The Drag Show

Jorge Turcios

Professor: Williams

Soc. 360
04 April 2012

The Drag Show

            On Thursday, March 29, I was able to attend to a “Drag Show” at Washington State University. It was different experiences for me because. I had been to other drag show before, however majority of the performers have been male impersonators, imitating famous women singers. I have never seeing women impersonators as male artists. It was very different; the environment was diverse just like the colors of the rainbow. It was a safe place for everyone, people was mingling, eating, laughing, and taking their pictures at the picture booth.  The event organizers and everyone involved was very welcoming and treated everyone with respect and acceptance with out prejudices of race, class, or gender.

            A person who dresses in drag is in my opinion is an artist. It does not have anything to do with their sexual preferences of behaviors. It is not like they are confused about their gender identity. However, society put the labels of those that act or dress as women, therefore they are seeing as deviant, or perhaps they are consider not normal and sick.

Base on the information received in class I will agreed that YES, being drag can be seeing as deviant in the United States, because it rejects the norms established by the American society.