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# Drag Race icon Valentina Xunaxi comes out as a trans woman on her 34th birthday
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/drag-race-icon-valentina-xunaxi-comes-out-as-a-trans-woman-on-her-34th-birthday/
- Published: 2025-05-15T11:32:33.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-15T11:32:33.000Z
- Description: Drag Race icon Valentina Xunaxi has come out as a trans woman in an emotional post on Instagram, made on her 34th birthday. The star of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 9, All Stars 4, and c0-host of Drag Race Mexico wrote: “Hello everyone, it’s me Valentina Xunaxi. Today is my bday. I turn 34. For […]
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: News, Drag Race, LGBT, LGBTQ

*Drag Race* icon **Valentina Xunaxi** has come out as a trans woman in an emotional post on Instagram, made on her 34th birthday.

The star of *RuPaul’s Drag Race season 9*, *All Stars 4*, and c0-host of *Drag Race Mexico* wrote: “Hello everyone, it’s me Valentina Xunaxi. Today is my bday. I turn 34\. For some time now I’ve been in transition, I’ve been doing it privately but today I wanted to open and share with you all.”

She added: “I’ve decided and wanted to take today to declare myself as a transgender woman,” she continued. “I welcome all the love, support and protection from my dear fans. Thank you so much.”

Many from the Drag Race community shared their support, including **Amanda Tori Meating, DeJa Skye, Monet X Change, Peppermind, Farrah Moan, Shea Coulee, June Jambalaya, CoCo Montrese** and Tammie Brown.

Valentina had only been doing drag for less than a year in LA night nightclubs when she was cast in season nine of *RuPaul’s Drag Race*, which aired in 2017\. In 2023, Valentina co-hosted the first season of *Drag Race México*.

One of Valentina’s famous moments was from her original season during the elimination in episode nine to **Nina Bo’Nina Brown** after losing her lipsync battle to Ariana Grande’s Greedy.

She was wearing a face mask as part of her look but refused to remove it for the lip syncing in a moment that went viral among fans.

Valentina landed in seventh place and won only one challenge but viewers voted her Miss Congeniality.