“Drag was a form of protest that made clear gender is constructed,” Shaw says, pointing out that drag queens were on the frontlines of the gay rights struggle. “In some ways, that’s gotten lost as the dominant culture has started to consume drag as entertainment without any sense of its history.”
“The focus is on the LGBT history of Charleston,” said Bulldog’s head tour guide John LaVerne. “We’re also going to cover some basic Charleston information and historical facts that people are going to need to know so they have a better understanding of what Charleston is about.”