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"Drag is not intrinsically sexual or explicit or vulgar; it can be a lot of fun."
"What I love about drag is that it's just so empowering to me because just growing up, I've been made fun of for just being too gay, too feminine. But in drag, those are positive qualities."
"Yes, I am absolutely America's next drag superstar because I got the charisma, uniqueness, nerve, talent, but I also got the heart."
"The drag scene in Puerto Rico is so so so good. We are so fierce."
"I'm going to say something that's very controversial, which is I think drag is more entertaining than stand up."
"Drag queens are kind of looked at as community leaders and mouthpieces."
"Drags ascension into the political conversation has not been without challenges."
"Beverly LaSalle wasn’t the first female impersonator on television. But after years of TV treating drag performers as deranged psychopaths and literal punchlines, she was probably the first to be afforded dignity, love, and respect."
"We’re all born naked and the rest is literally drag."
"Drag itself can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people."
"RuPaul's Drag Race legitimizes the art of drag."
"I didn't realize how emotional Drag Race would be."
"I'm here to absolutely save the day. Thank god for you, drag queen."
"What's wrong with a trans drag queen doing a story?"
"I knew of Lana from Instagram. If I ever have a drag daughter, I think it's going to be her."
"I feel like drag family is kind of just like a best friend kind of thing."
"First up is Jujube, favorite, Jujube finally looks expensive on Drag Race."
"Drag is not about simply wearing a costume; it's about sexualization."
"I love watching RuPaul's Drag Race cuz all these people are so confidently themselves."
"Charity Case, her drag made me excited about watching Drag Race again."
"Bimini Bomb Lash, how, where do I begin? Maybe one of my all-time favorites ever of Drag Race."
"Adore Delano, giving you smell my ******* poetic justice realness."
"The time has come for you to lip sync for your legacy."
"Drag queens are like the roaches of the universe. No matter what you do, baby, we're gonna be around. We gonna figure it out. Not going anywhere ever."
"Do you feel the energy vibrating? This is the beauty of drag."
"There is no denying that drag race and its influence has really brought itself into the zeitgeist."
"The rollercoaster rise of RuPaul's Drag Race was awesome."
"It wasn't just the lip sync that kept me addicted to black Peppa, it was her uniqueness, nerve, charisma, and talent."
"I think there has never been a Drag Race competition this close."
"I know the drag queens are going to love this. I know the drag queens are going to live for this 'cause it's sickening."
"Now all the drag queens are gonna be exposing me for my lashes that they're gonna buy because of you, Visionary."
"I've never really had a desire to do drag, but I found drag and drag has, like, changed my life for the better."
"What makes it very fun and interesting because you get to learn from their culture and also the entire drag race fashion because it's not the same in everywhere so it was super fun."
"As far as the possibility of a bio queen being on RuPaul's Drag Race, I'm all for it."
"The point of drag is to break down gender norms."
"When I'm in drag I feel like if I got in the shower and the water ran down my body I would wash my face and that makeup would still be on in a way."
"I am giving them straight up Sharon Needles fierceness fashion forward to the dark side I think she's opening a can of worms if you ask me touch all of this Octopussy honey."
"Drag is an art form and it's subjective to the human eye, so drag is what you make it."
"Miss Vangie sometimes with accents you want to know something is it's tough when the hood [ __ ] make it on TV because you know sometimes the hood [ __ ] are just a joke to the world."
"We have to let these kids know what drag is."
"Rupaul has made drag accessible to truck drivers and soccer moms across the American world."
"Please, because I am someone who understands the weight of what the title of being a mec America's Next Drag Superstar is."
"I grew up knowing all these queens who they were, but I wanted to do it."
"As drag queens we are the leaders of our community and that's why I love New York so much because I just I love I love I love everyone here."
"Don't say that you're against participating in culture when you're sitting there in full Joan Collins drag with Vaseline on the lens, calling another drag queen shady."
"Sasha Velour's lip sync against Shea Coulee to 'So Emotional' is still talked about today."
"I think Alexis Michelle and Nikki lip synced to 'These Boots Were Made for Walking' by Nancy Sinatra, what did you think of this lipstick? Boots the house down mama."
"That's probably the coolest thing about drag is that what you do gets to inspire like the Next Generation."
"Drag always finds its way to float to the top."
"Glitter is drag queen herpes, it does not go away."
"Drag really helped me unlock the [expletive] superhero that I was... I felt invincible, I felt fierce."
"Drag not only unlocked this superpower within myself but it really showed me how to love myself."
"We're all kind of superheroes and drag for me has... found a community friendships that have lasted me decades now."
"I'm very gay, love being gay, love drag race, love feminist theory."
"Drag is about making up your own rules, it's about not letting other people tell you what success means."
"She calls back to my mindset on drag that I think anyone could do drag but they have to have a level of appreciation and respect for the art form before they do it."
"I just want to be a drag queen that has fun."
"I think this look was a great reminder that drag isn't always about rhinestones."
"Said as much [__] as I talk like you are one of my favorite drag queens just in like the cleverness and the smartness of your drag and the attainability and you."
"Find your favorite drag queen... and give them a bit of a tip to keep them going."
"One moment in time does not define you and I'm glad you were able to share a piece of yourself not only with the world but with me you taught me to remember that drag should be fun."
"Sasha Velour's amazing floral reveal has gone down in the Drag Race history books."
"Bob overall what do you think about season 15 did you enjoy the season I did enjoy the season you know I want to give a big shout out to I think the Queens in my opinion who made this a very very very entertaining season."
"Drag queens are finally at a point where a drag queen can launch their own beauty line."
"In drag, there are so many different types... so many options... and all of them are over the top as we all should be."
"Drag plays with that, because in drag you're a man who dresses like a woman who becomes the most powerful person in the room."
"I just want to get a little drunk... Like... Drag queens, we're not curing cancer. You know?"
"Drag is fake? Like this compared to like what I look like as Bussy Queen? I mean completely different people."
"Drag queens apparently Girl Defined thinks they're like some sort of Blasphemous slap in the face to God's grand design for Womanhood."
"For the first time ever in the UK there is going to be a RuPaul's Drag Race queen. Royalty!"
"Why have two queens sashay away when you could have just one"
"This is fashion to me. That is and it's not just fashion, it's over-the-top drag."
"Drag is all about joy, self-expression, and love."
"There's so many things that are Hands-On with drag like you know that you wouldn't get unless you were in a space with somebody doing Drag and learning how it goes."
"Learning to cover your eyebrows is honestly the hardest thing about doing any kind of drag makeup."
"The time has come for drag queens to save the world."
"Drag gives you the power to be whatever you want to be."
"The queens who work harder get more recognition for their hard work in my experience."
"I want to be a drag queen... fabulous."
"Drag is to remind people to not take life too seriously, to not take the social and cultural constructs that are put upon us too seriously."
"Valentina was one of the dominating Queens on season 9 of drag race so it was surprising to see her cover her face in a lip sync."
"I always thought as all my pieces these beautiful men are dressing as even more beautiful women and making money doing it."
"If you go by that mindset of a reason not to take it on, once you've stopped learning in drag, you should stop doing drag."
"I think the most important thing for the future of drag is accountability."
"You're always able to come back. That's the great thing with drag."
"Big girls make up such a large part of the drag industry."
"The cast got good chemistry. It's a good mix of different ages and groups and types of drag that I think really worked as well, I agree."
"Drag is the absolute queer liberation and a breaking of chains, that the hetero-normative society has imposed on us."
"I honestly don't mind someone who's kind of funny and hilarious and a little bit unpolished because I feel like that's also part of the drag world, you know?"
"Welcome to the first ever RuPaul digital drag Con."
"Drag race should have to include every different type of drag performer."
"I love that I mean I think that you have to be very strong to survive in that world of drag and drag entertainment and so they're consummate entertainers."
"You know what's great about being a drag queen though? Never knowing who hates who."
"In Boston, drag is so much more than pretty wigs. It's about character, vulnerability, and making statements."
"These are amazing people head to toe, colorful drag, just stunning."
"I feel like I could tame that beast, you know what I mean? You made a comment before we were filming, you made a comment about Bob was actually a huge inspiration for you getting into drag. Like, what, how did Bob influence?"
"I wanted to set out to prove that drag is for everybody."
"Drag Race just might not be for her and that's okay, but she's still an amazing drag queen."
"There's only been one winner to actually win the season after being told she was born to do drag."
"I'm pretty much the Anna Wintour of drag only she's fatter than I am."
"If you could for one day put on another drag queen's shoes past or present and live in their life for a day, who would it be?"
"That's drag, you know? You're taking something, making it camp, making it fashion."
"He truly loves the art form of drag rather than trying to appropriate it."
"Drag has multiple levels, there's multiple levels to drag, different types of entertainers, there's, you know, trans women, trans men, drag queens, bio queens, club kids, like, they're all valid."
"The only time Drag Race values big girls is if they are loud and high energy."
"I love drag before drag race and I love drag outside of this drag race Stratosphere and Sasha Kobe's been a Monumental person in the drag scene in The Pageant scene so I think it's cool to see someone who has worked so hard and has had such a long career get their dues."
"That's ma'am, that's how you pop up sister."
"With great drag comes great responsibility."
"It's just the [ __ ] I play dress up that lip sync to Beyonce for dollars."
"The most authentic drag experience I've ever seen."
"Gottmik really just brings this essence of fresh takes on drag, interesting silhouettes, and iconic behavior."
"Gotmik is changing it from season 12 on. Trust me, this is gonna be a new wave."
"I love it. What a sleigh. Transcendent across all different genres of drag. I love it."
"I'm not like over drag queens recreating looks."
"I've seen a thousand drag queens wear this at a brunch unironically."
"I've marketed drag to the world, something that no one else has done. I'm a f***ing genius at marketing."
"I thought it was such a missed opportunity for her to just be like, 'This is a shablam, bitch!'"
"Just because it's a drag queen does not inherently make it an adult-only thing. That's a very odd approach to have."
"The amount of money that's been raised for charities through drag over this period is not to be sniffed at."
"Drag has been around for a very, very long time. Gender bending has been around for a very long time."
"We're all born naked, and then the rest of life is just drag."
"International Drag Day is to celebrate and recognize the drag arts all around the world."
"It's a story about a girl who befriends a drag queen and he teaches her a lot about makeup and fashion and how to love herself pretty much."
"When you work at Barracuda, you become an instantly legendary Queen."
"I thought it'd be really funny if a drag queen named Bob went on like a pageant or like a big TV show."
"I've never felt like I fit in anywhere... but I fit in drag, and I feel like that's where someone like Divine fit in."
"It speaks to the hustle that they had to go through to continue navigating the world of drag as they solidified what they wanted their brand to be."
"My favorite drag queen of all time currently right now at this point in my life is Juno Birch."
"We are absolutely excited for every single one of these queens. This is all just fun and games. This is all silly fun fun fun."
"Drag really helped me become the best version of myself I could possibly imagine."
"Have we not learned that drag is for everybody?"
"It's common sense that RuPaul's Drag Race isn't like a normal drag queen pageant; it's first and foremost a reality TV show."
"It's because Drag Race is the story of the tenacity of the human spirit."
"At the end of the day, we are drag queens and we still need validation."
"I never loved myself or truly got myself until I found drag."
"I am America's Next Drag Superstar because I am already a drag superstar. Just give me the crown."
"It's such an amazing concept, coming together in one room and celebrating drag from the best of each country."
"The first queens to win on Bootleg Opinions, we stan."
"Drag takes you everywhere; drag is all over the world."
"We are focusing on uplifting the drag community through a fabulous telecast."
"Drag is beyond genders, it's beyond masculinity and femininity."
"Drag is everywhere, it always has been, it's already changed the world and it continues to do so."
"Drag comes in many, many different forms."
"I'm gonna go get in drag for a photo shoot today and I will see you all on tour very soon, goodbye."
"It was the first time drag queens had really been featured prominently like that in a major campaign."
"It's such a universal experience at a drag show where there's like that one really unruly bachelorette party."
"I'm excited for people to realize that there's a big misconception that the Dracula style of drag is really just an element of it."
"To show them that Drag is an art form and that we deserve the recognition and respect."
"You've made all camp Queens across the country and the world very proud."
"I'm very proud, proud to be a drag queen, proud to be a trans woman, proud to be me."
"It's like this beautiful little time capsule of what drag has been for the last 10 years."
"She's bringing that nostalgia of the craftiness and creativity that is the basics of drag everywhere."
"I'm assisting Miss Peppermint; she's a trans drag queen, she was on RuPaul's Drag Race, and we've become friends, so now we're also co-producing some things together."
"I can just appreciate the level of commitment that goes into a good drag performance."
"This is gonna be a really fun and different season of Drag Race."
"This is what we mean when we talk about girls who have drag queen skills and like pulling something together out of absolutely nothing."
"If you watch the Drag Race, you know what I'm talking about."
"Thank you, Drag Race franchise, for spreading that love and that message."
"Congratulations to Envy Peru on a well-deserved win for Drag Race Holland."
"Jinx Monsoon as Judy Garland will go down in the history of Drag Race Snatch Game. Period."
"Hope you all can hear me loud and clear because we need to get into this giggery today with RuPaul's Drag Race."
"Sometimes everybody's aesthetic is not the same as everyone else's, that's why I can appreciate drag for just more than one look."
"This is drag at its best, a housewife becoming a robot."
"These queens give up a lot -willingly- to participate on Rupaul's Drag Race and they deserve our support."