proven fatal on multiple occasions. “I’m shook. I’m gooped. I’m gagged that I — I wasn’t scared. In my head, I’m like, ‘My community is waiting for me,’” Elix told NBC News, referring to her livestream audience on Twitch.
While Elix took it in stride, not everyone who’s been on the receiving end of one of these incidents felt that way. Drag queens who spoke with NBC News said that the experience has made them feel unsafe, for obvious reasons.
NBC withheld their names by request, given the queens’ understandable fears that they might become victims of further attacks.