Chappell Roan met members of Drag Syndrome after her Reading Festival performance, exchanging compliments, laughter, high fives, and posing for a group photo. The meeting was posted with a caption praising Roan's generosity and the clip shows performers shaking her hand and enjoying the interaction; the video went viral with over 700,000 views after being reshared. Drag Syndrome, founded in 2018, is a collective of drag queens and kings with Down syndrome who perform at LGBTQ+ events worldwide. The collective previously responded to online trolling by asserting the talent and dignity of people with Down syndrome. Down syndrome arises from an extra chromosome and can cause varying learning disabilities.
Captioned, "The most incredible meeting with the gracious @chappellroan 🫶🏽 what a stunning experience. Thank you for being incredibly generous, we love you forever," the clip begins by showing members of the group shaking the star's hand. One compliments Chappell Roan's hair colour, and they then share excitement over their styles. Chappell Roan joyfully interacts with the members, laughing, giving high fives, and saying she's "so glad" they all came before suggesting they take a photo together.
Who are Drag Syndrome? Founded in 2018, Drag Syndrome are an internationally acclaimed drag collective for drag queens and kings with Down syndrome. Together the drag queens and kings perform at LGBTQ+ events around the world. In 2023, the collective clapped back after a troll claimed that its members are too vulnerable to do drag because they live with Down syndrome. Drag Syndrome member Lady Mercury said in response to the trolling: "People with Down syndrome are very talented people. "We do need to be respected by other people. I know people might think because we've got Down syndrome, it's like a sick illness, but it's not... Drag Syndrome is about dancing with a syndrome. You're dancing yo
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