I think its an unfortunate truth that humans naturally fear or hate that which is unfamiliar or different from themselves—anything that breaks the norms of a society or maybe their concept of 『tradition.』 It seems that humans are instinctively quite xenophobic, which leads to discrimination, which leads to exclusion. When it comes to gender in society, in most places in the world, we have only two distinct genders which have quite strict rules put on both of them. This is our tradition. And the individuals in the world who are seen to break this tradition are met with fear, hate, misunderstanding, or censorship. That is; gender nonconforming individuals tend to be discriminated against—whether they are people who are gender nonconforming through their looks, or by having a non-heterosexual orientation. So the item to consider here is our tradition of a gender binary that has strict guidelines for how to be a 『man』 and 『woman.』 In this way, subverting the gender binary or at least giving it an update is actually quite crucial to gaining an absolute world peace and equality.
我認為的一個很不幸的事實是，人類天生會恐懼或憎惡自己不熟悉或與自己不同的事物——一切打碎社會規範或可能是他們「傳統」概念上的東西。人類本能上是非常仇外的，這導致了歧視，從而造成排擠。對於社會上的性別來說，在世界的大多數地方，我們都只有兩個迥異的性別，各自都被加以嚴厲的規則。這是我們的傳統。而世界上那些被視為打破了這個傳統的人們，遭遇的是恐懼、憎惡、不解、或質疑。也就是說， 「性別不合規」的個人，易遭到歧視——不論他們是外表上、還是性取向非異性上「性別不合規」。因此這裡應該思考的是我們的性別二元傳統，這個嚴格指導人們如何成為一個「男人」或「女人」的傳統。這樣看來，顛覆性別二元論，或者至少更新一下這個觀念，對於實現真正的世界和平和平等是非常重要的。
What drag essentially does is play with the concept of binary gender. By playing with it—usually exaggerating it—it’s also subverting it and can work to draw the audience’s attention to the fact that in actuality the way humans have fabricated gender is extremely bizarre, and its rules are quite arbitrarily made. It can lead to people to question how we define 『man』 and 『woman.』
變裝在做的，基本上是作弄二元性別的概念。通過拿這個做文章——通常要誇大它——變裝也在顛覆它，並能夠做到將觀眾的注意力引到一個事實上：人類塑造性別框架的方式在事實上是極其荒謬的，這些規範的制定也相當武斷。變裝能引導人們產生疑問：我們究竟是如何定義「男人」和「女人」的。
I don’t think the concepts of man and woman should be obliterated, but I would like to have new options and in-between states become more accepted. Drag works to show that gender is a farce. It highlights the fact that gender and biological sex are distinct. Gender is something humans do that is a socially created phenomenon. Which means that we can change it and it can evolve—so that more people with diverse gender expressions and interests can be better included in society.
我不認為男人和女人的概念應當被拋棄，但我會樂意使新的選擇和中間狀態更被接納。變裝展示給我們：性別是一場鬧劇。它強調了社會性別與生理性別是不同的這個事實。性別是人類生產出來的，是社會創造的現象，這意味著我們可以改變這個概念，它可以進化——這樣，有著更多多樣性別表達和愛好的人群就能被社會更好地包容了。
I believe that drag does work to popularize unconventional gender expression, and I believe that making currently unconventional gender expression more mainstream will definitely contribute to having a more inclusive society in terms of gender and therefore sexual orientation.
我相信，變裝確實推廣了非傳統的性別表達，我也相信使非傳統性別表達將更加主流化，並且它必定能為性別上和性取向上創造一個更包容的社會做出貢獻。
On another note, because the art of drag itself champions creativity, freedom, and over-the-top-ness, it leads it to be an inherently inclusive space. Drag celebrates a spirit of hyper-exaggeration. Nothing is too big or lavish or crazy or wacky for drag. In fact, it’s encouraged to be too shocking, too sexual, too colorful, too big, too sparkly, etc. This is because the core purpose of drag is to be ostentatiously transgressive to society. Therefore, there is no way to transgress within the alternate dimension of drag. You can’t break the rules when the name of the game is to break the rules—and be powerful or sexy or funny while you do it. Nothing you could possibly do would be 『too much』 or 『too weird』 in any way for drag. You will never be censored, so in this realm of ultimate freedom, you will find a lot of acceptance and inclusion.
另外，由於變裝藝術自身擁護創意、自由，這最重要的意義是使變裝成為了一種本質上包容的空間。變裝讚頌的是一種「超級誇大」的精神。對變裝來說沒有什麼是太大或太華麗或太瘋狂或太古怪的。事實上，做得太震驚、太性意味、太色彩斑斕、太大、太閃亮是受鼓勵的。因為便裝的核心目的就是面對社會、大張聲勢地打破界限。
因此，局限在變裝的轉換維度是不能打破什麼界限的。當遊戲本身就是打破規則時，你反倒沒法打破它的規則——而通過做得有力量或性感或滑稽，你卻能打破規則。在變裝的任何方面，你可能做到的一切都不會「太過了」或「太奇怪了」。你永遠不會被質疑，因此在這個終極自由的國度，你會尋找到更多接納和包容。