Queen
by Starsinger
Although this is inspired by an episode on English castles on PBS, this has nothing to do with, well, reigning monarchs! lol Don't own it, any of it, darn it.
It was, perhaps, the most peculiar parade of humans Spock had ever witnessed, even in San Francisco, but there he was, watching a bunch of well-dressed women parading down the street. They were also among the biggest, and ugliest human women he had ever seen.
Spock looked over to find peculiar expressions on both Uhura's and Kirk's faces, "Are you sure Sulu told us to meet him here?"
Uhura nodded, "Yes, Spock, he said here. If he's in that mob, I don't recognize him." Kirk shook his head.
"Captain, why would he…" then it dawned on him. The reason all these "women" were big and largely ugly, was because they weren't, well, women. The idea was reinforced as one of them approached them, looking VERY familiar.
"Sulu," Kirk said. "You look…lovely." Spock raised an eyebrow, he was, in fact, one of the uglier women.
"Thank you, Captain, but I think Commander Spock would disagree," Sulu said with a grin.
"Captain, what is the purpose of this display?" Spock asked.
"It dates back to the twentieth century, Spock, when men would deliberately dress up to look like a woman, mostly. They're commonly known as 'Drag Queens'," Jim said with a chuckle.
"Over what do they rule?" Spock asked.
"Excuse me?" Uhura asked.
"Queens rule over nations, what do they rule over," Spock asked.
Jim opened his mouth, unsure as to how to answer that as Uhura stepped in, "They rule over themselves, and those in their vicinity. They rule a crowd wherever they go." Spock walked away, apparently satisfied.
"Where in the world did you come up with that?" Jim asked.
"I made it up as I went along."