The RuPaul's Drag Race winner sat down to talk with us about what it's like to be a queer celebrity in the first moments of LGBTQI+ access to the mainstream. Read more:
matters. When our public figures are truer to themselves, everyday people are more inclined to accept themselves and the people around them.
This rapid influx of queer representation is long past overdue. But for the ones representing, who have been catapulted into a spotlight that was never there, there are some associated growing pains. On the personal side, it’s the privacy. Aquaria talked about recently going to a Carly Rae Jepsen concert in New York and having a hard time enjoying it.
Sadly, burden seeps into their professional lives too. It’s one thing to be brought into a partnership to laud diversity and bolster your community. It’s another to be tokenized and used to turn a profit. This is something that queer people have to worry about as we proliferate into the mass media. Aquaria quips, “You get to see the companies that want to make the effort or fake the effort.
When we talked about our World Pride experiences, Aquaria and I were in unison. She said, “The energy in the city was just so bright... It seemed like a very wholesome Pride—a Pride that really echoed the real meanings of Pride and community.” It truly was palpable. The spirit, the acceptance, and the love all around us was so moving. But it’s not every day when everyone in our near vicinity is expressly voicing their support of our existence.
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