Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind celebrated last month’s win on RuPaul’s Drag Race by staging a riotous, emotional performance at Taiwan’s presidential office on Wednesday in front of President Tsai Ing-wen.
Tsai and her ruling Democratic Progressive Party have championed LGBTQ+ rights making the island a bastion of liberal values, and in 2019 Taiwan legalised same-sex marriage in a first for Asia. Nymphia Wind, the first person from East Asia to win the RuPaul’s Drag Race crown, lip-synched to three songs, including “Marry the night” by Lady Gaga and Taiwanese diva Huang Fei’s “Chase, chase, chase”, dressed in a resplendent yellow outfit.
“This is probably the first presidential office in the world to host a drag show,” Nymphia told Tsai after her performance, streamed live on the office’s YouTube, and thanking her for ensuring same-sex marriage came to pass. “Thank you for your contributions to this country, so that I could grow up to be like this today,” she added, tearing up. “Thank you for your eight years of dedication, becoming our Taiwan mother.” Tsai congratulated Nymphia again for her win.
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