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Kamala Harris greets the crowd at the annual Pride Parade at Civic Center in San Francisco, California, on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

VP Harris appears on RuPaul's Drag Race

Griffin Eckstein
Chappell Roan at the 2024 Governors Ball held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 9, 2024 in Queens, New York. (Nina Westervelt/Billboard via Getty Images)

Chappell Roan's "drag is a protest"

Nardos Haile
Madonna, Judy Garland and Cher (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Slay: The evolution of drag anthems

Megan Volpert
Bianca del Rio (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Del Rio: "Let our drag queens perform"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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A drag queen holds a "Drag Queen Story Hour" during celebrations for Pride month on June 25, 2022. (ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)

Tenn. drag ban rehashes old culture war

Heather Hensman Kettrey, Alyssa J. Davis - The Conversation
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 30, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Expert: Tennessee drag law is illegal

Mark Satta - The Conversation
Margaret Cho (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Margaret Cho's note to drag show haters

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Trinity the Tuck, Shea Couleé, Raja, The Vivienne, Jaida Essence Hall, Jinkx Monsoon, Monét X Change and Yvie Oddly in Season 7 of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" (Jordin Althaus/World of Wonder/Paramount+)

11 drag slang terms you should know

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
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Trinity the Tuck, Shea Couleé, Raja, The Vivienne, Jaida Essence Hall, Jinkx Monsoon, Monét X Change and Yvie Oddly in Season 7 of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" (Jordin Althaus/World of Wonder/Paramount+)

Drag is not dangerous – it's empowering

Heidi Klaassen
Maddy Morphosis on "RuPaul's Drag Race" (VH1)

RuPaul's history-making Maddy Morphosis

Elaina Patton
Izzy Gaspersz and RuPaul in "AJ & the Queen" (Netflix)

"AJ and the Queen" is beneath RuPaul

Ashlie D. Stevens
RuPaul (Getty/Jean-Baptiste Lacroix)

Drag: Not just for boys

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Jada Valenciaga; Jasmine Rice LaBeija (Peter Cooper)

Drag queens take on Trump

Rachel Leah

Drag is political, says RuPaul

Alli Joseph
(Logo/Mathu Andersen)

Ru sashays into the mainstream

Daniel D'Addario
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