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Drag Race UK stars ‘give HIV the finger’ for National Testing Week

Charity Kase, River Medway and Elektra Fence teamed up with Terrence Higgins Trust to break the stigma around getting tested for HIV. With 7 to the 13 of February marking National HIV Testing Week in the UK, the Drag Race UK stars visited the Trust to give HIV the finger using a self-test. With just a finger prick, the test returns the result in only 15 minutes – making it possible to know your status from the comfort of your own home. The event, which took place on 10 February,…

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Charity Kase opens up to Scarlett Harlett about being “frustrated” on Drag Race UK

Charity Kase and Scarlett Harlett gossiped about meeting for the first time, their careers and all things Drag Race UK. In a new video uploaded to Charity’s YouTube on 4 January, which is set to be the launch of a new series by the season three fan favourite, the two had a chat as they transformed each other into Elphaba and Glinda from Wicked. As the pair praised each other’s drag aesthetics, they revealed that they actually met for the first time several years ago. In a picture shared by…

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Exclusive: Charity Kase on the importance of tackling “prejudices” about HIV

Charity Kase is fundraising for the National AIDS Trust this World AIDS Day to help combat “negative and damaging stereotypes” about HIV. After speaking openly about living with the virus on season three of Drag Race UK, the 25-year-old is continuing to use her platform to raise awareness and tackle the stigma around it. Taking to Instagram on 1 December, Charity announced that she is raising money for the aforementioned charity in a bid to change how HIV is portrayed in the UK and to boost “positive representation in the…

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Drag Race UK’s Charity Kase shares unseen FUGLY look: “You are actually the winner”

Charity Kase has shared what she would have worn on the Drag Race UK runway had been in last week’s episode. This week’s maxi challenge saw the five remaining queens compete in the Miss F.U.G.L.Y. (Friend, U Gotta Love Yourself) Beauty Pageant. In yet another first for the UK series, the queens had to race against the clock to make an outfit after only finding out the category just before heading to the runway. In the first category, F.U.G.L.Y. Swimwear, the contestants had 69 minutes to create a look. The…

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Exclusive: Here’s who Brooke Lynn Hytes wants to win Drag Race UK season 3

In an exclusive interview with GAY TIMES, Brooke Lynn Hytes spilled the T on who she wants to see snatch this season’s Drag Race UK crown. The Canada’s Drag Race host recently visited the UK, where she couldn’t stop running into one of the season three queens who she “absolutely fell in love with”. “I met our dearly departed Victoria Scone in the UK when I was there last month and I just absolutely fell in love with her,” Brooke explains. “There was a week where we ran into each…

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Exclusive: Drag Race UK star Charity Kase reveals “out of the box” pick for Snatch Game

On the latest episode of Snatched!, Charity Kase revealed her “out of the box” choice for Drag Race’s staple maxi-challenge, the Snatch Game. The GAY TIMES Original Podcast follows Associate Editor Sam Damshenas and Fashion Editor Umar Sarwar as they review the latest instalment in the Emmy Award-winning franchise. This week, Sam and Umar discuss the fifth maxi-challenge of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season three, which saw the eight remaining queens put on their marketing hats as they produced adverts for a new in-home smart assistant called Draglexa. Little Mix…

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This week’s episode of Drag Race marked a first for the UK spin-off

Whew lordt, now that was an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK!  For their fourth maxi-challenge of the series, the eight remaining contestants – Charity Kase, Choriza May, Ella Vaday, Kitty Scott-Claus, Krystal Versace, River Medway, Scarlett Harlett and Vanity Milan – formed two rival girl-groups.  With the first two seasons boasting chart-topping (iTunes) anthems, Break Up Bye Bye and UK Hun?, expectations were high. Unlike past seasons, however, the groups performed the same track but in different tempos: a slow and intimate version and a high-energy pop version of…

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Drag Race UK’s Charity Kase praised for publicly speaking about living with HIV

Charity Kase has been praised for speaking openly about what living with HIV is like in the latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. In the third episode of Drag Race UK’s newest season, the queen shared that she went through a “really dark time” after her diagnoses. “I moved to London when I was 17 and then when I was 18 I was having a good time and I was on the scene,” she says during the episode. “But then I ended up contracting HIV and it was kind…

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Exclusive: Drag Race UK season 3 star Charity Kase shuts down comparisons to past winner

Charity Kase is not here for the comparisons to past Drag Race alumni. The Drag Race UK star, who has been a staple in the British drag scene for years thanks to her spooky and “outlandish” aesthetic, told GAY TIMES that she’s “constantly compared” to one legendary queen in particular.  “Sharon Needles is the one that I’m always compared to,” Charity admitted. “I’m very excited to not get that anymore! I love Sharon’s drag and I love what she does, but we are on entirely different planets with our aesthetics.”…

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