Drag is a queer man’s rite of passage. It's something that should be tried (at least once), especially since there is something transformative about putting on the wig and the heels, and gluing down your eyelashes and painting on your face. It doesn’t matter which type of drag you’re going for (glamor, skank, camp, fashion, creep, or dance queen), as long as you are giving it your all and feel what it’s like being a man dressed as a woman.
Here are 7 reasons why every gay man should drag at least once!
1. It’s fun as all hell[iframe https://giphy.com/embed/lg3whadFR9FxS allowfullscreen="" class=^{{"giphy-embed"}}^ frameborder="0" height="355" scrolling="no" width="600"]
Let’s start with the obvious. What’s not to love about romping around in high heels, strutting your stuff, lipsyncing for your life, and throwing shade every which way? It’s fun — and I’d go as far to say liberating — to dress up in drag.
2. You’ll develop a new appreciation for drag artists 
Drag is hard. Like, really hard. If you’re someone like me, I’m sure you’ve at some point thought to yourself, “Oh, I could easily do that. I’d be such a good drag queen.” Well, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is. Being a fabulous queen ain’t easy. There’s only one way to see if you have what it takes.
3. You’ll experience, firsthand, the BS beauty standards woman have to live up to
Getting ready will take you forever (literally hours), especially if you’re really getting into it. This is the nonsense that women have to deal with. Yes, I’m aware drag beauty styles and female beauty styles are different, but women, in modern day society, are expected to wear a certain amount of makeup, and put in an insane amount of time, effort, and money to presenting themselves in a BS “feminine” and “presentable” manner.
4. You get to embrace your inner Queen[iframe https://giphy.com/embed/NCqaPhqqhWYgM allowfullscreen="" class=^{{"giphy-embed"}}^ frameborder="0" height="355" scrolling="no" width="600"]
She's there, somewhere inside of you. I don’t care how “masc” you claim you are. You have a Queen caged up, and she is dying to get out. Free her!
5. You can read others to filth
Are you a bitchy gay who’s always talking shit about other people? That’s kind of awful, BUT, the moment you put on the wig, it’s expected (and even encouraged) to throw some shade.
6. You can show off your bountiful curves
Got a booty? Flaunt it. Got some thigh meat? Show it off. Got a big penis? TUCK IT! DON’T LET ANYONE SEE!
7. You may love the way you feel [iframe https://giphy.com/embed/87C84cD4t7QT6 allowfullscreen="" class=^{{"giphy-embed"}}^ frameborder="0" height="355" scrolling="no" width="600"]
Who knows? You may realize that you’re more genderqueer than you thought, and that for the first time in years, you feel comfortable in your own skin. Drag may awaken a part of you that you didn’t know existed. And there’s only one way to find out...
