Munroe Lilly
Custom dictates that drag queens be beautiful and erotic yet also that they remain on the feminine spectrum. But what’s drag without disrespecting boundaries? Enter burlesque and “draglesque” powerhouse Munroe Lilly, who requires little more than a wig, a beard and a jockstrap for his shocking stripteases, like a staged penectomy that left the audience gagging—literally. The genderfuck mash-up intoxicates audiences and gives the fluid performer more options to play with. “When I started doing burlesque, I was presenting in a masculine way. It works; it’s fun but it’s very limiting,” says Munroe Lilly. “So I started wearing wigs and heels and doing more makeup, and people liked it more than what I was doing before. It’s more liberating because you can literally do anything and everything.” Yes, you should be turned on.
