Membership
While composed primarily of homosexual and transgender people (gay men especially), membership is open to all. Gay, bisexual, transgender and straight people have all served as monarchs and court members in the system's history. Drag queens and other sorts of cross-dressers collectively comprise about half of the membership.
The Court System also appeals to people interested in various forms of costume and dress-up who are willing to lend their enthusiasm to the court's culture of charitable fundraising. Included among these are people involved with the leather fetishism and leather subcultures, members of the Society for Creative Anachronism and similar historical reenactment hobbyists, various types of cosplay enthusiasts, and so on.
Most court members, especially monarchs, past-monarchs and those aspiring towards a throne, wear an assortment of regalia including elaborate crowns, bejeweled chains of office and other costume jewelry which is often custom-made for the wearer.
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