Drag Race: Plane Jane breaks silence on viral response to Q
Drag Race star Plane Jane has issued a response to claims that she was “so unserious” in the werkroom, after fellow season 16 castmate Q emotionally revealed her HIV status.
In the recent maxi-challenge the queens were tasked to deliver “drag awareness employee seminars.” Plane and Q were paired up by Mama Ru and given the topic, ‘Do you know your drag herstory?’ Ahead of the runway, Q confided in Plane that she was “doing something sentimental” for the theme, ‘Flashback: DragCon 1980.’ She explained how her outfit was “inspired by a generation of gay people that we lost to the AIDs epidemic in the 80s.” Q then emotionally revealed: “I have also been HIV positive for two years now.
When I first got my diagnosis I felt really lost and like I was super alone.” In her confessional, Q further explained: “I tested positive when I was 24, I was mostly scared about how I was going to be treated by family and people around me who don’t understand it, because it is so stigmatised. “You know people have said really awful, nasty things to me and almost dehumanised me.
But I’m here, I’m on Drag Race and living my dreams. You know I have a loving husband who really supports and loves me, no matter what.” Plane Jane answered: “Mama – kudos for saying that.
