Salina EsTitties Wanted To Play 'Drag Race' Like 'Survivor'

The following interview contains major spoilers for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 11.

The All Stars 11 queen opens up on her explosive exit, where she and her former allies stand, and what’s next for her.

In the final moments of this week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars , the part where the queens dance around the stage with “You Betta Vote” signs,…

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Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Calls Out Patagonia Over Trademark Lawsuit Against Her

Drag Queen Pattie Gonia has accused outdoor clothing giant Patagonia of attempting to silence environmental activism after the company launched legal action against the drag performer and climate advocate over ...

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Community Rallies Behind Drag Star Honey Davenport After International Mr Leather Win

Since winning the International Mr Leather Competition last week, Drag Race alumni Honey Davenport has faced plenty of criticism for his win. While many poured out their love and support ...

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Pattie Gonia: Patagonia is trying to 'bully' and 'erase' her with lawsuit

Pattie Gonia is making her voice heard after months of silence regarding the federal lawsuit filed against her by the clothing brand Patagonia. In a Wednesday post on social media, she shared a statement calling for the corporation to drop it.

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"Patagonia told the media they're only suing me for $1," the drag artist wrote. "What they're actually trying to do is take away…

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Tribute To The Queen! ‘The Winner Takes it All’ Director’s Cut To Screen In Honour of Maxi Shield

This weekend on May 24, an all-new directors cut of The Winner Takes it All is screening in loving honour of one of Sydney’s drag icons, the late Maxi Shield. ...

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Missouri Republicans introduced 58 anti-LGBTQ+ bills. One anti-trans measure became law

For years, Missouri has been one of the country’s most aggressive testing grounds for anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. It’s a Republican-controlled state where lawmakers have repeatedly introduced bills targeting transgender youth, drag performers, school policies, and gender expression as part of the broader national culture war over LGBTQ+ rights. This year was no exception.

Missouri Republicans…

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Constituents showed up to testify against an anti-drag bill. Ohio Republicans mocked them

_This story appeared first in_ The Buckeye Flame.

Kim Burroughs was not planning on testifying in front of the Ohio House Judiciary Committee on March 18.

She had a full week of depositions and legal work as an attorney at a Columbus-based law firm, and a nursery to assemble as she and her wife were soon expecting a baby.

But when Burroughs received a call from an Equality Ohio staff…

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Myki Meeks calls out 'ugly' Ron DeSantis for attacking drag queens: 'Why are you scared?'

Myki Meeks, flip it around, winner winner!

RuPaul's Drag Race season 18 broke viewership records for the iconic LGBTQ+ reality TV program, and Meeks is proud to represent the flagship series as the newly crowned queen.

As the first queen to win __RuPaul's Drag Race__ without winning a challenge in the first five episodes, Meeks served as an underdog who bounced back after her competitors…

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For 26 years, an Ohio drag queen has hosted a local TV show. A proposed drag ban could end it

As Ohio lawmakers advance a bill that could reshape where and whether drag can be performed, __The Advocate__ spoke this week with a performer who has spent more than a quarter century bringing the art form into local living rooms.

Darryl Bohannon, known as Ms. Demure, has built something both hyperlocal and quietly historic: a public-access show that has aired for decades, weaving together…

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These anti-LGBTQ+ Georgia Republicans did drag themselves, unearthed photos show

Two anti-LGBTQ+ politicians who have been critical of transgender people and “woke” ideology have themselves played with their gender presentation, _The Advocate_ has learned.

Newly unearthed photos show U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins dressed in drag while they were in high school. Both politicians are staunchly anti-trans and support President Donald Trump’s aggressive policies…

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The Trailer For The New RuPaul Film Is Officially Here And It’s Incredibly Queer

The first official trailer for the new RuPaul film Stop! That! Train! has dropped and fans are gagging. Featuring queens from across the Drag Race universe the trailer is delivering camp ...

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Republican Ohio House passes drag ban targeting transgender Ohioans

Members of the Ohio House voted Wednesday to advance the state’s ban on public drag and gender performance.

Ohio House Bill (HB) 249 – which received three committee hearings rife with anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-transgender disinformation – will now head to the Senate. The bill passed the House by a vote of 63-30, largely along party lines: Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) broke ranks to vote…

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Gay drag artist murdered in Virginia shooting

_Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect new information from the victim’s family and Equality Virginia about how Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-McCray identified. Earlier versions of this story described Sanchez-McCray as a transgender woman based on initial reporting and community accounts._

The killing of Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-McCray in Virginia earlier this month was initially…

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Black transgender woman shot to death in Virginia misgendered in police & press reports

The killing of a Black transgender woman in Virginia earlier this month did not, at first, register as such.

When police in Petersburg responded to a report of a shooting just before 2 a.m. on March 13, they found a person dead inside a home on Elm Street. In the hours that followed, authorities misgendered the deceased, an error repeated across several local news reports, including coverage…

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‘Drag’ SXSW Review: Come for the Petty Theft, Stay for the Unexpected Serial Killings

At this fraught moment in our culture, it comes as a small surprise that a movie called “Drag” is not about the terrors of “gender ideology,” nor the apparent threat to Western civilization of people dressing up in garb generally associated with the opposite sex. Instead, writer-directors Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer’s debut feature draws […]

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