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Amanda Tori Meating host of Dollapalooza poses at an HRC event.

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Amanda Tori Meating Invites You to the Dollapalooza

“I wanted this lineup to give a really broad scope of drag. Like this entire cast is dolls but on stage you might see Creature from the Black Lagoon.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 16, 2025

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visual art

How Rachel Rampleman Built the Largest Drag Archive in the U.S.

Life is Drag currently features over 350 video portraits by 200+ drag artists.

Elyssa Maxx Goodman —

Jan 31, 2025

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Jack Skellington looks at a snowflake in The Nightmare Before Christmas

movie features

Tim Burton Finally Has Another Hit But Can He Win Back Drag Kings?

“I saw a little bit myself on the screen in so many of Burton’s characters. The weird, lovable outcast that just needed to be shown a little bit of love…

Lisa Laman —

Oct 3, 2024

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culture

The Drag Kings and Things of Bushwig

How the festival continues making space for drag kings and things.

Elyssa Maxx Goodman —

Oct 2, 2024

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first person

What Drag Has Taught Me

Every time I have gotten the opportunity to do mediocre drag as a beginner, I have had some of the most fun a person can have.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

May 7, 2024

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A collage of three images of Dev Doee performing against a blue and black backdrop.

culture

Dev Doee Is the Star We’ve Been Waiting For

“This might sound cocky, but I’ve gotten to a place where I know I’m good. What really matters to me now is talking to other baby Black queens.”

Eva Reign —

Apr 16, 2024

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Peaches Christ Mink Stole feature image - images of the two performers are overlapped against a purple backdrop.

theater

Peaches Christ and Mink Stole vs. Death

Peaches Christ wants to make sure artists young and old, dead and living, are properly celebrated. That’s true whether she’s mentoring future Drag Race winners or writing a show with…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 14, 2024

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interview

tv feature

Murray Hill on “Somebody Somewhere” and His Decades-Long Career in Showbiz

“To me, showbiz means the spotlight is on you. And not only is the spotlight on you, but you’re feeling the light. You’re feeling the light and then you’re giving…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 31, 2023

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jinkx monsoon

tv reviews

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Is Queer Women Culture

There’s nothing inherently more lesbian about watching two famous cishet Rachels playact queerness than watching a nonbinary drag queen kiss the shoulder of a trans woman drag queen.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Dec 29, 2020

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In Another World

issues

Seven Sensual Drag and Burlesque Acts Bringing Black Joy to D.C.

Spaces that center and uplift Black performers create a magic you can feel. Meet seven of Washington D.C.’s drag and burlesque performers bringing palpable Black queer joy to the stage.

Tahirah Alexander Green —

Mar 5, 2020

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