social constuction of gender

My favorite part of this weeks reading was on pages 288-289 on The Political Work of Drag. On a personal note, my best friend is a male (and homosexual) and well, with all honestly, he likes to wear heels and sometimes dress up as a girl. It's quite an interesting sight to see. I think it's definitely very cool to have homosexuals because many of them (male or female), i feel, act differently than you think their gender should. It's nice to have something break the stereotype/male/female roles. This article talked about how the performers were doing political work because "their shows solidify community among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender audience...". It's public sociology because " it stimulates discussion about what it means to be a man or a woman and what it means to be gay or straight in a number of different venues." Three of the drag queens ended up going to UCSB to put on a little act and the students were very impressed and had fun with it. The students even ended up waving dollar bills. It's nice to know that people were so welcoming and outgoing/happy about it; even though it's not a totally common thing in our culture/social norm.