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" I've always tried to twist the ideas of beauty that are maybe considered to be ugly by the mainstream. I was already kind of toying with that when it comes to baldness, which came from a discussion with my mother about how to be considered a beautiful woman if you're bald. "

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" From the second there was drag, trans people were doing it. And when cis women started being allowed in theaters, then cis women doing drag was part of theater. "

" I think sometimes you have to imagine a fantasy world in which we are represented and visible the way we should be. "

" A superstar doesn't just use the spotlight for themselves. "

" I love being kind of reserved and serious and then having these explosions of passion when it comes time to perform. "

" Racism is a problem everywhere, especially in this country, but all over the world, and especially within queer space. "

" I try to write an essay every time I speak. "

" The way I've always looked at drag has been a little bit different maybe than other people because the drag community that I started doing drag in is full of trans people and women and people of various educational backgrounds, of different ages. "

" Drag resists conservatism in the most basic way possible, and also in the most effective way possible, because it's improper when it comes to looks, which is everything in conservative systems. "

" No matter what you're doing, whether it's a makeup tutorial or an interview or a lip sync, performance is the essence of drag. It is gender performance. Being able to produce a performance is what a superstar has to do. "

" I've found that embracing the things that make me a little strange and different from other people, and learning to love that, makes me feel beautiful and fashionable every day. "

" Drag has always inspired people to come together to be joyous and fight for what matters. If we can do it through beauty and positivity and lip-syncing our favorite pop songs, then let's do it. "

" Drag performance is really emotional. "

" I went to Vassar College for undergraduate and studied literature and queer theory, and all of the above. And then I took a Fulbright scholarship in Russia. "

" Conservatism is all about surfaces and labels and presentation, and drag says no, we refuse to follow any rules about that. "

" We still live in a country where there's disproportionate violence faced by our community, especially trans people and trans people of color. I think activism within the queer community continues to need to focus on those issues first. "

" For a while, my favorite movie was 'Vertigo.' Everything in that movie was captivating to me. "

" I find inspiration in the movies I've loved, especially all films ever made about Dracula. "

" The loss of my mom really inspired me to go to a place with my performances that were emotionally honest, and I found that audiences really responded to that. People need to see heartbreak transformed into beauty. "

" Unfortunately, this world is not an easy place. "

" Absolutely anyone can and must do drag. "

" It was definitely my grandmother who introduced me to fashion. "

Sasha Velour

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" Even though I present myself at the height of glamour and beauty, part of my truth is being desperate and emotional and unafraid of being unattractive. "

" I want to see some queer politicians, some drag queens and drag kings running for office and shifting the way that policy is made as well. "

" It is important to me to keep fighting for the rights of those who cannot. "

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" Right when I was starting to experiment with drag, my mom was diagnosed with cancer, and during her chemo treatment, she lost all of her hair. And for her, the idea of being a fem with no hair was really difficult. "

" I love that drag is political. For me, one of the reasons I started doing drag was reading about how in the past, drag performers were able to organize the queer community and move us forward. "

" I'm an only child; I'm a very private person. "

" When I started doing drag, I always put together multimedia elements for live performance. "

" My favorite thing about drag is taking one idea and flipping it on its head entirely. "