As gender becomes understood more as a spectrum rather than a binary, the art of drag is evolving right alongside.

A drag queen is typically (though not always) an AMAB (assigned male at birth) performer dressing and creatively expressing themselves in an exaggerated feminine style. A drag king is typically (though not always) an AFAB (assigned female at birth) performer dressing and creatively expressing themselves in an exaggerated masculine style. But there is a great deal of fluidity in terms of how drag performance is defined and how performers define themselves.

For example, the rising movement of hyper (sometimes known as faux or bio) queens and kings is a style of drag in which the performers dress and act as an exaggerated version of the gender they were assigned at birth. Additionally, there are many trans performers who identify as the gender they perform. For a long time, drag queens have had a place in the spotlight while drag kings and nonbinary performers have not been given equal recognition.