HOW MUCH GLITTER DOES YOUR MAKE UP HAVE?

A palpable excitement has overtaken me. Later today, I will be attending my first ever drag performance in Chennai.

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The participants and organisers (Sunshine House) that has curated the event, have promised a line-up that reeks of splendour.

My first tryst with drag queens was during a trip to London at Peckham, a mostly Black neighbourhood. In their stunning make-up, up-dos, and shiny clothes, they found ways to playfully tease every table. The night ended with hugs and selfies with the performers. I went back home to read about what I had witnessed. It turns out that anyone can perform in wonderful clothes that often challenge the heteronormative idea of gender. Who is a woman? What is feminine? And who has the right to ask anyone else to dress a certain way?