Canada’s Drag Race Season 2: After the Sashay with Beth

Xtra contributor Russ Martin gets all the tea from this week’s eliminated "Drag Race" contestant

The race for the ultimate Queen of the North title has officially begun. We catch up with Beth to talk about her thoughts on the first episode of Canada’s Drag Race season 2.

Russ Martin is a writer whose work has been published in Flare, the Toronto Star, The Walrus, and NewNowNext. He lives in Toronto.

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