"Let the Drag Race Begin": The Rewards of Becoming a Queen

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 135-149

  Hopkins, Steven J ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Tech ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deviance; Drag queens; Female impersonation; Gay community; Rewards for doing drag; Stigmatization; Transgendered

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLOTHING; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; TRANSVESTISM; UNITED STATES;

DRAMA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RECREATION; TRANSVESTISM; VIRGINIA;

EID: 2342637110     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v46n03_08     Document Type: Review

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