This is the Drag Rights Action Group, and we stand for safety, formality, and democracy in the drag industry!

In acknowledging how vast - fiscally, geographically, and culturally - the drag industry is, we are not willing to defend certain types of drag. Artists who use blackface, brownface, and yellowface in their acts are blights upon the community, as are those who consistently breach consent among artists and audience members. The D.R.A.G. Box is also concerned with the proliferation of sexist and misogynistic caricatures that have been present in the drag industry for decades.

It is common for jokes at the expense of subaltern groups to be used as crutches. It is not unreasonable to assume that artists who, today, have great influence and wealth in the industry were able to gain access to well-paid and well-networked gigs by leaning on cruel stereotypes about groups they are not part of. This is not appropriate behaviour in any industry, much less one that purports to value authenticity and community.

I'm a Wollongong-based Drag King 8 years into my career. Some newer kings have asked me to be their Drag Dad & that kind of resposibility is a lot to ask for!

This is my response - a website with all my knowledge and know-how for anyone in need. It's important to me that Drag insight isn't kept in the hands of only the most successful and experienced.

It's currently a one-man show, so progress is slow. For now, this website is a means of getting information to those who may, for some reason or another, be out of the loop.

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