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Photo by Brice McGowen
Curing Your Curiosity:
A performer’s look at
the 2nd annual Drag Show
Photo by Brice McGowen
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By Curtis Main
Bind your breasts or duck tape
your goodies ‘cause you’re going to
be in drag!
In a hot, stuffy UNC Great
Hail on October 11, amateur drag
queens including myselQ tucked in
their packages and perked their fake
breasts while the drag kings did the
opposite in a spectacle that would
terrify most of our parents. By the
end of the night, many were left ask
ing, “Where did Carmen O’Connor
put her penis?”
In GLBT-SA’s second “Curious:
Drag Show,” professional and ama
teur kings and queens dazzled and
dominated the stage to a packed
crowd of more than 500 eager stu
dents and faculty. Reasons for com
ing out to the show varied, but one
force remained obvious — the show
tried to take you on a gender-bend
ing adventure that most could not
resist.
Ever since the first Curious show
last spring, I was determined to per
form in the next. I had only per
formed in drag once before. It was so
powerful and enjoyable that I knew I
was hooked. When people did not
even recognize me, and I was able to
perform the feminine to the max, the
rush was overwhelming. My ability to
pass as a woman shocked me, while
the rituals of make-up, dress, nails,
hair and shoes were challenging, they
seemed to come naturally.
Many drag performers are sur
prised at how much they know of
performing gender, but really, most
everyone knows the myths associ
ated with being a man or a woman.
I performed a short skit to Madon
na’s “1 lanky Panky,” a song in which
Madonna tells men to stop trying
so hard and just get to the point ...
sex. Willy Whacker, a drag king per-
See “Drag" page 15