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I think one of the reasons drag kings aren’t as popular as drag queens, aside from the fact that straight women don’t like us, is that people are uncomfortable acknowledging masculinity as a performance. Like we as a society know that femininity is a performance, with its own costumes and rules. Masculinity is also a performance, and nothing makes that more clear than someone making an exaggeration of it

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To everyone saying that “uh actually it’s cause drag kings aren’t as visually interesting”

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Throwing my two cents in, even the small-time drag kings in local scenes are often pretty cool.

I’m a king from Melbourne, Australia performing under the name Johnny Cocksville and I like to think I keep things visually interesting. I actually got to march in the 2023 Mardi Gras parade as part of the largest gathering of drag kings ever seen in one location (we hit 80).

Kings get a lot of shit but we’re actually a lot more diverse than most people assume.

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let's not forget @kingriverglass https://www.riverglassofficial.com/

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Tysm 😭 this post is amazing!

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Source: Kings Of Drag 2, by Bruce Wang

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[image description: three vintage photos of Mo B. Dick, a white drag king with a brown and blond pompadour and a dark goatee, and a missing front tooth. The first shows Mo in a dressing room where he looks in the mirror while wearing a leopard print suit. He is popping his collar as he admires himself in the mirror. The second shows Mo in a green basketball uniform with a black feather boa, standing with his back to a mirror and his hands on his hips. He smirks at the camera. The third shows Mo in an orange and white western-style shirt and jeans with a large belt buckle and a white cowboy hat. He is smoking, and three other drag kings are smoking behind him. End description]

One of the founding fathers of modern-day drag kings, Mo B. Dick made a name for himself while working in the club scene in East Village, NYC, and created a safe space for kings and other mascs and gnc folks at Club Casanova, cementing himself in queer history.