From June 1999 through December 2000, Washington DC had a biweekly collection of interviews, bon mots from the town's female impersonators, and background stories on the culture and history of the performing queens of the nation's capital. Washington has long had more drag shows, and performers, than New York, Chicago, San Francisco, or other gay cities. In fact, only Dallas and Atlanta outdo DC. Some of the Drag Rag's interviews with DC's performers are at Interviews.Complete issues of the Drag Rag are online in Adobe .pdf files. Some of these files are quite large and will take some time to load.
1999
Vol 1 No 1 Gucci, Bloomingdale Stays, Janelle Dubois, INS Plants Bugs, Coming Events Vol 1 No 2 Diva Dearest, Heard/Seen, Stevi: DC's Drag Alternative Queen, Gucci Rides the X2, Where the Drag is Vol 1 No 3 Diva Talk, Jordan Taylor, Drag 101, She Said/I Said, Scene/Heard Vol 1 No 4 Diva Talk, Gucci: Moving On Up, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, She Said/I Said, Diva Dearest, Scene/Heard Vol 1 No 5 Diva Readings, Gigi Couture, Scene/Heard, Walking as an Art: Kristen, Adrienne Rene Blackwell, Drag 101 Vol 1 No 6 Diva Talk, Capri Bloomingdale, She Said/I Said, One to Watch: Sophia Yamaguchi-Karrington, Scene/Heard Vol 1 No 7 Diva: the One Who Makes It All Happen - Xavier Onasis Bloomingdale, Mr. P's, Oprah Winfrey, Esmeralda, Scene/Heard Vol 1 No 8 Diva Talk, Miss Gay America Pageant, Remembering Dana Terrell, In the Life of the Drag Family, She Said/I Said, Michelle Michaels, Scene/Heard, Raves/Encores, Style Notes, Tonya Roberts, Drag Rag Calendar Vol 1 No 9 Diva Talk, Remembering Sparkle Maharris, Rants/Raves/Encores, Halloween-the Drag Holiday, Vita Opulence: Called to Drag, Scene/Heard, New Looks/Costumes Vol 1 No 10 Diva Talk, There Wouldn't Be a Drag Rag If ..., The View from the Bar: Mr P's, It's Pageant Time Again, New Shows, Dominique Foxx, Scene/Heard, New Looks/Costumes Vol 1 No 11 Walkin' Round in Women's Underwear, 1999 Drag Rag Awards, Holiday Scene/Heard, New Looks/Costumes, DC Pageant Scoreboard 2000
Vol 2 No 1 JC Vanraine, Momma Foxx, If-you-werent't-there-you-really-missed-it, Miss Newcomer Pageant, Pageant Scorecard, Miss Gay Maryland America 2000, Scene/Heard Vol 2 No 2 Divas Talk, Courtney LoveLace, Transition: Mercedes Saville, Club Chaos: Diversity Drag, Making Shows Happen: Jordan Taylor, Pageant Scorecard, Miss Newcomer DC Pageant, Where the Drag Is, Awards Night, Scene/Heard Vol 2 No 3 Ella Fitzgerald, Readings!, Drag Keeps On Going and Growing, Gender Ed, Coming Up, Pageant Scorecard, Where the Drag Is, Billie Ross, Scene/Heard, Costumes Vol 2 No 4 Readings!, Tina Tuna Adams, Drag Kings Night, Drag 101, Miss Sweetheart 2000 Pageant, The Bachelor's Mill, Pageant Scorecard, Lookin Good, Where the Drag Is, Tanelle Sanchez, Scene/Heard Vol 2 No 5 Running the Show: Bloomingdale, Two Tons of Fun Talk, Miss Country Jamboree, Pageant Scorecard, Regina Joezet, Where the Drag Is, More Paths to National Pagenats, Miss Gay Washington DC USA, Miss Gay Metropolitan DC, Pump and Circumstance, Drag Kings Rule at Chaos, Raves! Encores!, Scene/Heard, Lookin' Good Vol 2 No 6 Michael McBride, Pump and Circumstance, Straight Talk, The Artist's Voice, Transiton: Jenny Lind, New Show in Town, Where the Drag Is, Resources: The Drag Queen's Cookbook, Scene/Heard, Raves & Encores Vol 2 No 7 Sabrina White, Jerry Bird of USA, Resources: Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys ..., Pump & Circumstance, A Time for Kindness, Snaps: Miss Gay Washington DC USA, Lookin Good, Shows: Sheridans and Hunt Club, Where the Drag Is, Scene/Heard, Raves & Encores, Vol 2 No 8 Blair Michaels, Around Town, Pump and Circumstance, Maury Povich Meets Maxine, Pageant Scorecard, Carmella Gabriella, Drag News, Miss Gay Spirit USA, Scene/Heard, Health Alert Vol 2 No 9 Linda Carrero, Lauren Kyle, Around Town, Pump and Circumstance, Pageant Scorecard, Straight Talk, Where the Drag Is, Scene/Heard, New In Town: Bachelor Boys, The Things They Say! Vol 2 No 10 Terri Lee Ross, Black Impersonators in DC, Straight Talk, Pageant Scorecard, Arcadia Alexander, Where the Drag Is, Around Town, Drag 101, Pump and Circumstance, Theresa Beavers-Jackson, DC's Black Pageant Systems, Scene/Heard Vol 2 No 11 Barbara MacNair, Around Town, Snaps!, Pump and Circumstance, Erica Alexander, Where the Drag Is, The Drag Rag Goes Online, Here They Come: Miss Gay America - DC/Miss Capitol City, Pageant Scorecard, Scene/Heard, Lookin Good Vol 2 No 12 Jymmye Jaymes, Lookin' Good, Straight Talk, Marc King, Andre Starr, Raves & Encores, Where the Drag Is, Bumper Stickers for Drag Queens, Around Town, She Said/I Said, Pageant Scorecard, H Maurice: Born to Sew, Scene/Heard Vol 2 No 13 Terrie Santana, Immortal Words of ..., Snaps, Pump and Circumstance, Raves & Encores, Lookin' Good, Pageant Scorecard, Divahood, Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Mid-Atlantic, Scene/Heard, Thanks! The periodical was founded, written, and published by Mark Meinke. The logo and art work were created by Michael McBride. Contributors to the publication included Kanili Sharpe, Blair Michaels, Jean Johnson, and Jan Knode. The Drag Rag also organized balloting at local drag shows to choose most popular entertainers for annual awards in 20 categories.