Television The iconic Liza Minnelli to appear in season 17 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, where she will receive Lifetime Achievement Award The iconic Liza Minnelli is set to appear in season 17 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Production company World of Wonder shared that not only will Liza be appearing on the programme, she will be receiving a special honour! View this post on Instagram A post shared by RuPaul’s Drag Race (@rupaulsdragrace By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Lady Gaga, Tom Daley and Elliot Page have made their mark on young LGBTQ+ Britons, new YouGov survey shows Nine in ten young LGBTQ+ Britons say there have been queer people in their personal lives as teenagers and onwards, and a similar number were aware of LGBTQ+ public figures as well. Many older LGBTQ+ public figures have spoken out about the difficulties they faced growing up at a time where they did By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Television Meet Kiki Snatch – one of the fierce new queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 6 International drag icon, RuPaul, is back in Blighty with his cult competitive reality show. Rooted in camp, British pop culture, and famed for its unpredictability, Drag Race UK fans will be delighted with a rambunctious new cast, and a competition with even more twists, more laughs and more sass. S By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Television Meet CHARRA TEA – one of the fierce new queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 6 International drag icon, RuPaul, is back in Blighty with his cult competitive reality show. Rooted in camp, British pop culture, and famed for its unpredictability, Drag Race UK fans will be delighted with a rambunctious new cast, and a competition with even more twists, more laughs and more sass. S By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Television Meet ACTAVIA – one of the fierce new queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 6 International drag icon, RuPaul, is back in Blighty with his cult competitive reality show. Rooted in camp, British pop culture, and famed for its unpredictability, Drag Race UK fans will be delighted with a rambunctious new cast, and a competition with even more twists, more laughs and more sass. S By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News “I’m trans now”: RuPaul’s Drag Race star Detox comes out as trans during politically charged event Detox, a star from RuPaul’s Drag Race, has come out as trans during Drag PAC’s inaugural show in Chicago – a politically charged event aimed at mobilising LGBTQ+ voters ahead of the upcoming US presidential election. Detox, who rose to fame on season five of RuPaul’s Drag Race and later as a runner- By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Food & Drink Polish Princess cocktail, inspired by Alexis Saint-Pete Embracing the hyper-sexualised, the powerful, the intimidating, the standout divas of our generation, Alexis Saint-Pete (a contestant of season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK) crafted her drag persona from the female icons of early 2000s pop music. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Cabaret UK favourite Bimini Bon-Boulash to join UK and Ireland dates of “largest drag show of all time”, RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq the World RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World sashays into arenas for five huge glittering shows across England, Scotland and Ireland featuring fan favourite drag queens from the US. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World to sashay into Brighton Centre in October Billed as the “biggest drag show in the world”, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World, will visit the UK and Ireland with an all-new production in October. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts #DaleyPop: Our Christmas cracker Dale Melita shares magical POP for the festive season A sprinkling of POP in time for Christmas By Contributor • 6 min read
Arts Black Peppa celebrates Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK “In Birmingham the queer family that I have made there, they have brought out who Black Peppa is.” By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts Cadbury recreates Black Peppa’s Drag Race UK headdress Following Black Peppa’s win, Cadbury put their Bournville chocolatiers to work as they re-created the iconic chocolate headdress, this time using real chocolate as their materials. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read