'I feel so powerful as a drag performer, and I feel so liberated in terms of my own gender identity.'
It has been nearly six years – and six series, plus four all-stars editions – since Jinkx Monsoon was crowned RuPaul’s Drag Race’s next drag superstar.
But while they admit accepting their identity has made a world of difference out of drag, Jinkx is the same queen she’s always been. And this openness has spread to their parents, with Jinkx noticing more and more families coming along to drag conventions. ‘I think my favourite thing about doing conventions is the parents taking their kids to see their favourite drag idols, because open-minded, progressive parents are making such a change in the world right now. The more open-minded these kids are being raised, the more hope I have for the future.’‘I feel like Drag Race has really helped change the attitude before drag performers – not only making them more visible and accepted in the mainstream, but within the queer community.
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