RuPaul

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Summary

RuPaul is a drag performer, recording artist, actor, and television host whose work includes the hit single “Supermodel (You Better Work),” films such as Crooklyn and To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, and the competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race. His public comments have described drag as a political challenge to fixed identity and male-dominated culture. He has spoken against anti-drag and anti-trans legislation, urged viewers to vote lawmakers out, and defended drag story hours at libraries. He has also drawn criticism for past comments excluding some transgender performers from Drag Race; he later apologized to the trans community. The Guardian Los Angeles Times CBS News The Advocate