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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

By Russ Martin • October 18, 2021 7:53 pm EDT

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.

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Russ Martin is the producer of the podcast Pop Pantheon. His writing has been published in PAPER, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, and the Toronto Star. He lives in Toronto.

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