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Female impersonation is a type of theatrical performance where a man dresses in women's clothing for the sole purpose of entertaining an audience. [1] While the term female impersonator is sometimes used interchangeably with drag queen, they are not the same.
This is a list of drag queens, sometimes known as female impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists. Rock M. Sakura Trixie Mattel Francis Leon Miss Shangay Lily John Epperson RuPaul Pabllo Vittar Zsa Zsa Shakespeer (1976)
Drag pageantry is a developed form of pageantry for female impersonators, drag queens, and trans women, styled after traditional beauty pageants or contests for cisgender women. It has also evolved into a pageantry for male impersonators , drag kings and trans men .
The term female impersonator is sometimes used interchangeably with drag queen, although they are not the same. [2] For example, in 1972, Esther Newton described a female impersonator as a "professional drag queen". [9] She considered the term female impersonator to be the one that was (then) widely understood by heterosexual audiences. [9]
Larry Edwards, also known by his drag persona Hot Chocolate, is an American entertainer. Known for his performances in Las Vegas, primarily as a Tina Turner female impersonator. Edwards has also competed in national pageants, being crowned as Miss Gay America in 1980. [1] [2]
This evolution changed drag in the last decades of the 20th century. Among contemporary drag performers, the theatrical drag queen or street queen may at times be seen less as a "female impersonator" per se, but simply as a drag queen. Examples include The Cockettes, Danny La Rue or RuPaul.
AFAB queens at Trannyshack, 2008. An AFAB queen, diva queen or hyper queen [1] is a drag queen who is a woman, or a non-binary person who was assigned female at birth.These performers are generally indistinguishable from the more common male or transgender female drag queens in artistic style and techniques.
Amber Marie Williams (November 17, 1957 – May 12, 1996), [1] [2] better known by the stage name Amber Richards, was an American transgender female impersonator, performer, and television personality. [3]