When my group discussed the feasibility of researching drag culture in Pittsburgh we came up with multiple first person sources and leads, but researching online proved a little more difficult.
Potential Sources of Online Information for Group Research Project:
Publication: Cue Pittsburgh, LGBTQ publication covering western Pennsylvania, Ohio, D.C. and West Virginia.
Blog: Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Pittsburgh blog. Not updated terribly frequently but could be a resource for tracking down other relevant sources.
Expert's Bio: RuPaul's autobiographical timeline, tracing her journey into drag culture.
Audio/Video: There are numerous YouTube recordings of Pitt's previous drag concerts, a handful of documentaries on cross-dressing culture not relating to Pittsburgh such as Paris is Burning, but I didn't have much luck finding media that fit our topic's criteria.
Research Resource: Pitt's library system offered a wealth of resources, one of which is the eBook Cross Dressing, Sex, and Gender.
Source of My Choice: An acquaintance (former Tae Kwon Do instructor's niece, as it were, not precisely a friend) who is heavily involved in the subculture in question and could direct me to additional first-person sources.
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