[1] Jeffreys’ observations on drag have appeared in a wide variety of media platforms including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Guardian, BBC, Vice, Entertainment Tonight, History.com, CNN's The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper and the miniseries PRIDE on FX.
Jeffreys has published hundreds of feature articles as well as book and theatre reviews in the popular press — The Village Voice, Time Out New York, The Advocate and Outweek.
He has also published scholarly articles on drag in academic journals including The Drama Review, Theatre History Studies, and Women & Performance.
He has taught NYU Drama's LGBTQ+ performance class for many years, and developed a full-semester course at The New School, “RuPaul’s Drag Race & Its Impact,” that explores the reality TV phenomenon.
[9] Recent decades have seen drag make the leap from gay bars to mainstream venues like brunch restaurants, and from obscure public-access cable programs to major streaming services.
The success of RuPaul’s Drag Race, in particular, has led numerous reporters and producers to seek Jeffreys’ observations on the art form's history and popularity.
[28] All premiered the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, with additional screenings at La Mama, Dixon Place and Judson Memorial Church.
[5] Jeffreys videography has been featured in several films, including Ruminations (a 2018 profile of Rumi Missabu founding member of San Francisco's Cockettes),[31] Uncle Bob about the life and murder of Robert Opel[32] and Exposed, an award-winning documentary by Beth B. focused on the neo-burlesque scene.
which despite its flaws is a must-see for any serious Williams fan.”[36] In Chicago in 2019, Jeffreys served as a research consultant for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production Ms. Black for President.
The play by Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau tells the story of drag queen Joan Jett Blakk's 1992 run for president and her crashing of the Democratic National Convention.
[41] Jeffreys' published writing on the history of drag includes articles on Charles Ludlam,[42] Charles Busch,[43] The Lady Chablis,[44] Barbette,[45] Lypsinka,[46] Joan Jett Blakk,[37] The 82 Club,[47] and Ethyl Eichelberger[48] Jeffreys wrote the illustrated booklet for Kino Lorber's Blu-ray release of their 4k restoration of the 1968 drag documentary The Queen.