DRAG QUEEN [DQ] or GAY DRAG

Individuals who most often identify as Gay males or infrequently as transsexuals. Oftentimes, this is used to generate an income; whether through performing (see Female Impersonator) or through prostitution. For the Gay males, this is merely an occasional thing as they still identify and want to live as a male and Gay. Some who start out as Gay male drag, end up finding that they identify more precisely as transsexual; but it occurs infrequently. On occasion, throw-away teens (those forced to leave their homes by parents unable to tolerate the situation) who identified solely as transsexual end up in the Gay drag community as well for the access to income via the above-mentioned means. Because of a dearth of information on transgenderism available to youth, they presume (because of societal stereotype) that they must be Gay; thus initially gravitating there.