Drag culture in New York City

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New York City is home to the world's largest drag community and is known as the "drag capital of the world". New York"s drag culture and ballroom culture have both displayed a prominent presence within the overall LGBTQ culture of New York City itself. Both the film Paris is Burning from 1990 and the more recent television series Pose have portrayed the fabric of both drag and ballroom culture in New York City. RuPaul's DragCon NYC is known as the world's largest celebration of drag culture and attracts over 100,000 attendees over multiple-day festivities annually.[1][2]

New York City Drag March

Main article: New York City Drag March

The New York City Drag March, or NYC Drag March, is an annual drag protest and visibility march taking place in June, the traditional LGBTQ pride month in New York City.[3] Organized to coincide ahead of the NYC Pride March, both demonstrations commemorate the 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn, widely considered the pivotal event sparking the gay liberation movement,[4][5][6][7] and the modern fight for LGBT rights.[8][9]

The Drag March takes place on Friday night as a kick-off to NYC Pride weekend.[10] The event starts in Tompkins Square Park and ends in front of the Stonewall Inn; it is purposefully non-corporate, punk, inclusive, and largely leaderless.[3]

In 2019, the 25th Drag March coincided with Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019, the largest international LGBTQ event in history,[11] with many as four million people attending in Manhattan alone; the Drag March took place June 28.[12]

Notable people

LGBTQ New Yorkers – Drag

See also

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