Trans Drag
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transI watched a couple of FTM videos on YouTube and then I ran across this person (interview here and here). He started off as a female model, transitioned to male and now is a drag queen!
I have heard of a couple other people, both MTF and FTM who do drag not as their chosen gender but as their birth gender. That is to say, MTFs who are drag kings and FTMs who are drag queens.
I have dressed up as male for fun a few times. Last year, we were supposed to wear ties at work to celebrate Father's Day (I worked at a clothing store). Most people, male and female, just wore a tie over a t-shirt but I went all out and wore a suit (it is really hard to find a small men's suit!) and tie and tucked my hair up under a hat. My coworkers hardly recognized me at first and they thought it was amazing how well I could pull off being a man (little did they know, of course, that I "pulled it off" for 19 years!). It was fun!
Anyone else successfully living as their chosen gender dress up as their given gender either in a stage performance (drag king or queen) or just for fun (like me)?
I don't have a photo of that particular event. But here is me in my first experiment with drag after my transition. This is Halloween 2005 at which I was going to a drag show with a butch/FTM friend (I couldn't get him into a dress though!) but I wasn't actually in the show. This is the only photo of me in drag, though I've done it a number of times since then.
UPDATE: To compare, this photo was taken a few days after the drag one, shortly prior to my 21st birthday (my 25th is tomorrow). Forgive the crooked eyebrows, they weren't actually crooked but driver's license photos always end up funny.
If you are curious what I look like now. Here is me at my best friend's bachelorette party last year (I was 23).
I have heard of a couple other people, both MTF and FTM who do drag not as their chosen gender but as their birth gender. That is to say, MTFs who are drag kings and FTMs who are drag queens.
I have dressed up as male for fun a few times. Last year, we were supposed to wear ties at work to celebrate Father's Day (I worked at a clothing store). Most people, male and female, just wore a tie over a t-shirt but I went all out and wore a suit (it is really hard to find a small men's suit!) and tie and tucked my hair up under a hat. My coworkers hardly recognized me at first and they thought it was amazing how well I could pull off being a man (little did they know, of course, that I "pulled it off" for 19 years!). It was fun!
Anyone else successfully living as their chosen gender dress up as their given gender either in a stage performance (drag king or queen) or just for fun (like me)?
I don't have a photo of that particular event. But here is me in my first experiment with drag after my transition. This is Halloween 2005 at which I was going to a drag show with a butch/FTM friend (I couldn't get him into a dress though!) but I wasn't actually in the show. This is the only photo of me in drag, though I've done it a number of times since then.
UPDATE: To compare, this photo was taken a few days after the drag one, shortly prior to my 21st birthday (my 25th is tomorrow). Forgive the crooked eyebrows, they weren't actually crooked but driver's license photos always end up funny.
If you are curious what I look like now. Here is me at my best friend's bachelorette party last year (I was 23).