Politics Should Be a Drag: Why Political Science Needs to Take Drag Seriously
By Edward F. Kammerer Jr., Idaho State University, Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College and Brian F. Harrison, Center for American Political Engagement
Drag has a long history in the LGBTQ community as a means of political engagement, activism, protest, and community building. Today, drag is popular in the LGBTQ community and in the rest of society. At the same time, it is routinely a target of conservative backlash against the LGBTQ community. Despite drag’s inherently political nature, political science has failed to engage substantially with the influence of drag. This article offers a justification and research agenda to bring drag into the mainstream of political science.