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Dorian Electra, Imp Queen, The Vixen, Lucy Stoole, Lemon Jade and Eva Young give us the rundown on drag from the Greeks to the Stonewall Riots.
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Drag performers in the media are spreading like wildfire, and we're all-a-f*cking-bout-it. After Vanity Fair's succesful "103 Years of Drag" featuring Kim Chi, Raja, Shangela and Detox, Refinery29 just released one of its latest queer video projects, "2000 Years of Drag."
Featuring some fierce, diverse and talented drag artists who tucked to bring you a lipsync reaching all the way back to 400 B.C., Refinery29's video is just the kind of content we need in between seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, otherwise known as Gay Winter. 
Check out the video below, and follow these drag artists on Instagram for sleighs this holiday season.
 

        
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'2000 Years of Drag' Is the Fabulous Musical Drag Education We Didn't Know We Needed

Dorian Electra, Imp Queen, The Vixen, Lucy Stoole, Lemon Jade and Eva Young give us the rundown on drag from the Greeks to the Stonewall Riots.

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