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“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.