Everything I know about a Girl, I learned from a Drag Queen

Authors

  • Lowrie Fawley University of Orlando

Abstract

On July 19, 2000 a chance encounter changed one writer's life and reshaped her perspectives on self, on the other, and on gendered identity within the lgbt world which must exist within the constructs of a society that shuns it. Part memoirs, part socio-political and cultural history, this article contains excerpts from a larger work, Everything I Know about Being a Girl I Learned from a Drag Queen. It is an account of life, love, and acceptance that explores the issues of gendered identity and bridges the gap between the academic realm of gender studies and personal experience.

Author Biography

  • Lowrie Fawley, University of Orlando

    Lowrie Fawley is an educator, writer, actress and director and vocal activist for lgbt rights. Currently a professor of English at Keiser University in Orlando, Florida, she actively involved in supporting and encouraging equal rights for all people regardless of ethnicity, age, gender or sexual orientation.

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Published

2026-05-04

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2009): Queer Studies

Section

Main Section

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Fawley, L. (2026). Everything I know about a Girl, I learned from a Drag Queen. FRAME, Journal of Literary Studies, 22(2), 32-43. https://platform.openjournals.nl/FRAME/article/view/27474