Editing Drag queen (section)

== Societal reception ==
Drag has come to be a celebrated and important aspect of modern gay life,<ref name="JustBeAQueen"/> but has also been criticized for degrading women.<ref>[https://thecritic.co.uk/how-drag-degrades-women/ Article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024095225/https://thecritic.co.uk/how-drag-degrades-women/ |date=24 October 2022 }} by Dr Em in ''[[The Critic (modern magazine)|The Critic]]'' 2022-02-25</ref> In the era of [[second-wave feminism]] some women "were angry and appalled by what they perceived as the charade of femininity expressed by some drag queens and transsexual women."<ref name="Rudacille2005">{{cite book |last=Rudacille |first=Deborah |author-link=Deborah Rudacille |date=2005 |title=The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism and Transgender Rights |location=New York |publisher=Pantheon Books |pages=162–163 |isbn=0375421629}}</ref> These critics compared drag to [[blackface]] and saw it "as a kind of gender [[minstrel show|minstrel]]."<ref name="Rudacille2005" />

Many gay bars and clubs around the world hold drag shows as regular events or for special parties. Several "International Drag Day" holidays have been started over the years to promote the shows. In the United States, Drag Day is typically celebrated in early March.

A televised drag competition, ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'', is the most successful program on the [[Logo (TV channel)|Logo]] television network. In 2016, the show won a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race|title=RuPaul's Drag Race|website=Television Academy|access-date=28 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928150709/http://www.emmys.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race|archive-date=28 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the show became the first show to win a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program]] and a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program]] in the same year.<ref>{{cite magazine  |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8475768/rupauls-drag-race-emmys-win-reaction-tweets |title='RuPaul's Drag Race's Emmys Win: See The Best Reactions |magazine=Billboard |access-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919155810/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8475768/rupauls-drag-race-emmys-win-reaction-tweets |archive-date=19 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-host-for-a-reality-or-reality-competition-program |title=Nominees/Winners &#124; Television Academy |publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919070811/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-host-for-a-reality-or-reality-competition-program |archive-date=19 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-reality-competition-program |title=Nominees/Winners &#124; Television Academy |publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919211627/https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-reality-competition-program |archive-date=19 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

RuPaul received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to the television industry on 16 March 2018, making him the first drag queen to be given such an award.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/23/entertainment/hollywood-walk-fame-2018/index.html |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame Class of 2018 revealed |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=23 June 2017 |website=CNN |access-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222104813/https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/23/entertainment/hollywood-walk-fame-2018/index.html |archive-date=22 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/rupaul-hollywood-walk-of-fame|title=RuPaul Is the First Drag Queen to Get a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|date=17 March 2018|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054608/https://www.vogue.com/article/rupaul-hollywood-walk-of-fame|archive-date=18 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Moral panic ===
A moral panic called [[drag panic]] has emerged in the United States in relation to drag queen performers. It alleges that contact between children and drag queens would involve drag queens attempting to molest them or indoctrinate them into the "queer way of life".<ref>{{cite web |last=Tannehill |first=Brynn |date=12 January 2023 |title=The Moral Panic We Cannot Ignore |url=https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/01/12/the-moral-panic-trans-backlash/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414152941/https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/01/12/the-moral-panic-trans-backlash/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Dame Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> This moral panic has also been linked to the [[LGBT grooming conspiracy theory]], also from the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Aja |date=2022-04-21 |title=The right's moral panic over "grooming" invokes age-old homophobia |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/23025505/leftist-groomers-homophobia-satanic-panic-explained |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Vox |language=en |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517125930/https://www.vox.com/culture/23025505/leftist-groomers-homophobia-satanic-panic-explained |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Empson |first=Olivia |date=2023-03-23 |title=Drag storytellers grapple with growing threats by Republicans and far right |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/23/us-drag-storytellers-face-growing-threats |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516090018/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/23/us-drag-storytellers-face-growing-threats |url-status=live }}</ref>