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Austrian drag queen Candy Licious on the 2024 EuroGames, life lessons from RuPaul & how cycling sets her free

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Queerty. A post shared by Candy Licious (@candy_licious._)While Candy Licious can lip-sync for her life–she says her favorite queen from Drag Race is Sasha Velour–she doesn’t view drag as a competition.

She views the art form as political. Over the last two years, Candy has traveled around Austria performing drag story hours, often to school children.

She’s encountered hostile opposition, such as when a group of protesters laid down plastic bricks around a library where she was slated to perform.

While Vienna has a proud progressive tradition–earning the storied “Red Vienna” moniker–Austria remains a conservative country.

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