UNDISPUTED QUEEN OF DRAG
PEOPLE RESPONDED TO ME IN DRAG LIKE I NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE
WHEN he was born, cross-dressing was a punishable crime in America.
Men had to dress like men, and in
New York they could even be arrested for wearing fewer than three pieces of clothing.
Back then it would’ve been unthinkable that a drag artist – a black, gay one at that – would become a household name.
Yet RuPaul Charles has done that and more. He recently made history when he won his 11th Emmy award – the most by a black artist – for his long-running show RuPaul’s Drag Race. The 60-year-old hosts the series and acts as a mentor for aspiring drag
