Books
- A Restricted Country by Joan Nestle
- Drag: A History of Female Impersonation in the Performing Arts by Roger Baker
- Drag: The Complete Story by Simon Doonan
- Gender Rebels: 50 Influential Cross-Dressers, Impersonators, Name-Changers, and Game-Changers by Anneka Harry
- Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America by Esther Newton
- The Art of Drag by Jake Hall
- The Drag King Book by Del LaGrace Volcano and Jack Halberstam
Websites
General History
- https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/08/drag-history-theatre-art-movies-tv-pop-culture-ban-lgbtq/
- https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-drag
- https://www.glbthistory.org/primary-source-set-drag
- https://www.cbc.ca/comedy/the-history-of-drag-on-screen-strutting-from-ancient-times-to-cbc-s-queens-1.5699542
- https://www.historyhit.com/culture/the-history-of-drag-balls/
- https://deschamps-braly.com/facial-feminization-surgery/history-ffs/#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20first%20identifiable,by%20Magnus%20Hirschfeld%20in%20Berlin
- https://internationalcourtsystem.org/
- https://medium.com/gbc-college-english-lemonade/how-mainstream-media-has-damaged-the-drag-community-f93468d85c1a
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbkmkmn
- https://seethequeens.com/guidetodragterminology/
Historical Figures
- https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/slavery-voguing-house-of-swann
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-first-self-proclaimed-drag-queen-was-a-formerly-enslaved-man-180982311/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/pride-month-2023-drag-performers-who-made-herstory/index.html#:~:text=William%20Dorsey%20Swann%20(1860%2D1925,according%20to%20historian%20Channing%20Joseph.
- https://www.queerportraits.com/
Drag Kings
- https://awomensthing.org/blog/drag-king-lee-valone-velour-johnny-cash/#:~:text=Drag%20Kings%20and%20New%20York’s%20Queer%20Community,-Drag%20kings%20have&text=But%20their%20roots%20in%20the,ready%20to%20reclaim%20their%20space.
- https://dragkinghistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Kingdom1_2020.pdf
- https://dragkinghistory.com/
Stonewall Riots
- https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/the-stonewall-riots
- https://www.history.com/news/stonewall-riots-lgbtq-drag-three-article-rule
- https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/stuck-in-stonewall
Film
- https://queerintheworld.com/best-drag-queen-movies/
- https://screenrant.com/iconic-movies-about-the-art-of-drag/#an-actor-s-revenge-1963
- https://gcn.ie/drag-documentaries/
- https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/films-you-need-to-watch-if-you-love-rupauls-drag-race/
- https://www.them.us/story/11-drag-documentaries-pride
Music
- https://popcrush.com/pop-music-videos-featuring-drag-queens/
- https://www.billboard.com/photos/drag-queens-music-videos-8023117/
- https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-15-best-songs-by-todays-drag-performers/
Minnesota
- https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/lifestyle/dragged-up-memories-a-history-of-twin-cities-drag
- https://www.mnhs.org/lgbtqia
- https://mndaily.com/278307/arts-entertainment/a-brief-history-of-drag-in-minneapolis/
- https://first-avenue.com/performer/dykes-do-drag/
- https://studybreaks.com/culture/drag-scene-minnesota/#google_vignette
- https://www.minneapolis.org/meetings-events/minneapolis-lgbtq-community/lgbtq-history-in-minneapolis/
- https://lavendermagazine.com/our-scene/clubs-music/one-persons-diner-another-persons-cabaret/
- https://www.vivalapepa.org/drag-story-hour