Drag Queen / Drag King

ENG
Drag queen, Drag King or transformist is a term that describes a person who normally disguises himself in an exaggerated and cartoonish way from the other genre with various intentions, in order to point out the absurdity of gender stereotypes to the traditional roles associated with the gender that caricatures or night performance (Yannick say).
Drag Queen is usually the man who disguises himself as a woman and the Drag King is the woman who disguises herself as a man.
But ... Is she the same transvestite as Drag Queen?
Not exactly. A transvestite and a Drag Queen usually differ in intent by what clothes of the other gender they are: a Drag normally does this as part of a show and travestite can have various motivations (if you have still doubts I highly recommend you take a look here)
Look at the two portraits below: one of them represents Chevalier d'Éon or Mademoiselle Beaumont, a politician who was in the service of Louis XV, in the other we find a famous Second Life Draq Queen named Dotty Sanchez.
What do you think is the intention of each one? Do you think Dotty and Mister / Éon have the same intentions when choosing their way of dressing?

ESP
Drag queen, Drag King o transformista es un término que describe a una persona que se disfraza normalmente de forma exagerada y caricaturesca, del otro género con variadas intenciones que van desde la burla a los roles tradicionales asociados al género que caricaturiza, al espectáculo o la performance nocturna.
Habitualmente Drag Queen es el hombre que se disfraza de mujer y el Drag King es la mujer que se disfraza de hombre.
Pero... ¿Es lo mismo travesti que Drag Queen?
En principio no. Un travesti y una Drag Queen normalmente difieren en la intencionalidad por lo que se utilizan las ropas del otro género: una Drag normalmente lo hace como parte de un espectáculo y el travestismo puede tener varias motivaciones (si tienes dudas te recomiendo que eches un vistazo aquí)
Mira los dos retratos que hay aquí abajo: uno de ellos representa a Chevalier d'Éon o Mademoiselle Beaumont, un político que estuvo al servicio de Luis XV, en el otro encontramos a una famosa Draq Queen de Second Life llamada Dotty Sanchez. 

 ¿Cuál crees que es la intención de cada uno? ¿Crees que Dotty y el señor/señora d'Éon tienen las mismas intenciones a la hora de escoger su forma de vestir?

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  1. Dotty Sanchez22 de mayo de 2020, 23:51

    Very interesting read! Thank you for quoting me ;-)
    I love the reference to the Chevalier d'Éon, who is such an interesting historical figure. Did you know that during the French Revolution, (s)he trained a division of female-only soldiers, called "The Amazons", to help with the Revolutionary war, but was ultimately rebuffed.

    It is difficult to know if her/his intention could compare to that of Drag Queen performing, as Éon could have been intersex, or perhaps have shown signs of possible transgenderism. Drag art isn't necessarily driven by a need to express your gender (although it absolutely can be sometime, some of the world's most famous Drag artists are transgender, but you don't have to be transgender to perform Drag), but more as need to break down social norm.It is an act of rebellion, and in this aspect, the Chevalier d'Éon is perhaps very similar.

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  2. Unknown12 de julio de 2020, 3:09

    drag queen/king is simply an artistic way of expression

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