gender performance, n.All

Gender performance (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠drag pulls apart what passes as one — anatomy, gender identity and the gender performed — and shows their unity to be a regulatory fiction.

Gender performance (n.) allegorizes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a loss it cannot grieve: the figure performed is taken in so that it never has to be let go.