“Drag Race” icon Detox came out as trans this year… & shared the stage with Madonna!
This profile is part of Queerty’s 2024 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: Detox, 39Bio: Detox might have come at you with the slow verse, but she lives her life in the fast lane.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.The Florida native cut her teeth in the LA drag scene before sashaying into the workroom on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5, becoming one of the most iconic queens to ever compete on the series.
In 2016 she Ru-turned for the legendary second season of Drag Race All Stars, and in the years since, she has stayed booked and busy, performing in clubs around the world… including a brief stint with Madonna earlier this year!Coming out: This past August she made headlines at the DNC— no,not the Democratic National Convention, but Drag Night Chicago, which was a “voter registration kiki” thrown by the DRAG PAC.
Detox co-hosted the event with her DWV girl group sister, Willam. During the live show, the two performed the DWV favorite, “Chow Down (at Chick-fil-A),” a parody of the hit Wilson Phillips’ song, “Hold On.”In the original “Chow Down” track, Detox can be heard in the background proclaiming she’s “a top” before the chorus kicks in.
But when she performed at the DNC, she changed the line to… “I’m trans now!”She confirmed the news in a comment on the viral video clip, writing: “Cat’s outta the bag!”#detox #willam #dragrace #drag #rupaulsdragrace #chowdown #chickfila #chicago #metro #willambelli #dwv @The Only Detox Detox joins the ever growing list of Drag Race queens who have come out as trans, which this year alone includes Season 15’s Amethyst and Season 16’s Amanda Tori Meating.
