“That doesn’t happen”: Trixie Mattel shuts down false narratives about drag
Trixie Mattel has spoken out against politicians trying to use drag as a “scapegoat” to get votes by creating false narratives about performers.
The star, who won season three of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars’, was referencing anti-drag bills, which have been on the rise in the US this year.
Many of these laws seek to stop drag artists working either in public spaces or with young people, though often do not explicitly mention the art of drag and instead reference “male and female impersonators” or something to that effect.
Speaking to Good Morning America on the red carpet of the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in a clip which has since gone viral online, Trixie said: “So this artform I’ve devoted my life to is being used as a scapegoat for people to get votes. “This is what they always do, they just take some random cause that they know people will vote for based on nothing, but there’s no way to combat it because you can’t even come at it with data because this isn’t a group of people who care about data.” READ MORE: Drag is under attack – but these queens aren’t backing down anytime soon The star, who won season three of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars’, further explained that she looked for information on the number of drag queens linked with paedophilia as Republicans have been attempting to associate the ‘groomer’ slur with LGBTQ+ people. “Zero.
