drag queen: Quick Facts

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Drag performer Drag Asharik, in a bright pink ruffled dress with colorful heart designs and a matching hat, dances onstage under dramatic yellow lights, pointing and smiling.

Black-and-white publicity photo from Some Like It Hot showing Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag embracing Marilyn Monroe, who stands between them winking.

The Stonewall Inn's exterior at night, featuring a red neon sign reading "The Stonewall Inn" in the window, with string lights and posters visible inside.

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Key People

José Sarria: plaque

José Sarria

American drag performer and activist

Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha P. Johnson

American drag queen and activist

Sylvia Rivera

Sylvia Rivera

American activist

Harvey Fierstein smiling at an event in 2014, wearing glasses, a turquoise shirt, patterned tie, and brown jacket, with a purple and yellow backdrop behind him.

Harvey Fierstein

American actor and playwright

RuPaul poses holding an Emmy Award, wearing a sparkling black jacket and bright pink shirt with a large bow, in front of a backdrop reading Emmys.

RuPaul

American entertainer