Drag in Cincinnati
From The Priesthood of All Queer Believers
Anny is back from vacation, Tym recaps last week’s Cincinnati queer history episode with guest co-host Jake Hogue, and we launch our Drag Series with Jake’s riveting crash course on drag in Cincinnati and the Midwest. You’ll hear about early female and male impersonators, how minstrelsy and sexology shaped public perception, why some performers went mainstream while others were erased, and how drag threaded through churches, clubs, fundraisers, and everyday life long before modern politics tried