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Michelle Visage: ‘I became an ally because I had no one defending me when I was being bullied’
Michelle Visage turned to LGBTQ+ allyship after being bullied at school.The 53-year-old, who serves as a permanent judge on the beloved World Of Wonder series, has been a fiercely loyal ally of the community for decades, having found her tribe of drag performers in the New York ballrooms of the 1980s.Michelle’s unpleasant formative years pushed her to become a ferocious protector of marginalised people that many around the globe see her as today.Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, she shed light on her traumatic youth which saw her ostracized and alone. ‘As a younger kid, I never really fit in,’ she recalled.‘I was picked on and bullied and could never understand why I didn’t have people that would have my back.
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