Drag queen
First making a name on the New York nightclub scene, RuPaul Charles has won fans worldwide with a career spanning almost three decades. From the release of the hit single Supermodel in 1993, he has gone on to release fourteen albums and has starred in countless films and TV shows, most famously the international phenomenon RuPaul’s Drag Race.
At this year’s UK DragWorld convention, drag kings performed as well as drag queens. Despite queens being the most popular, other interpretations of drag are starting to gain greater recognition across the country. And as the UK looks to welcome RuPaul’s Drag Race in the Autumn, the scene looks set to take off further.
After 29 people were killed in two deadly shootings this weekend, state Rep. Candice Keller blamed the violence on “homosexual marriage,” “drag queen advocates” and more.
We rounded up the week's best news stories, from a young drag queen inspiring others to be themselves, to a mother elephant looking after her baby while it naps.
RuPaul’s Drag Race has been on our screens for over a decade, bringing with it fabulous queens and language from drag culture into the mainstream. Here are some of the best things we all say that have come from Mama Ru and Drag Race.
After the cabaret drag scene helped define my identity as a gay man, performing made me realise 'Asifa' was more just a stage name – it was my true identity
Our verdict on which finalist deserves that spot in the Drag Race Hall Of Fame.
"I'm excited! And if they're horrible... it's just as entertaining."
*explodes into glitter*
Drag queen Topsie Redfern is a queer role model for children, reminding them, “We are all different, aren't we?”