FabGuys.com forum: I don't like drag acts.

By *acingfan OP Man
3 weeks ago

Huddersfield

There. I've said it.

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By *ngelaTaylorTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Peterbrough

Are you expecting some kind of prize

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By *ornybisubslutMan
3 weeks ago

Coventry

I don’t think there a rule that’s says if you’re gay or by you have too.

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By *acingfan OP Man
3 weeks ago

Huddersfield

"Are you expecting some kind of prize

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That would be great.

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By *excessMan
3 weeks ago

Sleaford

"There. I've said it."

I'm with you brother.

The ones I have seen have been truly dreadful

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By *acingfan OP Man
3 weeks ago

Huddersfield

"I don’t think there a rule that’s says if you’re gay or by you have too. "
So many gays go mad for them.

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By *arcosa66Man
3 weeks ago

London

Me neither. I find them rather creepy personally and, tbh, most of them look no better than circus clowns.

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By *andomguy321Man
3 weeks ago

reading

I've never been keen on The Wizard of Oz .... or that dreadful Wicked production.

I think a lot of people just pretend to enjoy drag acts too, ... It's ok to think they are pretty shite on the whole.

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By *awihMan
3 weeks ago

Aldershot

"There. I've said it.

I'm with you brother.

The ones I have seen have been truly dreadful

Don’t know. I remember seeing Lily Savage in the 80’s at the Vauxhall Tavern, and going to the theatre to see Hinge and Bracket in the Arcley Barnet Show. Or Tim Curry in the rocky horror picture show. And even Danny la Rue on the tv in the 70’s.

I can appreciate it as good performance - but sexually I find it a big turn off.

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By *issy crystalTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Hook

I don't like drag. Never have done.

I like crossdressed girls but I find the whole drag thing a bit pantomime.

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By *aggonerMan
3 weeks ago

Malvern

"Me neither. I find them rather creepy personally and, tbh, most of them look no better than circus clowns."

Wholeheartedly agree

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By *ustOneBearMan
3 weeks ago

Neath

I’m sure it’ll survive as an art form.

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By *owzerMan
3 weeks ago

Chester.....

Easily avoided

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By *arcosa66Man
3 weeks ago

London

"I’m sure it’ll survive as an art form. "

Maybe but, is it art?

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By *3versMan
3 weeks ago

glasgow

I don't like oranges

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By *ookingFor...Man
3 weeks ago

West Sussex

"There. I've said it."

Lily Savage was very funny.

Ru Paul and the drag race thing is not.

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By *evinmanMan
3 weeks ago

Dublin

Dreadful rubbish...

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By *ookingFor...Man
3 weeks ago

West Sussex

I don't like ABBA, Mama Mia or Elton John either.

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By *urple beretMan
3 weeks ago

Belfast

"I don't like drag. Never have done.

I like crossdressed girls but I find the whole drag thing a bit pantomime."
Agreed

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By *acingfan OP Man
3 weeks ago

Huddersfield

I thought I was the only one.

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By *ngel50TV/TS
3 weeks ago

Kinross

"I don't like oranges "

I don't like gross over weight

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Bristol

"I don't like drag. Never have done.

I like crossdressed girls but I find the whole drag thing a bit pantomime."

I think that's sort of the point, no?

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By *ngel50TV/TS
3 weeks ago

Kinross

"I don't like drag. Never have done.

I like crossdressed girls but I find the whole drag thing a bit pantomime.Agreed

I've always liked ABBA (songs)

But then I like A- Z in music

From ABBA to Zappa

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Bristol

There are aspects of Drag I think are really stupid and a bit cringe

And there are other aspects I really enjoy.

I just see them as ultra gay/camp/sexy(sometimes) clowns

Certainly not to be taken very seriously anyway

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By *issy crystalTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Hook

"I don't like drag. Never have done.

I like crossdressed girls but I find the whole drag thing a bit pantomime.

I think that's sort of the point, no? "

Maybe it is. I just feel it makes a mockery of cross dressing.

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By *arcosa66Man
3 weeks ago

London

"I don't like oranges "
Luckily, Oranges aren't the only fruit.

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By (user no longer on site)
3 weeks ago

I missed my vocation when I was younger - should've been a drag queen

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By *haneportsMan
3 weeks ago

portsmouth

"There. I've said it.

Lily Savage was very funny.

Ru Paul and the drag race thing is not."

I too can appreciate it, if it is a good performance. But I also find it a big turn off.

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By *uffolkmale54TV/TS
3 weeks ago

lowestoft

don't take it too seriously and drag can be a lot of fun

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By *igDickEnergyMan
3 weeks ago

cardiff

"don't take it too seriously and drag can be a lot of fun"

Absolutely, love a good drag act

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By *acingfan OP Man
3 weeks ago

Huddersfield

"don't take it too seriously and drag can be a lot of fun"
I don't think it's fun though.

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By *ever000Man
3 weeks ago

beccles

Some are funny

Dame Edna

Hinge and bracket

Myra dubouis

And lily of course the rest are kind of creepy

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By *ildwestheroMan
3 weeks ago

Llandrindod Wells

Well said OP. Can't stand it either. A group of silly men dressing up as hideous parodies of women and bitching and screaming at each other and thinking they are entertaining or funny. Sad thing is if you are gay the great straight population--about 90% of people--assume you love drag. Nothing could be further from the truth. As for being an art form I fail to see it. What is artistic about making yourself look as ugly as sin and plastering your face with make-up with a builders trowel.

Yes some female impersonators--won't call them drag queens were funny e.g. Anny La Rue, Lily Savage even Dame Edna.

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By *acingfan OP Man
3 weeks ago

Huddersfield

I don't like any of the ones you mention. But love Dick Emery as Hettie or Mandy. And Stanley Baxter, who did some female impersonation.

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By *laireKTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Manchester

I think a drag act is like a modern day jester.

They can say things that others can not voice.

It's an over the top performance, but the good ones can hit home with a good line.

I knew quite a famous one here in the NW but only when he was in bloke mode. A really nice guy actually, and very well grounded.

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By *iley_Starr115TV/TS
3 weeks ago

Glasgow

"There. I've said it."

And the world keeps on spinning

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By *3versMan
3 weeks ago

glasgow

"I don't like oranges

I don't like gross over weight

Orders large pepperoni pizza with extra cheese

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By *ighway expressMan
3 weeks ago

Campbeltown

Drag....it's well named...

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By *ighway expressMan
3 weeks ago

Campbeltown

"I don't like oranges

I don't like gross over weight

Orders large pepperoni pizza with extra cheese "

😁

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By *laireKTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Manchester

I'm not a fan of these Drag Race shows, but I have to admit some have fantastic makeup skills.

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By *anmannersMan
3 weeks ago

Notts

Ru Paul has amassed over 25 million fortune from his drag race shows.

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By *lasgow verse 60s guyMan
3 weeks ago

Glasgow

Some can be stunning but most of them leave me cold. Can't see the point

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By *ickeMan
3 weeks ago

watford

"I don't like oranges "

Intellectual answer !

But don’t get the relevance of the what orange and drag queen has .

Am I’m missing something here ?

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By *oosterladMan
2 weeks ago

ipswich

"There. I've said it.

I'm with you brother.

The ones I have seen have been truly dreadful

I can appreciate it as good performance - but sexually I find it a big turn off.

I saw those too. The Trollettes were great entertainment too. Jimmy could hold a stage as did Lily Savage with their sharp wit. It all changed when people dressed up but just mimed songs to the audience. No engagement and it got boring.

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By *xxkinkycoupleCouple (MM)
2 weeks ago

Alcester

Years gone by, with Dick Emery or Lily Savage, etc… was lighthearted, everyone laughed and clapped. Just done for fun and harmless entertainment.

Nowadays, these acts/individuals seem more interested in making a point, or trying too hard to be the next shocking wannabe-non-celebrity. Being entertaining is second or third priority. It’s about their advancement, not the audience’s entertainment. Tiresome.

Also, I worry that it does more harm, than good, to the LGBT community, as perhaps we all get tarred with the same “oh-look-at-me” brush.

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By *eepeter4Man
2 weeks ago

Bournemouth

Cissy and Ada make a good drag double act (Alex Gilroy and Les Dawson)

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By *elfordsubMan
2 weeks ago

Telford

"There. I've said it."

Ok.

I don't like racing. We are allowed to like different things

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By *hrisWellsMan
2 weeks ago

Shepton Mallet

Me neither but i love a cross dresser

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By *inkfunnr1Man
2 weeks ago

norwich

What do you class as a cross dresser?

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By *b20Man
2 weeks ago

Glasgow

I do loke drag acts, after visiting Ricky's Cabaret Bar in Playa Del Ingles last month, they put on a cracking show

I had a drink and chat with them after the show when they got changed, and they were really nice normal gay men

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By *orcester GuyMan
2 weeks ago

Worcestershire North

Too many of them

Probably every bar in Benidorm has one

Class ones were Lilly savage

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By *elljelMan
2 weeks ago

clacton/harlow

Being a drag queen & dressing up are 2 separate things- only a few have the talent to hold a crowd- be funny & not give a shit about political correctness

Lip syncing & being bitchy does not a drag queen make

Maybe you’ve not seen/experienced a proper one

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By *astDevonGuyMan
2 weeks ago

East Devon

"What do you class as a cross dresser?"

One who can’t get her arse into her frock ?

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By *orace555Man
2 weeks ago

cork

I don't like Monday's

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By *haron1701ETV/TS
2 weeks ago

Southport

Personally, I don't like drag acts.

Especially the ones who look like they were 'dragged' through the makeup counter in Poundland, face first at high speed.

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By *orwdMan
2 weeks ago

Sheffield

I still like a female stripper...sadly rare now.

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By *ustinaTV/TS
2 weeks ago

cardiff

I'm a crossdressing girl but I get turned off by drag queens.

I went to my local gay sauna a few years ago on CD/TV Thursday expecting to find lots of like-minded girls but was so disappointed that there were so many wannabe drag queens there. Not for me.

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By *ames canMan
2 weeks ago

monaghan

"I don't like drag. Never have done.

I like crossdressed girls but I find the whole drag thing a bit pantomime."
...that's the whole point...isn't it?

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By *ndyBristolMan
2 weeks ago

Keynsham

if you don't like drag acts, don't go to see them. Problem solved.

Personally I think some are good and some are crap, same as most things in life.

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By *issy crystalTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Hook

"I don't like drag. Never have done.

I like crossdressed girls but I find the whole drag thing a bit pantomime....that's the whole point...isn't it?"

I think the whole point is to entertain. And they do that well. They just don't entertain me.

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By *raggahboyMan
2 weeks ago

stoke

Hinge and Brackett were a Class of their own Great Falsetto singing by Patrick and Piano playing by George Took it to another level

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By *olf EchoMan
2 weeks ago

Black Country

"I don't like Monday's"

Tell me why?

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By *hesterbearMan
2 weeks ago

Chester

I think drag acts back in the 90s were great. They were kinda like Lily Savage, told fantastic jokes, DJ’d really well and bloody held their own in a crowd.

Nowadays it seems like it’s all about extreme make up and somehow pretending they really are women?

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By *andomguy321Man
2 weeks ago

reading

Possibly really fun as part of an evening's live entertainment after a few drinks - But pretty dire on the telly.

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By *avin eMan
2 weeks ago

Southside Glasgow

The drag guys in the eighties in London were fantastic. Trolletes , Phill Star, Lee Paris, Mrs Shufflewick to name a few. All were live with no miming. Great professional’s acts

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By *atie195866TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Wakefield

"I don't like drag. Never have done.

I like crossdressed girls but I find the whole drag thing a bit pantomime."

Oh no you don't 😆

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By *ildwestheroMan
2 weeks ago

Llandrindod Wells

"Hinge and Brackett were a Class of their own Great Falsetto singing by Patrick and Piano playing by George Took it to another level "

Not really drag queens in the current sense as they dressed as two elderly ladies rather than OTT parodies of women. Their act was quite good. However, following their performance in a theatre in Hereford I got to meet them and wasn't impressed.

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By *oosterladMan
2 weeks ago

ipswich

"Hinge and Brackett were a Class of their own Great Falsetto singing by Patrick and Piano playing by George Took it to another level "

Ahh yes and they drove an Armstrong. Armstrong Siddely of course nothing vulgar like a Jaguar or Rover for them.

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By *etterbiggerMan
2 weeks ago

Scunthorpe

"The drag guys in the eighties in London were fantastic. Trolletes , Phill Star, Lee Paris, Mrs Shufflewick to name a few. All were live with no miming. Great professional’s acts "

Further north at the same time we had the likes of Sisters Slim. Very very funny. Like pantomime dames on acid. Think lily Savage and you get the picture. Men badly made up as women just miming to other people's songs not a lot of talent there. Ru Paul's drag race I can take or leave

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By *hrobber4u2Man
2 weeks ago

Manchester

"Hinge and Brackett were a Class of their own Great Falsetto singing by Patrick and Piano playing by George Took it to another level

Ahh yes and they drove an Armstrong. Armstrong Siddely of course nothing vulgar like a Jaguar or Rover for them."

There is nothing vulgar about my beautiful 1973 Rover P5B Coupe

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By *b20Man
1 week ago

Glasgow

Each to their own

I enjoyed some great nights in Ricky's Cabaret bar in the Yumbo centre, the drag artists were great fun, and good entertainers

But if ya don't like them fine, big deal, who cares

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By *ountrygentsCouple (MM)
1 week ago

Llandudno

Dont like drag, cross dressers/tv.

Like men to be men.

Only seen one drag show put off for life.

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By *asyman321Man
1 week ago

north east

I don’t have any problems with them

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By *onMan
1 week ago

South Shore Blackpool.

"There. I've said it.

I'm with you brother.

The ones I have seen have been truly dreadful

I can appreciate it as good performance - but sexually I find it a big turn off.

You've mentioned some of the all time greats there, talent that we'll probably never see again

Lilly Savage and Hinge & Bracket were not just drag acts, they created believable personas which were so clever that you almost forgot that you were watching a drag act

Danny La Rue was there glamorous side of drag back in the day, he could be a bit border line naughty but was always popular and suitable for a family audience.

The current drag acts use their alter egos as a barrier and disguise to deliver material they probably wouldn't get away with in their normal guise.

Probably their audience is more aimed at hen parties more than a gay demographic

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By *arriedbiMan
1 week ago

Aldershot

Each to own X I've seen few drag acts and I find em funny and good entertainment

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By *haneportsMan
1 week ago

portsmouth

I regularly watched drag acts at a local Portsmouth gay pub called The Old Vic. It eventually closed & now a restaurant I believe. Sadly one drag act had such old material I knew 90% of the punch lines.

Most acts were fun & the pub was often busy with a mixed crowd.

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By *ndyBristolMan
1 week ago

Keynsham

There is nothing vulgar about my beautiful 1973 Rover P5B Coupe

Lovely car, I also like the P6 version, great smooth ride

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By *hris60sMan
1 week ago

various on business

I don’t like Turnips, there I’ve said it

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By *issy crystalTV/TS
1 week ago

Hook

I like vegetables on the whole but find turnips a mockery of the class. They are the pantomine dames of the vegetable world.

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By *addy7x6Man
1 week ago

High Wycombe

"There. I've said it."

Simple remedy - don't watch them.

I don't like getting wet in the rain - there - I've NOT said it, but I've typed it.

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By *inkyasfkMan
1 week ago

SOUTHPORT

Dont like drag acts or seriously camp guys that over bearing, no need to flaunt your gay, straight or bi guys dont go around flaunting their straightness..there you go i said it too lol

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By *raggahboyMan
1 week ago

stoke

Hinge and brackett not Drag but in a class of there own. Patrick had one of the finest falsetto voices I've heard George a good pianist. A class Act. Took drag to another level

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By *essa_MTV/TS
1 week ago

Luton

"There. I've said it."

If I’m honest I’m not daft on them myself

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By *eather_uktvTV/TS
1 week ago

Manchester

"I like vegetables on the whole but find turnips a mockery of the class. They are the pantomine dames of the vegetable world."

I think Baldrick would be devastated to hear you say that.

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By *arcosa66Man
4 days ago

London

"Hinge and brackett not Drag but in a class of there own. Patrick had one of the finest falsetto voices I've heard George a good pianist. A class Act. Took drag to another level "

I think I'd make an exception for Hinge & Bracket. They were both very talented and extremely funny. Also they didn't merely caricature women.

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By *anmannersMan
4 days ago

Notts

Stanley Baxter was hilariously superb

Also, the two Ronnie's when they dragged up. So funny

Don't forget Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough.

Lol

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By *issy crystalTV/TS
4 days ago

Hook

I still that Penny Mordant is a very good drag act. Quite convincing really.

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By *upertedMan
4 days ago

Nelson

I can't stand Barbara Streisand!

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By *adBod1986Man
4 days ago

Cheshire

Cannot turn the BBC on now without seeing one on a quiz or another sort of show. It's ridiculous.

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By *eekeeper1000Man
4 days ago

Richmond. North Yorkshire

A recent episode of Coronation Street brought back some uncomfortable memories of Sunday night at the New Penny Leeds. It seemed compulsory to have someone in a wig miming to a crackly record of the Vernon Girls singing 'You Know What I Mean'.

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By *raig_KJMan
4 days ago

Southport

Drag Acts were old hat last Century.

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By *eather_uktvTV/TS
4 days ago

Manchester

"A recent episode of Coronation Street brought back some uncomfortable memories of Sunday night at the New Penny Leeds. It seemed compulsory to have someone in a wig miming to a crackly record of the Vernon Girls singing 'You Know What I Mean'."

There was a regular transgender character in Coronation Street a few years ago, Hayley, married to Roy Cropper. Except that Hayley was played by Julie Hesmondhalgh who is actually female.

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By *or one nught onlyMan
4 days ago

dundee

It’s seems if you go into any gay bar , the gays can’t get enough of playing up to the gay stereotype, drag acts , the golden girls on tv , etc etc.

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By *i ColchesterMan
4 days ago

Colchester

Yeah, it’s the lowlight of any pride event I’ve gone to. They’re all the same with the same jokes and behaviour

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By *owzerMan
4 days ago

Chester.....

Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus

Were just passing by

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By *evanianMan
4 days ago

Tegeingl, Gogledd Cymru

Drag is harmless, humourous, colourful entertainment in a grey world, an art form that combines comedy, drama, and social commentary to challenge societal norms and expectations surrounding gender and sexuality.

It's a platform for self-expression, advocacy, and protest, providing a safe space for people to explore their identities and celebrate human diversity.

With its global presence, drag is a unifying force that promotes self-acceptance, individuality, and inclusivity.

By challenging traditional ideas, drag fosters empathy, understanding, and acceptance, making it a powerful symbol of diversity and inclusion.

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