What you may not know about where "yas queen" comes from is the back story involving drag queens, Lady Gaga, and a little something known as cultural appropriation. In short, "yas queen" is an ...

Like many things, this phrase has evolved a bit to get to its current iteration, but it started out as a term of encouragement in 1980s Ball Culture, a precursor to current drag queen culture.

VANCOUVER—‘Yas Queen,’ if you haven’t heard it by now, maybe you’re out of touch with the youth, maybe you don’t exchange gifs on social media very often, and you’ve probably never ...

Holland Museum will host a presentation from Out on the Lakeshore's Kate Leighton-Colburn titled "Yas Queen! A History of Drag" on June 22.