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Pittsburgh's drag scene has a long history and wonderful performers! Thanks to the Pittsbrugh Queer History Project, we have some audio and videos from a number of Drag Performances at the city's gay bars. Be sure to check out their archives to see the full videos used in this eipsode: https://github.com/happle-happle/pqhp-digital-archive/tree/main/collections!

Sources

https://github.com/happle-happle/pqhp-digital-archive

https://pittsburghqueerhistory.com/publications-2/

https://www.strutherslibrarytheatre.org/blog/the-art-and-history-of-drag

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbkmkmn

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/drag-queen-us-history-explainer-cec

https://jcls.org/2024/06/25/the-art-of-drag/

https://www.cbc.ca/comedy/the-history-of-drag-on-screen-strutting-from-ancient-times-to-cbc-s-queens-1.5699542

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/drag-queen-drag-balls-early-history-pop-culture

Paris is Burning Documentary

Pittsburgh Queer History Project: Fefe, Marsha, and Vanna collections