“I’m definitely not trying to be RuPaul, I’m not trying to be Michelle Visage. “I don’t try to be like any type of judge that I’ve seen,” she says. But with 18 years experience under her belt, from pageants to the world’s biggest stages, it’s her own advice and critiques that will no doubt prove the most invaluable. “And I just want to make sure that, my fans know that being a drag artist doesn’t mean you’re a man dressed up as a woman – that’s part of it, but there’s so many other aspects to drag.”Įach week Trinity is joined by a special guest – among them fellow Drag Race alumni Shea Coulée, Peppermint and Alaska. The diversity of the cast is one of the things that sets Love For The Arts apart – and is making the series a hit with drag fans desperate to see the full spectrum of the art represented. A drag king, Spikey Van Dykey, was set to be the tenth contestant but quit ahead of the first episode due to personal reasons. The nine contestants on the new, digital Love For The Arts hail from around the world and cover a wide-ranging array of drag styles.Īmong them are Zodi, a non-binary drag artist from Birmingham, UK Kat Wilderness, a trans pop drag princess from Miami, US and Lesley Wolf, a Colombian queen who describes her styles as a “constant variation between 90s divas and clown art”. “I’ve always been that way but especially since I’ve been on Drag Race, it’s super important that when you’re given such a big platform like this, that you do use your voice for positivity and also to help other people reach their dreams.” Once I got to a comfortable place in my local scene, when I became the queen, immediately I was like, ‘OK, well, what can we do to uplift these new generation of drag queens that are coming up, give them a platform, help them’. “I’ve always been the person who tries to give back,” she tells PinkNews.
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