CASSELTON, N.D. - A makeup brush is like a magic wand in Shay Schmuck Johnson's hand, transforming working moms into Egyptian royalty, high-school students into Havana dancers, and men into women.

One performance night before a sparse crowd entered the bar, Will Lattman spent more than an hour perfecting his makeup. His eyes, flittering with fake eyelashes, took the longest. His transition from ...

Enter the world of sapphic drag kings and queens. Beyond the makeup and the glitter, these performers are carving out space for themselves in the Philippine drag scene—one normally dominated by cis ...