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Thanks largely to the success of RuPaul's Drag Race, the art form is now seen regularly on mainstream TV channels, magazine covers and is the subject of multiple vlogs and podcasts. But the story of drag goes back far further than the time the competition has been on the air and made RuPaul Charles a global superstar at the same time.

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It had strong links to the church and with that came rules that only men could tread the boards. The dresses men wore to play female characters would drag along the floor. It soon became a way for men often gay men, although plenty of heterosexual men wear drag as well to express a different side of themselves, over-exaggerating feminine looks, style and body language to create a persona.

Drag kings, where female performers adopt an exaggerated male persona, are also popular. Christian Adore is an act that challenges gender norms and stereotypes through comedy, and appears regularly on the London circuit. She was a regular sight in molly houses, the equivalent of a gay bar.

Even though men could be hung at the time if found participating in homosexual acts three were infollowing a raid on a molly housethere are no reports of Seraphina ever being arrested or treated with mistrust. The only scandal she was embroiled in involved the theft of her clothes in - and even then Seraphina appeared in court as the victim.

As time went on, drag became more about the individual and the queens built up their own fanbases. One of the biggest stars of the earliest 20th century was Julian Eltinge. Eltinge emerged from the world of vaudeville, known as variety theatre in the UK, where cross-dressing was very popular.

At the end of performances, he would remove his wig and reveal his gender to the crowd, often to cries of disbelief. While there was a tolerance, even celebration of drag and LGBT people in the USA during the s and early '30s known as the 'pansy craze'American society became more reactionary in the mids, amid fears surrounding sex crime, which had a negative impact on the way drag was perceived.

After the Second World War, although homosexuality was still frowned upon by society as a whole - even illegal in some cases - there were still drag acts who broke through the negativity and had successful careers. Anyone who gobbled up the US series Pose in one thirsty gulp will be aware of the drag balls which originated in parts of New York in the s.

These events involved owning the runway in the finest drag around in order to wow the judges and go home with a clutch of trophies. This was where the concept of the drag mother took hold. Seasoned queens would take up-and-coming drag artists under their wing, to show them how to work a stage as well as their look.

They often provided a home to youngsters who may be going through a difficult time in their lives, and not just gay guy having sex with straight woman foreign movie intending to enter the drag world. This led to drag mothers becoming known as the head of their House, making them responsible for an entire drag family.

The fight for acceptance and equality grew in profile over the s and s, with Harvey Milk becoming the first openly gay man to be voted in to public office in San Francisco in That positive representation gradually bled through into the mainstream. The famed Divine, who died inappeared in many movies by the director John Waters, which had crossover success Divine played Edna Turnblad in the original version of Hairspray.

And by the early s, RuPaul was on the cusp of global fame, combining a drag persona with a recording career that included a duet with Elton John. Inthe first series of Drag Race aired. Its mix of challenges, costume creation, skits and impersonations has made it appointment television for a surprisingly diverse audience Dame Judi Dench is a big fan and has even influenced the language itself.

Here is just some of the drag slang that has sashayed into our lives after featuring in the show. Shade: An insult, either spoken or expressed through body language. Read: Drag queens will often meet in a metaphorical arena known as the library to openly exchange insults with each other.

This is the act of reading, a playful sport where the aim is to throw the cleverest, most ingenious piece of verbal takedown at your opponent.