Drag Queens and Female Impersonators in Vaudeville Shows

Our upcoming series, Early Drag Queens, will cover the surprising relationship between "female impersonation" and American masculinity in the time before the gay and transgender civil rights movements. This episode will give historical context with excerpts from these previous episodes:

Gender Reveal Parties

Trash Talks Shows

Horror Movies pt. 1

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This episode was produced by Riley Smith

Produced and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith

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