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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 5 recap: Turn this haus into a home
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 5 recap: Turn this haus into a home

A home decor design challenge recalls the very roots of “Drag Race”

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Authorities have been trying to suppress public gender nonconformity for centuries—and now the U.S. is stepping up the attacks
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Authorities have been trying to suppress public gender nonconformity for centuries—and now the U.S. is stepping up the attacks

A surge of proposed drag bans, which would bar “male or female impersonators” from appearing where children could see them, form part of a very contemporary moral panic—but the ideologies at their core are nothing new

By Kit Heyam
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 4 power ranking: Making it work
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 4 power ranking: Making it work

We’ve got more Snatch Game participants to rank than ever before

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 4 recap: Snatch Game within a Snatch Game
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 4 recap: Snatch Game within a Snatch Game

Two! Two! Two Snatch Games in one!

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 3 power ranking: Our God is an awesome God
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 3 power ranking: Our God is an awesome God

She reigns from Palm Springs above

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 3 recap: RuPaul’s Speed Race
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 3 recap: RuPaul’s Speed Race

An hour-long episode just breezes by, prompting questions about the shortened format

By Kevin O’Keeffe
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15 premiere recap: It’s a new day in the werk room
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15 premiere recap: It’s a new day in the werk room

It’s the dawn of the MTV era, with 16 new queens to meet

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15 premiere power ranking: Sweet 16
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15 premiere power ranking: Sweet 16

We’ve got a lot of queens to rank!

By Kevin O’Keeffe
12 queens who defined the VH1 era of ‘Drag Race’
Drag Race

12 queens who defined the VH1 era of ‘Drag Race’

Ahead of the start of “Drag Race” on MTV, we’re looking back at some titans of the last five years

By Kevin O’Keeffe, Mathew Rodriguez
‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ Episode 6 recap: The Queen of the Mother-Pucking World is …
Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ Episode 6 recap: The Queen of the Mother-Pucking World is …

Brooke Lynn Hytes gets the chance to crown a queen she once competed against

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ finalists talk poutine, edibles and what it would mean to win
Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ finalists talk poutine, edibles and what it would mean to win

Victoria Scone, Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Ra’Jah O’Hara dished it all ahead of this week’s finale

By Russ Martin
2022 was the year ‘Drag Race’ truly went global
Rainbow Rewind 2022

2022 was the year ‘Drag Race’ truly went global

Though the franchise has been steadily expanding for years, 2022 was explosive for growth

By Kevin O’Keeffe
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‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ Episode 5 recap: Acting up and out
Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ Episode 5 recap: Acting up and out

In a short season like this, do we need to spend time on an acting challenge?

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Righteous Queens and Shady Bitches of 2022
Rainbow Rewind 2022

Righteous Queens and Shady Bitches of 2022

From Cherelle T. Griner, Amy Schneider and drag performers on the front lines to Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk and the Freedom Convoy, we’ve rounded up the best and the worst of 2022

By Xtra Staff
Police forces continue to cozy up to far-right protestors
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Police forces continue to cozy up to far-right protestors

OPINION: As anti-drag protests grow increasingly common—and violent—the responses of some police departments are raising questions about who law enforcement really protects

By Katelyn Burns
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15 cast: Meet the 16 new queens competing
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15 cast: Meet the 16 new queens competing

A pair of biological twins and the legendary Sasha Colby highlight the largest “Drag Race” cast ever

By Mel Woods
‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ Episode 4 recap: Stand-up gals
Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ Episode 4 recap: Stand-up gals

A shocking departure leaves the competition in flux

By Kevin O’Keeffe
This right-wing group is trying to set up a system to target drag shows in Texas
Power

This right-wing group is trying to set up a system to target drag shows in Texas

The alert was made amid far-right attacks on LGBTQ2S+ people in Texas

By Jackie Richardson
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