One night Le Buzz

I recently attended the Le Buzz night club in Marietta,Ga. While there I saw a variety of people that i was not used to being around. I noticed a lot of conversating with going on in the night club, then I noticed that it was a gay and lesbian bar!! Drags started coming in through the front door periodically. The first drag was quite pretty, Jizelle, whom I wanted to interview.He had to be about 5'8'' 130 ibs. with a bob wig and french mannicured nails. The next drag that came in was too masculine, he had to be about 6'5'', 300 ibs., without heals!!He was just too much for me and I knew once I saw him, I didn't want to interview him, he looked mean. Upon seeing each other the drags talk like they are the bestest of friends.

They used average joe vocabulary, but Jizelle used the term "Drag King", and I had no idea what it meant so I asked her what it meant. She told me it was when a woman dresses up like a man, the opposite of a drag queen. I felt so stupid because after she explained it she said "duh" and started laughing. I also saw older men, 65+, there and I wondered why, but I dared not ask Jizelle that. Overall I enjoyed interviewing her and was invited to come back anytime.

Starting Subcultures

Topic: Drag Queens

Sources:

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Reflection: I think the book entitled Drag Queens at the Cabaret, would be useful for my research topic which happens to be Drag Queens. This book discusses the lifestyle and way of life of female impersonators. It also informs the readers about the lives of transvestites also. Most drag queens are or will become transvestites. It tells of the struggles they have to face in everyday life by society and how they choose to live happily as they are and to not let people bring them down. It tells also of the various performances they do at night clubs and the processes they go through nightly to get ready for their big shows.