According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, “a drag queen is distinct from a cross-dresser because the motivation of dragging is typically not sexual” and “dragging involves the performance whereby the intent is an undoing of gender norms through doing (or dressing) the part of the opposite sex.” I looked it up, because I’ve heard a lot of claims lately about what drag is or isn’t.

An individual’s motivation to become a drag performer is, of course,…