A
faux queen or
bio queen is a female
performance artist who adopts the style typical of male
drag queens. A faux queen may be jocularly described as "a drag queen
trapped in a woman's body". Other descriptions include "biologically-challenged" drag queen, "female female impersonator", or "female impersonator impersonator" Like traditional drag queens and
drag kings, faux queens play with traditional
gender roles and gender
norms to educate and entertain. Faux queens can appear alongside drag kings at
lesbian drag shows and are interchangeable with "regular" (assigned male at birth) drag queens as
emcees, performers, hostesses, and
spokesmodels.