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    This 'We're Here' drag kid was looking for his mother's acceptance. He's thriving now

    Andrei Manila was unfamiliar with "We're Here" when he was first approached about being on the show. But after watching episodes from the HBO drag makeover series' first season — where drag performers Shangela, Eureka O'Hara and Bob the Drag Queen travel across small-town America to put on one-night-only drag shows with residents they've mentored — Manila knew he had to be on the show. "I ...
    by Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times Oct 20, 2021 5 minutes

    Andrei Manila was unfamiliar with "We're Here" when he was first approached about being on the show.

    But after watching episodes from the HBO drag makeover series' first season — where drag performers Shangela, Eureka O'Hara and Bob the Drag Queen travel across small-town America to put on one-night-only drag shows with residents they've mentored — Manila knew he had to be on the show.

    "I loved the message and the mission that the show had [and] I knew that I had to get my story out there," Manila, 23, said during a recent phone conversation, "to have representation for people like me."

    "We're Here" channels the transformative power of drag to help shed light on the stories of LGBTQ people who are facing struggles or uncertainties because of their identity, as well as allies who want

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