Rupaul-s Drag Race [work] -

In an era of political hostility towards LGBTQ+ rights in various parts of the world, Drag Race stands as a quiet act of rebellion. The show explicitly discusses HIV/AIDS activism (particularly in early seasons), trans rights (though the show's relationship with trans contestants has been historically rocky, it is rapidly improving), and the importance of chosen family.

Because RuPaul's Drag Race is fundamentally a show about becoming . In a society that pressures people to conform, drag is the extreme opposite. It is the act of creating a persona so fierce that the real world cannot hurt you. When RuPaul tells a contestant, "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?" it sounds cliché. But coming after seven weeks of emotional breakdowns, sewing machines breaking, and high heels falling off, it feels like a sermon. RuPaul-s Drag Race