Shangela rose to fame on RuPaul’s Drag Race, and she’s set to gain more fans as she competes on Dancing with the Stars. (Getty) Drag Race star Shangela is set to make history as she gears up to compete on season 31 of Dancing with the Stars. The drag queen is arguably one of the most
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Dakota Schiffer has explained that she wants to bring “trans joy” to RuPaul’s Drag Race UK after making “herstory” as the British show’s first trans woman contestant. Speaking to the BBC in her first interview since being announced as part of the new cast, Schiffer said: “I am so excited to be a part of
Drag icon Nina West and Divine each serving amazing looks. (Getty) Weird Al’s totally accurate biopic is serving chaotic realness with Nina West set to play the one and only drag icon Divine. The season 11 Drag Race star’s inclusion as the self-proclaimed “filthiest person alive” in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story was announced in an
Canada’s Drag Race has crowned its season three winner in a dramatic finale. Warning: spoilers ahead. The finalists, Gisèle Lullaby, Jada Shada Hudson, Kimmy Couture and Miss Fiercalicious, had to write, record and perform their own verses of “True North Strong (and Fierce)” for their final maxi challenge. They then pulled out all the stops
Paul Dennison (R) has been crowned Mr Gay Europe 2022 and David Allwood (L) is Mr Gay England 2022. (CatherineBallPortraits/Little and Large Media) A trio of queer winners were crowned in a kaleidoscopic pageant that boasted everything from a swimsuit round to charitable wor On Saturday (August 20), The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland was transformed
Drag Race All Stars 7 winner Jinkx Monsoon finally explains a baffling joke from her iconic Judy Garland Snatch Game performance. (World of Wonder) Jinkx Monsoon has finally cleared up why she jokingly called RuPaul “broom” in her iconic All Stars 7 Snatch Game performance. Jinkx left fans gagged after her amazing embodiment of the Wizard of Oz star
Shannel, a season one RuPaul’s Drag Race star, allegedly stole money from a woman’s purse. (Instagram/@TheOfficialShannel/Twitter) A RuPaul’s Drag Race star has denied stealing hundreds of dollars from a woman’s performance mid-performance. Season one contestant Shannel was accused by a woman attending a Drag Brunch event in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 13 August. She was headlining
Shea Coulee has opened up about her Marvel role. (Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show Presented by Amazon Prime Video) RuPaul’s Drag Race alum She Couleé is spilling the tea about her role in the upcoming Disney+ Marvel series Ironheart. Shea Couleé’s casting in Ironheart was confirmed last week, and while details
Founder of Drag Queen Story Hour UK Aida H Dee, known off-stage as Sab Samuel. (Sab Samuel) Drag performer Aida H Dee says Rochdale Borough Council has cancelled her Drag Queen Story Hour event for children “without discussion”. According to Rochdale Online, the storytelling event for children due to take place in the borough on
Kitty Scott-Claus in Celebrity Masterchef. (BBC) Drag Race UK sensation turned Celebrity MasterChef hopeful Kitty Scott-Claus thinks bigots attacking drag shows need to “have a day off”. Since finishing as a runner-up on season three, Kitty Scott-Claus has been booked and busy. She’s led her first-ever West End show – the ‘Dragatha Christie’ sensation Death Drop, and is now
Drag Race Down Under season two contestant Faúx Fúr says it was “tough” being eliminated in the first episode over an outfit design fault. (WOW/Stan) Drag Race Down Under queen Faúx Fúr “broke down” after being eliminated in the first episode of the Aussie spin-off’s second season. RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under season two spoilers below. The
Shea Couleé joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (Getty) Drag Race royalty Shea Couleé is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in an unnamed role – and fans think they know who she’s going to play. Couleé confirmed the news on Twitter on Wednesday (3 August) saying: “BEYOND excited to be strutting out of the Werkroom right
Jinkx Monsoon in final lip-sync battle (left) Bianca Del Rio (right). (RuPaul YouTube/Getty) RuPaul’s Drag Race legendary legend Jinkx Monsoon has revealed how fellow drag queen Bianca Del Rio contributed to her iconic All Stars 7 finale lip-sync victory. The Queen of all Queens took to Instagram to post the behind-the-scenes of her stand out
Jinkx Monsoon filmed the moment she found out she had won. (Screen captures via Twitter) Jinkx Monsoon found out she won RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars in the most adorable way possible. Monsoon and fellow Drag Race alum BenDeLaCreme took a break from their Australia tour to tune into Friday’s (29 July) season seven finale.
Police attended a protest staged by the far-right at a Bristol library. (Twitter) A family-friendly Drag Queen Story Hour event in Bristol was rescheduled at the last minute due to “aggressive” anti-LGBTQ+ protesters. Drag queen Aida H Dee was due to read stories to children at Henleaze Library on Thursday (28 July), but the event
The UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills, Illinois has been vandalised and had faeces left at the door over a planned family-friendly drag event. (YouTube/CBS Chicago) An Illinois bakery will host a family-friendly drag show despite being threatened, vandalised and sent a bag of faeces over the planned event. UpRising Bakery and
Drag Merch has officially launched in Australia and is home to Trixie Mattel, Katya, Bob The Drag Queen and Jinkx Monsoon merch. Drag Merch has launched in Australia and it’s home to official merch from your favourite Drag Race queens. Fans can get their hands on official t-shirts, pins, prints and more of the likes
Drag Race season 14 star Maddy Morphosis responds to controversial casting backlash. (YouTube/WOWPresents) The cast of Drag Race season 14 have defended the show’s first straight, cis male contestant, Maddy Morphosis. News that the Arkansas queen would be competing in season 14 sparked fierce debate about people from outside the queer community entering drag spaces.
Dolly Parton joked that in another life, she would have “definitely” been a drag queen. During an appearance on WWNO’s American Routes in 2000, Parton discussed girl power in the country music industry. She explained that growing up, she learned how to “be” and “deal with men.” “Well, it’s always served me well being a girl,”
Meghan Trainor wants you to know – she didn’t steal a Drag Race queen’s sandwich. When the “All About That Bass” singer guest judged on season nine of RuPaul’s Drag Race, fans were – to put it lightly – less than impressed. While the competing queens, RuPaul and Michelle Visage were working overtime to serve
Maddy Morphosis is the first ever cis straight man to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race. (WOW) Maddy Morphosis, the first straight, cis man to appear on RuPaul’s Drag Race, has spoken out following criticism of his casting. News that Maddy would compete on the upcoming 14th season of Drag Race was met with some criticism,
The three finalists of Drag Race UK season three. (BBC) Krystal Versace has been crowned the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season three. The fashion queen battled Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott Claus in the final lip sync to “You Don’t Own Me” by Dusty Springfield. She ultimately won to be crowned Drag Race
Bimini Bon Boulash can top your Christmas tree this year. (Getty/ BFC/ John Phillips and Not On The High Street) Bimini Bon Boulash can top your Christmas tree this year, and suddenly we’re feeling festive. The Drag Race UK star has inspired an angel tree topper design that will make the yuletide instantly iconic. The
RuPaul. (BBC) RuPaul’s Drag Race fans have been roasting RuPaul over a knockoff holiday ornament that’s the stuff of Christmas nightmares. Just in time for Christmas, the world has been gifted with a terrifying decoration that’s allegedly supposed to look like RuPaul. We can sort of see the resemblance. Maybe it’s RuPaul after she’s done her
Drag Race stars Willam and Ra’Jah O’Hara star in murder-mystery Death Drop. The drag musical murder mystery Death Drop was forced to halt during a performance in Manchester this month after a “transphobic incident” took place in the front row. Last Saturday (October 16) marked the last night of the show’s four-day run at The Lowry
KJ Apa. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Riverdale hunk KJ Apa has shared his dreams of joining RuPaul’s Drag Race as his “feminine” alter-ego Fifi. The 24-year-old New Zealand actor opened up about his love of the iconic VH1 show in a recent interview with NME. With more than 3.2 million followers, Apa’s @FifiIsQueen TikTok account sees
Students and staff from Burlington and South Burlington High School performed in a sickening “drag ball” during their homecoming game. (YouTube/NBC News) Students and staff in Vermont donned their finest gowns and wigs in a fabulous “drag ball” during the high school’s homecoming football game. About 30 students and faculty members from Burlington and South
Members of Pecs performing at Soho Theatre. (Harry Elletson) Drag king collective Pecs are back – and they’re bringing some much-needed queer joy into our lives. Dusting off their crowns after 18 long months of lockdowns, the award-winning drag troupe made their triumphant return to London’s Soho Theatre last week for a series of shows
Le Gateau Chocolat performs at the GQ 30th anniversary party at SUSHISAMBA Covent Garden on 29 October 2018 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images) Drag and theatre icon Le Gateau Chocolat shares the challenges and “magic” of the last year. Bearded, bewigged and standing at six-and-half feet, Le Gateau Chocolat is
Jodie Harsh. (Provided) While most of the world was reeling from the shock of being plunged into a global pandemic last year, Jodie Harsh decided to make the most of isolation. In February of this year, the trailblazing drag queen, DJ and songwriter announced that she had signed to Warner Records. Later that month, she