I am not a drag queen!
After a local "GLBT" pride celebration, the local newspaper had no articles about the event, but it did publish one photo from the event, which it featured on the front page of the local news section of the paper.
Guess what the photo showed?
Gay couples with their children in tow? No.
Appropriately attired transpeople taking in the event? No.
Over-the-top drag queens preparing to perform a number from Hairspray? YES!!!
You seldom see the media showing appropriately attired transpeople. That would be boring. The media prefers to show drag queens.
I have friends, relatives, and acquaintances, who know that I crossdress, but have never seen me en femme. I am sure they have seen news reports about GLBT pride events and like the "report" in the local newspaper, they almost always feature flamboyant drag queens. So, I have no doubt that those friends, relatives, and acquaintances who have never seen me en femme think that when I crossdress, I dress like a drag queen, too, because that is all they know.
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| Source: Annette at A Vintage Splendor dot com |
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| Professional femulator Michael Andrews in the 1983 film Murder Me, Murder You |