The Advocates 2024: Taiwanese trailblazer Nymphia Wind
The Drag Race season 16 winner broke new ground as the show's first East Asian winner, and her home country couldn't be prouder.
June 24, 2024
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Sasha Velour: Drag Superstar Today, POTUS Tomorrow?
The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race discusses the "renaissance" of drag activism, the new racially inclusive Pride flag, and a possible future in politics.
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Drag's New Superstar: 22, Genderqueer, Trans Activist
Violet Chachki, the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, told The Advocate she couldn’t be happier that a trans woman, Caitlyn Jenner, stole Monday’s spotlight.
June 2, 2015
VH1 Announces 'RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race' for 2020
Famous folks will don drag in the hopes of becoming "America's Next Celebrity Drag Superstar."
October 22, 2019
RuPaul Dances to Grease, Gets Real in Exclusive AJ and the Queen Clip
Go behind the scenes with the drag superstar in this video from the upcoming Netflix series.
January 8, 2020
Last Words With RuPaul's Drag Race's Chi Chi DeVayne
The Advocate spoke with the Southern performer about North Carolina, advice for LGBT youth, and who should be American's Next Drag Superstar.
May 4, 2016
Here Come Honey Boo Boo and RuPaul
Honey Boo Boo, the polarizing 7-year-old perennial pageant contestant and reality star, has at least one sure-fire fan in drag superstar RuPaul, who has announced his hope to make a recording with her.
September 13, 2012
WATCH: And America's Next Drag Superstar Is...
All hail the queen of RuPaul's Drag Race season 7, and check out her new music video.
June 1, 2015
Even America's Next Drag Superstar Is Endorsing PrEP
Bob the Drag Queen has released a PSA supporting the HIV prevention tool, which was a taboo subject among many public figures not so long ago.
June 6, 2016
How the era of 'men were men' birthed America's first drag superstars
In the 1910s and 1920s, drag musicals were just as popular as football on college campuses and in male-only social clubs, writes historian Andrew Erdman.
August 21, 2024
Meet 8-Year-Old Drag Queen Lactatia
Montreal's newest drag superstar has the poise of someone four times his age.
June 5, 2017
For Morgan McMichaels, Life Is a Drag
One of the most beloved contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race talks about what it takes to maintain a superstar drag persona, the gay community's need for improvement on transgender issues, and her upcoming appearance at RuPaul's DragCon 2016.
May 5, 2016
RuPaul's Drag Race Stars Discuss Their First Time in Drag
The cast of season 8 talked about their bewigged debuts, both frumpy and fierce, at the finale taping.
May 12, 2016
Last Words With America's Next Drag Superstar
The Advocate spoke with the season 8 winner of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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May 17, 2016
Interview With America's Next Drag Superstar
Was the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 6 Bianca Del Rio, Courtney Act, or Adore Delano? Find out in our exclusive interview.
May 20, 2014
RuPaul's Secret Punk Past
Long before the gay host of RuPaul's Drag Race became a household name, he was the frontman of a punk rock band called "Wee Wee Pole."
March 29, 2016
RuPaul's 'SNL' Monologue: 'I'm Wearing My Grandmother's Panties'
The original drag superstar killed it.
February 9, 2020
Aquaria on the 'Magical Double Save' That Won Her the Crown
America's Next Drag Superstar discusses the finale of RuPaul's Drag Race and her intent to be a "megaphone" for the marginalized.
June 29, 2018
Here's who won 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 16
Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, and Sapphira Cristál battled it out at the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 — and America's Next Drag Superstar has been crowned!
April 20, 2024