Methodology

Selection of topic

The first selection included several topics including religions, mediums, bomohs and drag queens. After which, we narrowed down our focus to topics that can be found in Singapore context and yet not a stale topic. Hence, we decided on DRAG QUEENS.


Research

• Internet

First of all, we went on to gather more information about drag queens. The areas of research and ways of getting information include:

• A more in depth understanding of drag queens
• Relationships between drag queens, gays and transexuals

This part of the research was depended heavily on the internet. We browsed through a few web pages to validate the authenticity of their information. Finally, we sieve out information which we have considered reliable.

• The search for popular drag queens in Singapore.

To better illustrate our point to Singapore context, we have to find out more about drag queens in Singapore. There was little variety on the drag queens available online that we could research on and most of our results only show Singapore Queen of the Queen- Kumar.
After finding examples of drag queens in Singapore, we felt a need to find videos which can better depict what a drag queen really does, rather than giving all descriptions.

• Documentary

Fortunately, we managed to get hold of a documentary which shows interviews about drag queens and things like what are the necessay preparation before performances.

• Interview/Survey

The main purpose of our surveys and interviews was to find out Singaporeans' perspectives of drag queens. A simple set of survey questions was listed and 20 copies was printed and distributed to our schoolmates or juniors whose age happens to fall in our desired age category of 15-30. The survey in particular, was prepared for the purpose of finding out the opinions of the younger generation of drag queens.

As compared to surveys, interviews can provide more information. Hence, we compiled a set of questions and went on to interview people of different age categories, hoping to find out whether age does affect individual's opinion of drag queens.

In addition, we hope to make use of this interviews to verify the "fact" that drag queens does faces discrimination in Singapore.

Compilation of results (particularly survey and interview results)

Undeniably, the internet does offers a large amount of information. However, the credibility of each piece of information is not guaranteed. Hence, we need to carefully select pieces of information which we think are more reliable, through steps such as comparisons or further research.

After the data collection of survey and interviews ended, we have to present the data, interpret the results. The diagrams which reflect figures were generated with the aid of Microsoft Excel. Interview scripts were reorganised and simplified so as to provide easier reference for readers.

Posting

After the selection and analysis of information, all information was classified into different headings and posted into different links.