#drag-queens

#drag-queens

‘[In] A Star Is Born, we all got cast, and then we did the hair and make-up test, and then we got cut. I was at Tom Daley's wedding and between the rehearsal dinner and the ceremony, I get a text saying 'Terrible, terrible news, all your scenes have been cut'.’

Like the rest of the slim little Mess-Dios picture books, Make Your Own Rainbow is participatory, with queens of all shapes and sizes, in wheelchairs and a variety of gender presentations.

When he was 18, Johnny started going to a club called the Kon Tiki. He took me to a drag show there, both of our first times, and I was all in.

Only eight queens in the herstory of RuPaul's Drag Race have won four maxi-challenges on their original seasons - including a lot of winners, two season 16 girls and season 17's Onya Nurve.

I think generally, as you grow up... you would have heard about the AIDS epidemic in the 80s and maybe Section 28... I grew up in those times so, for me, I experienced it. It's nice to have conversations where you learn.

"I'm going to say goodbye to you. I'm gutted because it's not the way I wanted to leave, but I have to be smart about this and look after my body."