Drag kings, explained by drag kings

[@Vox]

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[@stephcurry2350]

Please dont do these videos again. Look at the likes and compare it

[@Brejdu]

I thought this was about cars

[@eshow07]

“A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God." (Deuteronomy 22:5)

[@herewaskendra]

@@stephcurry2350there are settings on KZbin that allow you to hide what you don’t want to see. Do that. This is not your channel and yo do not have any control over what it produces. If you want that much control, fix your settings or start you own channel and publish your own content

[@silenttoeitreatment]

We need a drag kings show just like we have now a drag Queens show.

[@tanya11877]

There’s one group that does it monthly in Santa Fe, NM. It’s so much fun!

[@willm678]

We didn’t need a drag queens show, and definitely don’t need a drag kings show

[@7kraska]

@@willm678 who hurt you?

[@feltfrog]

@@willm678You’re not included in the “We”. Shoo.

[@willm678]

@@feltfrog Oh, ya got me! You said “shoo” look how tough and unbothered you are!

[@Emmie.the.Kraken11]

As someone who wants to be a drag king, it’s amazing to learn about it and see other people doing it and thriving, and the way everyone in this video describes it has just cemented that this is something that feels authentic and right for me :,) thank you for sharing

[@arandompotat0]

"we're kind of counterculture within a counterculture within a counterculture. Like how punk is that?" I love that so much!!!

[@priestmike]

you mean: how little important is that? And it is not really culture, is it?

[@Professionalmoneymakerr]

@@priestmike cope and seethe you child

[@backtofitzgerald00]

cringe3000

[@billynitrus]

Its not punk at all, but these guys sure are punks!

[@Oceanatornowk]

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that Drag Kings exist since Drag Queens exist, but it’s something I’ve never considered. Interesting video!

[@Kartoffelbrei-zv6yc]

Fr

[@orbrat212]

@@rlm2933 like making fun of people that aren't doing anything to hurt you?

[@milascave2]

@@rlm2933 Yep. And your type has become dangerously common recently. I hope that you that the help that you need.

[@MrGamelover23]

@@rlm2933 I think your confusing drag for trans.

[@marcotigno2902]

@@rlm2933 stop the stigma and you are homophobic

[@elleeeish407]

"That every time I hit the stage that there's somebody in the crowd hopefully that when they see me, they see themselves." My heart. That line hits so hard.

[@Viroh]

Yeah such a ridiculous sentence

[@shariharris5648]

Same! I absolutely adore drag kings and queens! And that feeling of being seen is what drag gives me!

[@eshow07]

“A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God." (Deuteronomy 22:5 )

[@elleeeish407]

@@eshow07 God isn't real, bro. Your Bible is irrelevant here.

[@eshow07]

@@elleeeish407You don't have to believe in Gravity either but if you jump off a building you're gonna fall

[@jsmn5059]

thank yall so much for talking about the non-western history of drag. it's so good to see people who realize that not all people in this country only identify with western/european culture & history.

[@gartenzwerg44795]

There needs to be a Drag race show for Drag Kings!

[@fredericaube7636]

Next episode of Drag Race France will feature drag kings !!!

[@ruthantiaobong3502]

YASSSSSS

[@yiyidaksei]

AGREEEEEEEEEE

[@jaytb2005]

I went to a drag race once but they never raced, they just danced and walked silly. Strange

[@eshow07]

“A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God." (Deuteronomy 22:5)

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Quote of the Day: “Our patriarchal society doesn’t really take kindly to the idea that masculinity and manhood is something that anyone can put on.”

[@The_passiveObserver]

Because you can’t, it’s a label given to people of a shared lived experience it’ll always be seen as Illegitimate

[@sammytimgaming2947]

@@JKRowl god being the coincidence of the universe that is.

[@ellemarr7234]

@@sammytimgaming2947 yup cause there are 100,000 billion galaxies so to think some man in the sky chose Earthlings is PREPOSTEROUS

[@Shaggylicious]

@@GrigRP Why do you care. Why do I care? We are bored and have nothing better to do. So let's have an argument right?

[@MaxxxPleasure]

Glad that hit for you haha ❤

[@Sjlasse]

knowing the history behind stuff like this makes it more respectable

[@愛li]

Drag Queens are widely known and discussed but rarely about Drag Kings. Hence, this is an interesting topic.

[@jack_hodges]

‘Inspired by American rock stars’ - shows photos almost exclusively of British singers lol

[@chuchumanga7948]

Nasty

[@Shaggylicious]

Oooops. 💩 happens. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MaxxxPleasure]

LOL omg wait... 😅

[@Oraerilla]

Came here to see if any other music enthusiasts noticed

[@dre3518]

Poor attention to detail… smh

[@yesterdaydream]

I love the description by King Molasses of a large hat being "very present." Glad y'all are very present.

[@NinaShugh]

A whole lotta love for my black drag kings! We always slay!❤

[@zetazimmer4769]

Its way past time we had AFAB performers on drag race, like every new season should have at least one new AFAB star.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Counterculture within a a counterculture within a counterculture. I like the sound of that.

[@musicplayah]

Just imagine how oppressed they must be.. god they're so cool. 💧💧🥵

[@manuelka15]

Yes Kiiing!

[@LadyAstarionAncunin]

A drag king won a season of Dragula. I'd watch a Drag King competition show, honestly. And a hyper queen competition show. All the shows. Let's go!

[@yojiviriak675]

What's hyper queen

[@Monkey-081hs]

@@yojiviriak675 a hyper queen is a trans or bio woman dressing up like a drag queen. Not a king

[@susioeandno1else]

I would too

[@trinalps]

I would totally watch a drag king show!! drag queens are getting mainstream but a drag king show is NEEDED so that they can get some attention!!!

[@BossALKENO]

He’s really cool

[@essiemusic7769]

This is phenomenal, finally a video about kings, I’ve been doing drag since 2020. I go by Dack Janiels, in the Sydney drag scene and I’ve loved every minute of it.

[@fancieterrell2977]

Hey! I'm a drag king also! Great to meet another king here!

[@demiurge2501]

That’s such a genius name

[@Maber610]

@@eshow07 cope

[@eshow07]

@@Maber610 nope

[@fluididi1149]

I just did my first Drag King performance as Max Vibes a week ago. It was one of, if not THE best experience of my life. It was amazingly creatively fulfilling and I cant wait to do it again! thanks for talking about us :)

[@ingGS]

The black guy is really fun and good looking. I hope we get to see more of these performances.

[@samanthasanchezhernandez4574]

I just came back from grand rapids, Michigan pride and it was my first time seeing a drag show and I was so pleasantly surprised to also see drag kings in that show 💜

[@VidWatcher01]

I remember seeing a special about drag kings on MTV way back in the late 90s/2000s

[@Beanso]

No you don’t.

[@MaxxxPleasure]

Thank you for including me in this video!! I yelled "YES KINNNGG" so many times while watching this haha

[@creeperlamoureux]

Love the guyliner and the goatee ❤️❤️❤️

[@MaxxxPleasure]

@@creeperlamoureux thank you!

[@clingdawg2229]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Vox]

Thanks for chatting with us 👑

[@PokhrajRoy.]

You were awesome 👏🏽

[@ewarrior9776]

Since I studied Black folks in vaudeville and burlesque I knew about the history of drag kings. I hope these new kings get the recognition they deserve.

[@stopmakingsense1543]

Loved the time I spent as a drag king. Short but really fun!!!

[@rhiannonkay5514]

I'm actually starting my Drg King Journey here in Las Vegas, NV. I really needed to see this. It's honestly so friggin' lonely whenever I wanna find community that will understand. I don't even want to do it as a job yet, I just want support. This saved my whole out look. Truly motivational. Thank you!

[@violetxoxox]

I hope you find a community. It’s a hard thing for so many of us to find these days, no matter what our interests. Best of luck on your journey! 🩷

[@em0ville]

wishing the best for you 💓

[@alieldorado1438]

Right there with you, but I live in the south. 😢

[@tanya11877]

Thank you so much for including an Indigenous king. We rarely get any mention and I learned something new today 🧡

[@JayJay-nv2fs]

LET THIS BE THE ERA OF DRAG ROYALTYYYYY. Drag Kings and Queens assembleeeeee

[@userblame632]

​@@davisdelp8131 what are you so afraid of?

[@Lewej1]

@@davisdelp8131 It's okay, you'll get these things in due time 🥰

[@priestmike]

@@userblame632 feminism gone wrong. What's next? Kids loving adults? This world is upside down...It never ended well like this...in nature, there are 2 genders. Period. (Facts don't care about your feelings)

[@eshow07]

“A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God." (Deuteronomy 22:5)

[@LaResistance123]

@@eshow07 you shouldn't be using any technology on the Sabbath.

[@jessicalypso8839]

I absolutely loved this! It makes me so happy to see people unabashedly expressing themselves, without a care in the world as to what anyone thinks! I myself am intersex. I was born with Klinefelter Syndrome & I identify as transfeminine nonbinary. My happiness absolutely SKYROCKETED when i finally stopped caring what people think! 😁

[@fancieterrell2977]

I SOOO happy to see this! I'm a Drag King inspired by Glady Bentley and Storme Delarverie. Creating my persona "Qing Blaze" has helped me name myself and has opened a new outlet for me to explore myself and my art.

[@cathybrooks2898]

I’m 65 years old and love RuPaul’s Drag Race. One of the contestants mentioned Drag Kings and I didn’t know what that meant. It’s awesome! You GO!

[@joshuacanteveros526]

I AM LIVING FOR THIS!

[@lokena67]

I have been to drag king shows here in STL. They are wonderful. Once around Christmas time, they donated all of their tips to Toys for Tots!

[@shelbysmith3712]

It's nice to see drag kings getting attention alongside the drag queens.

[@creeperlamoureux]

@@GrigRP yeah we see too many right wing politicians and priests in the media

[@biharcourt]

Hey King Molasses, greetings from Nigeria ❤️🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@yyg4632]

I love how they all have such different personas

[@lilava2345]

I am a drag king inside I can’t wait to embrace it one day

[@tomie3365]

I was asking my boyfriend but friend at the time a bunch of questions from a website once when we got bored and one of the question was "have you ever considered drag?" And they said never, not once. Honestly I'm not gonna like I was surprised and restated the question because of the amount of times I've considered drag

[@laneatkinson6441]

Yessssss!!! Drag kings deserve more attention 💖

[@hardkeema]

@@davisdelp8131 CHAD reply. Nice

[@HellKitten93]

There are not enough people out here respecting drag kings, and it's shameful. Life is drag, baby.

[@discohandgliding]

Yes, I would love love love to see a Drag King race reality competition on tv!

[@mxmissy]

I'm so glad we're talking about drag kings, they're so important and so lovely. I love drag kings so much. I wish that they were propped up like drag queens are in our pop culture.

[@TYBG85]

I agree. They need to be front and center and deserve true representation. Why can't a drag king read a good book to children? Drag kings are courageously living their truth.

[@eshow07]

“A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God." (Deuteronomy 22:5)

[@eshow07]

​@@mxmissy I'm not telling anyone anything

[@mxmissy]

@@eshow07 then what was the point in posting a religious verse?

[@eshow07]

@@mxmissy the Bible is the word of God

[@Snakepit_Media]

I'm looking to get into drag as a king and honestly, I'm ending up in a KZbin rabbithole

[@Eniggma39]

To me, Drag is the ultimate expression of yourself. Your body is the canvas. Your identity is the brush.

[@PogieJoe]

If you've never been to a drag king show, look up some local to you! They're so much fun.

[@_sh4rp]

I NEED MORE DRAG KING VISIBILITY!! A drag king race show?? Or any show yess please

[@LordRykard9376]

I too am a bot that needs more degeneracy.

[@Luxx0711]

Why is in the US everything about race? /s

[@DollyTheLlama]

@@Luxx0711 It's in reference to the television show, "RuPaul's Drag Race". The name of that one is a pun on drag racing, as in race cars.

[@qualinrobbs3957]

@@Luxx0711 Because literally everything about the us has a race element for example the settlement was a race thing whites vs natives, slavery was a race thing, moving west was a race thing, the Chinese building the railroads was a race thing etc

[@michaelnelson2976]

WHOA, these names out of the gate are just incredible!!!!

[@ReiverBlue1971]

Ummm, my own very first thoughts...WhyTF haven't I even heard of Drag Kings?!! It's one of those things that hides in plain sight to the mind. Once it occured to me, I HAD to know in what styles and ways it is expressed. Fascinating stuff ;D

[@tshikosiphathutshedzotshik1396]

I'm enjoying this a lot

[@HelgaCavoli]

What amazing content. Congrats! So many different VOICES in here.

[@ollieollie841]

What terrific fellas! Thanks for shining a spotlight on them!

[@ceejie976]

This is my first exposure to drag kings and I’m absolutely in love! I love their personalities and I’m absolutely blown away with their art. It’s a bit sad that I did not know of drag kings but I’ll be sure to look and support as many as i can 🥰

[@NyAppyMiku22]

i got to dress up as a drag king one time when i was younger and it was one of the most fun nights~

[@TheKaurK]

Absolutely love this. I have casually wondered about this- and so great to see this thrive. Would love for it to be recognized by the mainstream ❤️

[@mehco-op9061]

So are we gonna get a king version of drag race?

[@Makahtkwachtli]

As an indigenous person I’m glad to know about the history of drag kings. Because I want to be a drag king. Especially as a nonbinary person

[@justrandomotaku]

We need more drag Kings!! More recognition!!!

[@o.h.w-ok]

I love this so much!!

[@MG-do7yg]

Omg, I've been rewatching RuPaul's drag race episodes for the last few day and I started thinking why isn't there anything like that for drag kings, so I just googled the term I was, omg wow, this is so cool, RuPaul needs to do a show for drag kings. I literally just found out that this is really a thing, this is great, as a traditional older women who's kids are grown to me this is awesome.

[@ericcarabetta1161]

I never knew drag kings were a thing, I love it.

[@icedcoldbrew]

i really hope one day I can fully flesh out a persona and perform. at least once in this lifetime.💕😭

[@clivematthews95]

This is so awesome to learn😊 🙏🏾

[@LittleSkepticalButStillSmart]

MOAR DRAG KINGS PLZ

[@TheLadyFae]

I absolutely adore this! They are unabashedly themselves and its such a sight to behold! People like this have always been such a source of inspiration for me 💜

[@huskydadtokoda]

This was so informative and enlightening, really well done Vox 👑

[@Maviendha]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I love this. I don't know how to explain it. It feels like embracing every part of oneself.

[@victor9]

Never heard of it, but all for it! Let's see what them dudes can do lol!

[@l.j.1417]

This made me so happy.

[@catastrfy]

Excellent segment!

[@TheXvalenX]

Love these kings, they seem very cool and nice and look fantastic

[@wildearthbounder4927]

This is awesome

[@ZARD-f5i]

I'm thinking of playing with toxic masculinity... the full "Gaston"...

[@kriboi23]

Beautifully said ❤❤❤❤❤

[@noelno4688]

Dang, it's these moments I wish I lived in US, cuz it's a crime in my country to be that gorgeous 🔥🔥🔥

[@SShiJie]

I accidentally read the title as "Drug Kings explained by Drug Kings"

[@abhitruechamp]

lol

[@ek5994]

Loved all the various type of drag shows, cabaret and burlesque in NYC. Our patriarchal society doesn't support or make space for drag kings or f to m transition (or any transition...bigots are bigots across the board), especially because the patriarchy does not want more men, more competition, and what they view as a threat to their masculinity. They seem to be more "ok" with having more women; to exploit, objectify, possess, fetishize and violate, as in their minds it gives them another subgroup of the population to lord over.

[@pyrexo]

This is awesome!

[@DannyBPlays]

The only reason mainstream doesn't like it is because it makes them feel uncomfortable but they need to examine the *reason* it makes them uncomfortable. They've likely just never even thought about it for more than 3 seconds

[@iancr8199]

Great topic. Love it!

[@jcougar831]

Alot of negative Opinions. Live and let live

[@UriPhoneCracker]

So let the negative opinions live

[@shoutmon1337]

@@UriPhoneCracker yall can't be this dense, bro. I'm sorry, but if your "opinion" is that these people don't deserve decency for being who they are, than it sounds like you need to reevaluate your understanding of "live and let live" especially of you actully heard the batching craziness these opinions consist of.

[@alliexcx5576]

@unstoppablephilosophy how does this have anything to do with right wing??

[@blonderebel8356]

This is very exciting and I can't wait to see this progress to higher levels ❤ !!!!!

[@a.gonzalez610]

Es la primera vez que me entero de la existencia de los Drag Kings y siento una luz de esperanza para mi!

[@kid-ava]

I really wanna become part of this culture, being a drag king seems awesome

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

Drag Race is okay, but a drag king show would be phenomenal to watch.

[@tellthemborissentyou]

Why does Vox keep showing as having a live feed?

[@gabrielsalesmartins]

Thanks for the knowledge, I am going to look for these shows that you talked about, and look for more drag king content! :DD

[@Oh_DeER_1_1o1_1]

I’ve always though that my drag persona was a queen, but, king is calling me so badly. Here borns Cornelio del Carmen😌

[@jennifervan75]

Finally Drag Kings!!!

[@astoriaatkinson]

I didn't know drag kings was a thing, and shame on me. Let's make them main stream!

[@yojiviriak675]

Fantastic video Congrats Vox

[@topper1212]

More drag kings please....!

[@isabelled.7732]

I would love to give this a shot, it looks fun :) just don’t know how to get into it

[@lauryw]

i identify as a woman but id love to do drag king....

[@pillbobaggins2766]

anyone can be a drag performer! you're born naked and the rest is drag!

[@LittleSkepticalButStillSmart]

So does the others, they sre real drag kings too

[@Enbiienvy]

yessss King Molasses truly the most fire 🔥

[@bluishpenguin7342]

I'm so happy misogyny was brought up and drag kings not getting enough attention!!!

[@zzizahacallar]

Tenderoni? Why they no on this lineup?

[@cheslxy]

They should be part on Drag Race it’s called Drag Race for a reason.

[@clingdawg2229]

"In the meantime, we're not waiting." ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rachelwest1642]

This is dope!

[@Oneofthemones1]

This is fucjed

[@ImperialGoldfish]

Hey this is pretty cool! Not interested in watching drag performances myself, but there's a pleasing balance to knowing that drag kings exist too