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MabinogiFan posted...

Since when was drag LGBT? I thought most drag queens were straight men.

Most drag queens are cis men. There are certainly straight ones out there, probably more now than at any other point in history because it's becoming so acceptable as pop culture and men are generally becoming less afraid of "looking gay," but drag (at least in the sense of drag queens and drag shows) is still definitely dominated by gay men. There's plenty of history of straight men dressing as women for theatrical purposes, but the "drag queens" that have come to typify the modern understanding of the art form largely got their start in the gay community, in part in response to homophobic men trying to be "hypermasculine" to distance themselves from the possibility of being seen as gay.

I haven't actually seen it myself, but my understanding is that the film Paris is Burning is an extremely informative look into the history of modern drag culture and how it relates to New York's LGBTQ community in the 80's. If you're interested in learning more, that would be a good place to start.