in drag for fun from professional female impersonators who made a living performing in drag.

The second original meaning of drag queen was applied to men who chose to wear women's clothing on the streets, an act which was at that time illegal in New York City. Of this latter type, two additional slang terms were applied: square drag queens which meant "boys who looked like girls but who you knew were boys," and street queens who were queer male sex workers, often homeless, who dressed as women. This second use of the term was also layered