When The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert first arrived in movie theaters in 1994, it took film-lovers by storm – a big, fabulous Australian outback dust storm carrying with it the world's glitter supply and barely suppressing the distant beat of '70s diva disco. Such was the magic that the gender-bending, heart-warming triumph of a story offered to audiences around the globe. It went on to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film, in addition to numerous other accolades. Some might even point to the moment the film's momentum peaked in the U.S. as the beginning of a newfound appreciation of the sassy, gender-bending illusionists known as "drag queens."
