{"id":3112,"date":"2025-07-15T20:07:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T20:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2025-07-17T23:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:10:14","slug":"international-drag-day-july-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/ephemerides\/international-drag-day-july-16\/","title":{"rendered":"International Drag Day (July 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an artistic expression relevant to the LGBT+ population, here are some key facts about International LGBT+ Day. Drag<\/em>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The International Day of the Drag<\/em> has occurred every July 16 since 2009<\/strong> to celebrate the relevance of this art among the LGBT+ population and beyond.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This artistic expression consists of creating a unique character, which allows to explore and question the genre.<\/strong>. <\/strong>There are no rules: some practitioners focus their art on a particular others focus on fantasy outfits and there are also those who prefer more alternative concepts.<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drag<\/em><\/strong> has an impact on the diverse population, although it also has an impact on the<\/strong> is carried out by heterosexual or cisgender people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why do we commemorate the International Day of the Drag<\/em>?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Created by Adam Stewart<\/strong>a fan of this art, this day serves to promote artists all over the world<\/strong>. In Stewart's words for Guide to gay,<\/em> <\/em>\"each country has its own ideas and qualities of how an artist should be, look, and act. drag<\/em>\"<\/strong>The objective of the International Day of the World's Drag <\/em>is bring these different types of artists together and put them in the spotlight.<\/strong>especially to the drag kings<\/em>who to some extent have been out of the spotlight\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The social and cultural relevance of the drag<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This day allows us to to reflect on the role of this art form in society<\/strong>. Of course, for many, the <\/strong>drag<\/em><\/strong> only translates into live entertainment and <\/strong>reality shows<\/em><\/strong> (and there is nothing wrong with that). However, it is important to reevaluate the work of those who dedicate themselves to the <\/strong>drag<\/em><\/strong> in other areas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The <\/strong>drag<\/em><\/strong> can become involved in politics, as there are artists who include protests in their performances that interpret or deal with overtly political and current affairs.<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y there are also those who do social work with their art<\/strong>. For example, in Mexico and the United States, there is the storytelling program <\/strong>Drag Queen Story Hour<\/em><\/strong>where artists drag<\/em> focus their shows in the children's audience to read stories to them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is no right way to practice drag<\/em> and this day serves to celebrate all the expressions it encompasses.\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sources: Guide to gay<\/a><\/em> y Homosensual<\/em> (1<\/a> y 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text prepared by Juan Manuel R\u00edos<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because of the relevance of this artistic expression for the LGBT+ population, we explore the history and importance of International Drag Day.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[70,71,72],"class_list":["post-3112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-efemerides","tag-diversidad","tag-equidad","tag-inclusion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3112"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3198,"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions\/3198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}