Here are 8 takeaways from RuPaul's DragCon in NYC
During the "Queens of New York" panel, speakers Dusty Ray Bottoms, Brini Maxwell, Marti Gould Cummings, Merrie Cherry, and Flotilla Debarge were asked if drag performers need to get onDrag Race
is extremely helpful in bolstering the careers of queens everywhere, success as a queen comes primarily from stamina and discipline. "You don’t needCummings added that being polished is not everything when it comes to drag, and that hard work in the drag scene is what will ultimately pay off. “When I started in drag back in the day, I had no wig, no boobs, no pads, barely a piece of make-up or lash, and these other queens would be like --" he said.
But they all agreed on one thing: drag is art and should be seen as such. Brill described drag performers as artists who paint their face and bodies like a canvas: “You’re showing something not everyone sees … it’s radical to enter into the world with something inside of you that you want to express,” she said. The skinny legend herself Trixie Mattel gave an intimate acoustic performance to a group of VIP attendees on the first day of DragCon.
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