight guys can do drag. More should.
Posted by Dan0581]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:43:37 -0800 The Stranger
I am blessed with a deep voice that gets me called "sir" on the phone regularly, greater than average height for a woman, and somewhat broad shoulders. And I have the perfect beard: a really swishy gay guy to be my "date".

I want to pass as a man dressed as a woman, and be fabulous, and lip sync.
Posted by Susan]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:05:29 -0800 The Stranger
"But why couldn't they have cast POC as the characters instead of putting Tom Hanks in yellowface?"

First, Tom Hanks was not put in yellowface in Cloud Atlas. He happened to play a white male in every time period. Second, people of color WERE cast; Halle Berry, Doona Bae, Keith David...do these people not count? Many of them, in addition to the white men, played characters of different races, ages, and sexes.

What's more, the question you ask is directly answered by the quote that precedes it in your comment. It's as though you didn't even read it. They put actors in roles of differing races, ages, and sexes for the express purpose of communicating the point that all people are connected, and that actions in one time echo throughout history and have fantastic and unforeseen ramifications tens or hundreds of years later. No one is trying to say that a trans person of color is "exactly the same" as a white man, so don't waste our time knocking down that straw man.
Posted by A person who liked Cloud Atlas but doesn't care for drag]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:37:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Big Matt G]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:44:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by come the fuck on now]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:36:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Badger]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:23:16 -0800 The Stranger
Go slap on some Wet n Wild, foam rubber hips and that divine vintage muu muu you found at Red Light and have a good time.

Posted by michael strangeways]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:11:33 -0800 The Stranger malingerers attempting who use their allegedly hurt feelings to manipulate and control others.

See the DSM definition of Factitious Disorder.
Posted by seandr]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:08:25 -0800 The Stranger
In my travels, most of the people who find it insulting are either RadFems or transpersons, for different reasons, but their dislike generally stems from the more male privilege-oriented and grotesque elements of drag.
Posted by i can understand some uncomfortability]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:46:07 -0800 The Stranger
Cross-dressers are typically defined as straight men who dress as women for sexual gratification - though there's some controversy about this.

Neither crossdresser nor transvestite has anything to do with drag. And these three things have nothing to do with transgenderism, either.
Posted by johnjjeeves]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:46:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by nador]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:54:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by floater]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:51:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Marrena]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:56:49 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by kathygnome]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:09:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:08:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by floater]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:20:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Voxpop]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:07:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by seandr]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:56:58 -0800 The Stranger
Drag isn't SUPPOSED to be offensive to women. It happens, but I'd say that it's not where its heart is. Drag, to me, is equal parts homage and parody, but the parody is not of women themselves but of female standards of beauty. In the act of going from man to queen, with all the hours, pain, and money that goes into that, I feel to some degree connected to the absurdity that is the female toilette, the same process that creates figures of incredible beauty but similarly marginalizes a lot of women. Good drag, again, is the dichotomy of honoring the female standard of beauty and the ferocious women that embody it while undermining it at the same time.

As a drag queen myself (the more widely accepted, gay male-identified dude that performs in drag and lives as a man variety) I've met a melange of queens. Drag is for everyone, of every gender identity and orientation not only to enjoy but also participate it.

Seriously, doing drag is the cat's ass.
Posted by Cephalodude]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:23:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by venomlash]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:22:42 -0800 The Stranger I feel like on some level it would be offensive, but I could be crazy.
You are indeed crazy. Please seek psychiatric help immediately.
Posted by sirkowski]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:12:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by bareboards]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:00:33 -0800 The Stranger
The question is "are they parodying females as people, or the female gender role?" And if its the latter, then shouldn't it be women mocking femininity through performance?
Posted by doloresdaphne]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:48:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by chrstphr]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:35:04 -0800 The Stranger