drag king

These four women were some of the early pioneers in male impersonation paving the road for today's drag kings.

Take a look at the gender-bending studs who lit up the stage at San Francisco's 18th Annual Drag King Contest.

We’ve always loved Lauren Hutton’s defiant stance on beauty. At the beginning of her modeling career, Hutton was told to hide her gorgeous gap-toothed grin (she used mortician’s wax—ew). But after establishing herself as a supermodel, she ditched the wax and proudly displayed her natural smile. Now, at age 67, she shows that’s she’s still game to present her beauty in unexpected ways by dressing up in male drag for Italian Vanity Fair. Hutton's shot got us thinking about other famous female celebs in drag including Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Lady Gaga and more...

New York drag king Murray Hill encourages a crowd of Brooklyn clubgoers at the Miss Lez pageant to shout "it gets better" for the latest video in Dan Savage's campaign to prevent bullied teens from committing suicide. One of the revelers at Brooklyn's Knitting factory shouts out, "It gets fucking awesome."

Oscar-nominee Kristin Scott Thomas plays dress up for the Fall/Winter issue of France's Double magazine. In this issue, the lovely actress works several looks, including this male rocker and an Amy Winehouse look-alike. 

Man-For-a-Day provides interesting ideas on gender expression.

Velvetpark has named its “Top 25 Significant Queer Women of 2010,” and the editors dug deep to deliver a thoughtful list of queer women who aren’t always on the tips of the collective lesbian tongues. Among the women Velvetpark has recognized are DADT activist Katie Miller, performance artists Heather Cassils and Holly Hughes, experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, drag king and queer legend Storme DeLarverie, artist Catherine Opie and community activist Dawn the Self Esteem Queen, among many others.