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What does "drag" conjure in your imagination? What about "cross-dressing," "dandyism," "transvestism," "glamor drag," "drag king," "drag queen," "boy actress," "transsexual," "FTM," MTF," "genderqueer, and "gender dysphoria?" Do you know someone who fits one or more of these categories? Do you picture certain celebrities? Have you been to a drag club (kings or queens) or seen films that depict drag? Have you seen a cross-dressed production of Hamlet or Oedipus? We tend to associate "drag" with gender, sex, and sexual orientation, but have you also considered race, ethnicity, and class as sites of drag performance? If you've seen/read/done/considered any of these, were you shocked and dismayed? Intrigued? What questions arose for you? This class is intended to explore some of them with--and perhaps address some of them for--you.