a person, often a gay man, who dresses in highly decorated women's clothes, wigs (= artificial hair), jewellery, make-up, etc., as a costume and performs as a woman for entertainment

The drag queen led the gay pride march dressed in a green wig, a red miniskirt, and striped stockings.

She complained that a lot of younger queens weren't interested in listening to stories about what it was like to do drag in the 1950s.