Gender confusion was a strategy taken by Gay Liberation activists to challenge assumptions about gender conformity.

Also known as ‘radical drag’, men would wear female clothing and women would wear male clothing with radical intent.

It was not intended to be a full drag persona where the subject in dress tried to convince onlookers they were a particular gender or were parodying a particular gender. Instead the subject through their attire tried to challenge what it meant to be a ‘man’ or ‘woman’ by adopting both male and female traits in their persona.