[ SECRET POST #1835 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1835 ⌋


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 61 secrets from Secret Submission Post #262.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 3 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeats ]
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Comments

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

I was under the (apparently mistaken) impression that "drag queen" was an acceptable term for male crossdressers? And that female crossdressers were likewise referred to as "drag kings"?
Is "crossdresser" preferred? Or something else, if you know?

[(Anonymous)]

See, this is what I thought. I never even knew that it was once a slur (or was it? Seriously, no clue here).

[(Anonymous)]

As far as I'm aware, "drag queen" is still used as a pejorative for an effeminate man, regardless of his orientation/gender identity.

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

It would almost certainly be offensive in an inappropriate context, e.g. referring to a trans woman or a gay man who does not crossdress, and I know that "queen" by itself is something that maybe shouldn't be used by people who don't have the right to reclaim it for themselves. I was just under the impression that, in the way that "queer" is the appropriate term for somebody's orientation in certain circumstances even though it can be used offensively depending on context, that "drag queen"/"drag king" were the preferred terms when used in the proper way (specifically to refer to crossdressers).

[(Anonymous)]

It doesn't really refer to crossdessers in general, though. In the appropriate context, it refers specifically to stage performers whose act includes crossdressing. When using it to describe a crossdresser who isn't a performer, it carries the connotation of flamboyance, glam, and attention-seeking, in much the same vein as "flaming" does for gay men.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. At my college, they held a "Drag Show" and called all performers "Drag Queens/Kings" as part of Pride Week.