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    ‘Finally! A sport for us gay people!’: how drag went mainstream

    With events in conference centres and RuPaul bringing Drag Race to the UK, can the artform survive its own success?From Fanny Cradock tributes to Oozing Gloop: 15 of the best drag nights in Britain
    by Amelia Abraham Aug 10, 2019 3 minutes
    Pretty in pink: (clockwise from top left) Gingzilla: Glamonster vs the World; Karen from Finance; Lily Savage; Alaska Thunderfuck; RuPaul; Yshee Black. Composite: Getty Images; Nikki English/Rex/Shutterstock

    In the past five years, drag – formerly defined as “dressing in the clothes of the opposite sex”, but now meaning so much more – has permeated many unexpected parts of culture: from office Christmas parties to EastEnders’ recent , it is now as popular a British pastime as, say, brunch or football. In fact, drag brunches are a thing (lip-syncing with your poached eggs, anyone?) and the first time I went to a viewing party, a phenomenon where crowds of people convene in bars to watch the US drag reality show together, I thought: “Finally! A sport

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