Drag Kings of the UK
Investigating the community of women who dress up and perform as men. We meet three Drag Kings to find out why they do it and how it relates to gender, identity and sexuality.
Investigating the community of Drag Kings - women who dress up and perform as men.
Drag Queens are a fixture of pubs, clubs and bars across the UK - in most towns and cities, at least one night a week you’ll find a bloke in a dress belting out camp anthems and telling risque jokes. But there’s a smaller community of Drag Kings across Britain – the women who dress up and perform as men.
More club nights are being put on especially for Drag Kings and more girls are getting into it. Newsbeat meet three Drag Kings to find out why they do it, and address how being a Drag Kings relates to someone’s gender, identity and sexuality.
