Comments on: The Drag Queens http://www.tvdreams.co.uk/wp/2007/04/06/the-drag-queens/ Be who you want to be... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:06:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Julie Budd http://www.tvdreams.co.uk/wp/2007/04/06/the-drag-queens/#comment-184 Julie Budd Wed, 02 May 2007 10:12:44 +0000 http://www.tvdreams.co.uk/wp/2007/04/06/the-drag-queens/#comment-184 Dam. Missed it. Could that be a new word? "Missed ":To have completed the change of the appearance of a male to a female. "Missing": The act of dressing a male as a female. "Missed it" : information technology on how to... Hi girls. Been on holiday in Cornwall. Like the debates here and sorely missed (no pun intended) the girly chat. Juliexx Dam. Missed it. Could that be a new word? “Missed “:To have completed the change of the appearance of a male to a female. “Missing”: The act of dressing a male as a female. “Missed it” : information technology on how to…

Hi girls. Been on holiday in Cornwall. Like the debates here and sorely missed (no pun intended) the girly chat.
Juliexx

]]> By: Rachel http://www.tvdreams.co.uk/wp/2007/04/06/the-drag-queens/#comment-179 Rachel Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:10:32 +0000 http://www.tvdreams.co.uk/wp/2007/04/06/the-drag-queens/#comment-179 Yes, Drag is all about entertainment. The birdcage company feel they've found their own niche in the market by adopting a standard nightclub format, but with a drag showbar act running every 45 minutes on some nights - Thurs, Fri and Sat, but don't quote me on that I could be wrong. Tied in with that is the opinion of the club manager that a pretty TV doesn't always make for a good drag artist. If he hasn't got the necessary confidence then his looks only won't be sufficient to gain entry to the team. As for what's allowable in the garb department for us committed Trannies, I belive anything should go - but I'm, of course, always willing to listen to those with a different opinion on the subject, and I'm sure their opinions will be facinating - just won't necessarily subscribe to them. ;-) At the end of the day, to adopt a "Fashion Police" attitude is to deny people's rights to self expression, which, in the case of a trannie, would put him/her back in the 'intolerance' camp we all so vehemently complain about. Quite a few years back now, I was at a support group meeting where one of the gurls sported a pretty tartan mini-skirt, white blouse and.... beard. A number of other gurls commented on how strange he looked and the concensus was generally disapproving. Excuse me but isn't that a bit strange given that for those same gurls they would probably expect to be treated with a more understanding attitude by society? So yeah, thumbs down to the Fashion Police. Yes, Drag is all about entertainment. The birdcage company feel they’ve found their own niche in the market by adopting a standard nightclub format, but with a drag showbar act running every 45 minutes on some nights - Thurs, Fri and Sat, but don’t quote me on that I could be wrong.

Tied in with that is the opinion of the club manager that a pretty TV doesn’t always make for a good drag artist. If he hasn’t got the necessary confidence then his looks only won’t be sufficient to gain entry to the team.

As for what’s allowable in the garb department for us committed Trannies, I belive anything should go - but I’m, of course, always willing to listen to those with a different opinion on the subject, and I’m sure their opinions will be facinating - just won’t necessarily subscribe to them. ;-)

At the end of the day, to adopt a “Fashion Police” attitude is to deny people’s rights to self expression, which, in the case of a trannie, would put him/her back in the ‘intolerance’ camp we all so vehemently complain about.

Quite a few years back now, I was at a support group meeting where one of the gurls sported a pretty tartan mini-skirt, white blouse and…. beard. A number of other gurls commented on how strange he looked and the concensus was generally disapproving. Excuse me but isn’t that a bit strange given that for those same gurls they would probably expect to be treated with a more understanding attitude by society?

So yeah, thumbs down to the Fashion Police.

]]> By: Lynn Jones http://www.tvdreams.co.uk/wp/2007/04/06/the-drag-queens/#comment-178 Lynn Jones Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:27:34 +0000 http://www.tvdreams.co.uk/wp/2007/04/06/the-drag-queens/#comment-178 I missed it. B***er. :-\ I remember reading the line "Trannys don't do good drag" and as generalisations go, it's not a bad one. Drag, IMO, has always been about performance and entertainment. Trannying, on the other hand, while superficially the same, is mostly about looking like a women. Although not that all of us achieve that goal as much as we'd like! :-) Sure, there are outfits that trannys wear that RGs would not, but who's to say what you should or shouldn't be wearing? It all starts getting a bit Fashion Police then doesn't it. I missed it. B***er. :-\ I remember reading the line “Trannys don’t do good drag” and as generalisations go, it’s not a bad one. Drag, IMO, has always been about performance and entertainment.

Trannying, on the other hand, while superficially the same, is mostly about looking like a women. Although not that all of us achieve that goal as much as we’d like! :-) Sure, there are outfits that trannys wear that RGs would not, but who’s to say what you should or shouldn’t be wearing? It all starts getting a bit Fashion Police then doesn’t it.

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