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The World Would Be A More Fabulous Place If Drag Were Contagious

But it isn’t, my dudes. Which is too bad…

7 min readMar 11, 2023

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I am a straight cis man who is also a devout follower of RuPaul’s Drag Race. I am not a drag queen, but if I were, my name would be ‘John DezVous.’

No one asked, but here’s a short list of my five favorite queens from Drag Race: At number five, Miss Vanjie, the meme queen. She is quirky and sassy, an absolute, snarling original. Jinx Monsoon is my fourth most beloved, her hilarious impersonation of Little Edie from the cult documentary Grey Gardens in ‘Snatch Game,’ a character-driven game show parody that is the highlight of every Drag Race season, is legendary.

Next up: Yvie Oddly, the glamorous goth weirdo. Coming in second is Bob The Drag Queen, serving comedic coolness, and my number one favorite queen is Sasha Velour, performance artist fashion alien, a legit genius who I’ve had the pleasure of seeing live on stage once.

There are others, too. I change my mind all the time. Shea Couleé and BenDeLeCreme, and Bianca Del Rio. I would be happy for any of them to attend my funeral, sing a few torch songs, and then read my corpse for filth.

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John DeVore

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