Dear Baga Chipz: How do I find my tribe of LGBTQ+ friends?
Drag Race UK where she killed us all with her uncanny Margaret Thatcher impression in snatch game.After finishing the BBC Three competition show in third place, our self-professed ‘queen of the battered sausage’ went on to appear in the first edition of RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs the World.More recently, Baga has been involved with Debt Free London’s new helpline for the LGBTQI+ community in support of Pride Month, helping callers deal with their debts.Today, she is taking on the role of Metro.co.uk’s very own LGBTQ+ Agony Aunt – and she’s got some solid advice.Dear Baga, I have recently come out to my family and friends.
While I couldn’t have asked for a better response, I can’t help but feel a little bit lonely. Most of my immediate group of friends are straight and I do struggle to relate to them sometimes.
How do I go about finding a group of LGBTQ+ friends? I need to find my tribe! I know you might feel lonely at the moment because you haven’t found your tribe, but believe me, get out and see the world and you’ll be a scene queen in months!I found my group of LGBTQ+ friends by asking a close straight friend if they would come out with me in Old Compton Street and Soho.
The amount of friends I’ve made on these nights out, oh my God! Some of my best friends I’ve met in boozers, clubs, bars. You haven’t got to drink, you might not like alcohol, but this is where you can meet a lot of gay people.
