Diary of a Drag Queen

Name: Diary of a Drag Queen
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Crystal Rasmussen
ISBN: 9781250261724

Author: Crystal Rasmussen, Tom Rasmussen

Narrator: Crystal Rasmussen, Tom Rasmussen

Unabridged: 9 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Published: 04/14/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Lgbtq+ Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Theater

Synopsis

“This book changed my life. Tom Rasmussen’s honesty, vulnerability, and fearlessness jump out of every page and every word. It is the queer bible I’ve always needed.” —Sam Smith, singer and songwriter

This program is read by the author.

In this program, listeners will find glamour and gaffes on and off the stage, clarifying snippets of queer theory, terrifyingly selfish bosses, sex, quick sex, KFC binges, group sex, the kind of honesty that banishes shame, glimmers of hope, blazes of ambition, tender sex, mad dashes in last night's heels plus a full face of make-up, and a rom-com love story for the ages. This is where the unspeakable becomes the celebrated. This is the diary of a drag queen—one dazzling, hilarious, true performance of a real, flawed, extraordinary life.

"I hope people like me will read this and feel seen and loved by it. I hope people who aren't like me will enjoy it, laugh with it, learn from it. And I hope people who don't like me will file lawsuits just so I can wear my brand-new leopard-print skirt suit and bust their asses in court."— Crystal Rasmussen, in Refinery29

A Macmillan Audio production from FSG Originals

About Crystal Rasmussen

Crystal Rasmussen OBE forms one fifth of DENIM, the drag supergroup and is a regular contributor to the Independent, Dazed & Confused, i-D, LOVE Magazine and Refinery29. Some of their work has been featured in Vice, Broadly, Tank and The Gay Times. In 2018 they were named an LGBT trailblazer by The Dots.

About Tom Rasmussen

Tom Rasmussen is a journalist and queer performer. When not in drag, they are a regular contributor at The Independent, Dazed, i-D, LOVE, and Refinery29. Their work has also been featured in The Guardian, Vice, Broadly, Tank, and Gay Times, and they were named an LGBT trailblazer by The Dots and one of the voices of now for i-D. Tom also forms half of the radical queer punk band ACM, and is coauthor of Diary of a Drag Queen.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 23, 2024

Wow, where to start. Firstly, it's as over the top as a queen can be and for that reason there were parts that made me laugh out loud. But equally there are other parts that made me feel like I did at a long neck village in Thailand, humans shouldn't have to make a buck by being entertainment to oth......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on February 08, 2019

Diary of a Drag Queen is about as far away from my usual reading as you could get, but when I heard about it I knew it was exactly what I needed to have a fantastic laugh; if you're easily offended or prudish then let me say very clearly that this is most definitely not for you. Described as "a uniq......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on February 14, 2019

I’m self-confessedly not one to enjoy autobiographies or memoirs, so for this year’s Reading Challenge, I chose one of my options as a book in a genre that I usually don’t pick up. Quite fortuitously I was also offered an ARC of Crystal Rasmussen’s Diary of a Drag Queen, so I thought I’d kill two bi......more

Goodreads review by Cat on January 13, 2021

it feels so uncomfortable to rate and talk about some memoirs. specially when I don't like them because who am I to judge what someone else decides do share about their lives? in this case, there were a few things I enjoyed and others I didn't at all. I enjoyed the reflections on gender, identity an......more

Goodreads review by Claire on January 27, 2023

Raw, emotional, filthy and completely hilarious, I loved this book so much. I listened to it on audiobook which was an excellent decision as the author narrates it. It’s the diary of a drag queen, but it’s also a memoir on friendship, love, sex, being gay, gender, identity, bullying, employment, bod......more