Vice President Kamala Harris appears on the set of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Photo: X-Video screenshot
Vice President Kamala Harris, a longtime LGBTQ+ advocate, will appear in the season finale on Friday. RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9 To encourage viewers to vote.
“Every day we see our rights and freedoms under attack, including the right to be who we are and love those we love openly and proudly,” Harris said in her speech. “So as we fight back against these attacks, let’s remember that none of us are alone. We are all in this together. Your vote is your power. So please register to vote so your voice can be heard in November. Vote.gov.”
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Harris is a longtime Drag Racing Judges Michelle Visage, choreographer Jamal Sims, gay singer Lance Bass, comedian Leslie Jones, and gay actor Cheyenne Jackson have all served as guest judges on previous seasons of the show. Drag Racing.
Her appearance was filmed last month. by deadlineThis was before President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Harris as his successor.
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Eight drag queens compete All Stars 9 To kick off their show season in May, they traveled to Washington, D.C., visiting a local gay bar with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who is lesbian. There, the group discussed the role of drag activism in a political climate opposed to gender non-conforming, with some queens calling drag a powerful form of visibility that helps fight prejudice.
Dressed in red, white and blue, the queens posed for promotional photos on the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool, with the Washington Monument obelisk in the background.
Earlier this year, RuPaul’s Drag Race She has launched Drag PAC, the first ever political action committee led by a drag queen, with the goal of “protecting LGBTQ+ rights through democratic action in 2024.”
Its five founding members are Alaska, Jinkx Monsoon, Ben de la Creme, Peppermint and Monet X-Change. The performers said they were forced to form the PAC because of the many anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have been introduced over the past few years, including one that aimed to regulate drag shows.
