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    Drag queens

    What is a drag queen

    The Collins of English dictionary defines a drag


    queen : A male who dress up as a woman and
    impersonates female characteristic for public
    entertainment .
    My goal for the presentation

    • Provide you the information about the


    background of drag queens
    • There role in media and society
    • mysterious life of drag queens
    Beginning of drag queens
    • Men dress up and pretended to be a women is
    not a new concept
    • In many countries young boys played the role of
    women in early 1600’s
    • At that time it was illegal for women to be on a
    stage
    • The term drag started in 1870 used in theaters
    to define male and females wear clothes that is
    usually worn by opposite gender
    Drag in theaters
    • The stage was the dominance of male
    performers.
    • They call that "playing in drag?
    • Developing of pet names
    • Dress codes and wigs
    Drag queens performing
    • It was started in 1960’s
    • On daily bases 1000 of queens performs on daily
    bases
    • Drag queens are performance artists, almost
    always male, who dress in women's clothing and
    often act with exaggerated femininity and in
    feminine gender roles with a primarily
    entertaining purpose.
    • They often exaggerate make-up such as eyelashes
    for dramatic, comedic or satirical effect.
    •
    Drag queen in the media

    • Drag in movies

    • Drag in pop music

    • Top queen shows

    • Drag language
    Mysterious life of drag queens

    • Are all drag queens are gay

    • Sex life of drag queens

    • Drag queens only do drag for money


    4 popular pakistani drag
    queens
    1. Asif Quraishi, AKA Asifa Lahore

    • A proud 32-year-old British-Pakistani drag


    queen, Asif was born to a conservative British
    Pakistani family. After coming out as gay at age
    27, he adopted his alter ego, Asifa Lahore. Asifa
    is featured in the documentary Muslim Drag
    Queens.
    •
    2. Ali, AKA Shilpa Jan

    • After coming out as gay, Ali left the not-very-


    drag-friendly Pakistan and moved to Britain.
    Ali has assumed the role of Shilpa Jan,
    performing in the United Kingdom’s gay
    nightclubs. His first performance was filmed
    in a short documentary.
    •
    3. Imran, AKA Zareena Khan

    • Imran is another British-Pakistani drag queen,


    and he goes by the drag name Zareena Khan.
    His story is featured in the
    documentary Muslim Drag Queens too.
    Zareena is on several dating and social media
    websites. He often gets responses from
    married men interested in sleeping with him
    because of the way he dresses.
    •
    4. Ali Saleem,AKA Begum Nawazis Ali

    • Ali was born in Islamabad She's openly bisexual


    and considers herself a “woman in a man’s
    body.” She shattered many cultural Pakistani
    norms and rose to fame as Begum Nawazish Ali
    on The Late Night Show. There she raised many
    taboo questions, and the government eventually
    banned the show in 2007.
    •
    •Any questions

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