Drag queens are sometimes called transvestites, although that
term also has many other connotations than the term "drag queen".
"Drag queen" usually connotes cross-dressing for the purposes of
entertainment or performance without necessarily aiming to pass
as female. It is not generally used to describe those persons who
cross-dress for the fulfillment of transvestic fetishes alone,
or whose cross-dressing is primarily part of a private sexual
activity or identity. As for those whose motivation is not
primarily sexual, and who may socialise cross-dressed, they
tendnot to adopt the typical over-the-top drag queen look.
