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Drag Race: Plane Jane breaks silence on heated DragCon exchange with Q

July 23, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Plane Jane has set the record straight on her relationship with Q following their recent heated exchange. This weekend (19 July- 20 July), thousands of fans sashayed into the Los Angeles Convention Center to attend RuPaul’s DragCon LA. Like in previous years, attendees were treated to meet-and-greets with their favourite contestants, showstopping performances, and heaps of shopping vendors. In addition to the aforementioned activities, the weekend extravaganza featured the highly anticipated season 16 cast reunion hosted by beloved Drag Race judge Ts Madison. While most of the sit-down has been…

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Drag Race: Here’s everything we know about the DragCon LA and Willam drama

July 22, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

The drama between Willam and the Drag Race franchise just got messier following this year’s DragCon event. On 19 July, the beloved drag expo kicked off its three-day extravaganza at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Like in previous years, the event featured an appearance from RuPaul, showstopping performances, gagworthy reunions, meet and greets and sickening one-of-a-kind merch. While the convention was filled with iconic moments, there was also some major drama behind the scenes involving Drag Race season four alum Willam. On Saturday (20 July), the ‘Chow Down’ singer claimed…

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Heels at the ready: DragCon UK announces pre-party

October 3, 2023 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

A new “After Hours” opening party has been announced ahead of RuPaul’s DragCon, with the full cast of Drag Race UK season five set to attend on Friday 12 January. Alexis Saint-Pete, Banksie, Cara Melle, DeDeLicious, Ginger Johnson, Kate Butch, Michael Marouli, Miss Naomi Carter, Tomara Thomas and Vicki Vivacious are all confirmed to perform, with the lineup for Saturday 13 January to be announced soon. DragCon UK will return to ExCel London on the 13 and 14 January, with beloved judge Michelle Visage set to attend the third iteration…

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DragCon UK is sashaying back to London in 2024

June 26, 2023 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

RuPaul’s DragCon UK will be returning to London for a sickening two-day event featuring some of the world’s fiercest queens. Taking place at ExCeL London in January 2024, it marks the third iteration of the UK convention. The event will feature panel and Q&A sessions, vendors, exhibitors and many more things for attendees to enjoy. There will, of course, also be the chance to meet an array of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ queens from across the franchise, as well as the opportunity to see some of them perform. “RuPaul’s DragCon is…

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Drag Race stars react to Gia Gunn saying she saw ‘zero beauty’ at DragCon

May 18, 2022 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Drag Race’s Gia Gunn threw shade at the queens who attended this year’s DragCon by stating she saw “0 beauty” at the event. DragCon took place in Los Angeles from 13 to 15 May for the first time since 2019, with some of the franchise’s biggest stars showing up to perform and/or meet fans. “Say what you want but I saw 0 beauty at this year’s dragcon…what happened to the glamour?” Gia wrote on Twitter the day after the event concluded. Stars from the show swiftly responded to her comment,…