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How Good is Netflix’ “Dancing Queen”? The Series’ Star is Alyssa Edwards’ Alter-Ego

Dancing Queen, the new Netflix series, is so rich in drama and drag that it almost outshines its leading lady, drag queen Alyssa Edwards. Almost. As the show makes clear in its...

Mic Drop: A Racially Charged Weekend at Monster Bar Results in Swift Changes

It was a racially charged weekend at Manhattan’s Monster bar where drag queen Honey Davenport — long a featured entertainer at the club — called out manager Italo Lopez...

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Creators Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey Talk DragCon

Two weeks ago, RuPaul’s Drag Race creators Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey were standing on the Emmy stage accepting the award for best reality show. Now they’re...

Coco Peru on “Trick 2”: It’s Big, It’s Beautiful, and You’re Gonna Love It

Drag entertainer and monologist extraordinaire Coco Peru talks about her writing process, Lady Bunny, and whether the torch she carries for Trick still burns. Before there was...

A Trans Life, RuPaul and “Head Over Heels:” It’s Peppermint Unwrapped

It’s been quite a journey for Peppermint — from her assigned-as-male birth in Hershey, Pennsylvania and her upbringing in Wilmington, Delaware to the Broadway stage as a lead...

Wigstock Returns with Neil Patrick Harris, Lady Bunny and Drag to Die For

Wigstock is back after a mere 17 years on hiatus. And what a return it was. The heels were high, the lips and lashes were luscious, and the hair was perfect. The real feel was...

“Mardi Gras By the Sea” Transports Bourbon Street to Provincetown

“Mardi Gras By the Sea” was the Provincetown Carnival theme this year, and revelers went all out to bring the flavors, the heat and humidity and the magic of New...

Ryan Murphy Brings FX’s “Pose” to Ground Zero: Madonna’s 1991 Smash, “Vogue”

Ryan Murphy’s FX series Pose will make a leap in time and land at the very moment ballroom culture went mainstream in America — the month that Madonna released...

Little Leo Noakes Has a Sassy Alter-Ego: Meet 11-Year Old Violet Vixen

Leo Noakes — a.k.a. Violet Vixen — is an 11-year old English lad from Leicester who loves drag the way many kids his age love video games. He’s obsessed. He knows shoes,...

Why Do New York Queens Keep Winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race”?

Out of all the winners of RuPaul’s Drag Race, New York queens have won the most crowns, and (starting with Season Eight), New York queens have won three times in a row! So...

Drag Race Season 10 in Review: Is This the Future of Drag?

After the finale, we take stock of what went right and wrong on Season Ten — including what we’re still waiting for RuPaul to say. It may seem soon to do a post-mortem on...

“Drag Race” Season 10 Episode 11 Recap: The Inner Saboteurs Come Out

RuPaul has been talking – in some way or another – about the “inner saboteur” since Season One, most infamously when he bellowed “You forgot you’re a star!”...