'Hunger has become a significant issue in the drag community. I can’t have my sisters being hungry,” itsSHANGELA said.
“I’m sure you can imagine what all comes along with this, honey,” Shangela says over the phone, bouncing between interviews. “I’m writing jingles, I’m recording things. I’m over here designing labels. I got a lot going on.”
When the realities of the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this spring, Shangela, who first gained national attention in the second season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” watched as work for the majority of drag performers across the country dried up. “Hunger has become a significant issue in the drag community. I can’t have my sisters being hungry,” Shangela says. “And I know what it’s like to need help along the way.”“Look, I recognize as a black drag queen that COVID-19 hits our community even harder than it does to others, because we have a harder time getting certain resources,” Shangela says.
“I’m so grateful that during a time when so many people need a reminder about compassion and humanity, that we’ve been able to have a show like this,” Shangela says. “I always think about what an impact it would have had on my experience as a young gay person who didn’t see a lot of visibility of people who looked like me on television and film, to have that experience, in their local community.”
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