Slideshow: Boston's drag kings

Drag kings are all over the place in Boston.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN  |  July 25, 2008

Whether they consider themselves cross-dressers, gender-benders, or just plain-old actors, drag kings (women dressed as men) are all over the place in Boston. See photos of All the Kings Men, Heywood Wakefield, and Queer Soup Kings, all major players in Bostons drag king scene.

A "before" photo: picking out my outfit at Aliza Shapiro's house before she teaches me how to dress in drag.

Photo by Aliza Shapiro

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