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Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is disrupting the system

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From a ballroom mother to a fierce fembot and an animated ninja, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is proudly smashing the status quo. Photographer Myles Loftin Words Sam Damshenas Art Direction and Cover Design Jack Rowe Stylist Sam Knoll Stylist Assistant Jamisha Rosado  Makeup Artist Alicia Martinez using Charlotte Tilbury Hair Stylist Davey Matthew at The Only Agency Production Megan Wallace Studio Industria Superstudio Photography Assistant Andrew Espinal With thanks to Louis D’Adamio As 33F7, a fashion-forward “fembot” of the cosmic variety, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is putting an intergalactic spin on pop.…

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“We’re allies, babe!”: FLO on Access All Areas, LGBTQIA+ fans and “bad bitch replenishment”

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FLO speak exclusively with GAY TIMES about their masterpiece of a debut album, Access All Areas, collaborating with Cynthia Erivo and their appreciation of the LGBTQIA+ community. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM EMMERSON SPECIAL THANKS TO SUNNI LEKH AT SATELLITE414 FLO might need to add another ‘A’ to the title of their debut album because, as the tenacious trio tells GAY TIMES, “we’re allies, babe!”. With their future top five-peaking album Access All Areas (deserves number-one), Stella Quaresma, Jorja Douglas and Reneé Downer made sure to honour their LGBTQIA+ fans with a…

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Drag Race UK star Charra Tea on makeover exit: ‘I waited for a Kandy Muse moment’

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In her GAY TIMES exit interview, Charra Tea discusses her final hour on Drag Race UK, RuPaul’s unnecessary decision to send a queen packin’ and why season six has been an all-timer for the franchise. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC “After that cabaret talent show I was like, ‘Get me my suitcases, let’s go!’” says Charra Tea. Fortunately for viewers, Drag Race UK’s garish icon persevered and delivered one of the franchise’s most unpredictable trajectories in the process, from safe-safe-safe-safe-to-waaaasp! Her bonkers Snatch Game performance of Nadine…

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Drag Race UK winner Ginger Johnson talks ‘bizarre, ridiculous and cartoony’ new series

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Ginger Johnson says her new BBC series is a perfect encapsulation of what resides in her “great big head”. Following her win on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK last year, the Northern comedian has unleashed a camp six-part series, Ginger’s House, in which she invites familiar faces over to kiki and – as an “incredibly lazy” person – assist her with household chores. Featuring appearances from queens such as Tia Kofi, Kate Butch, Cara Melle, Danny Beard and Miss Naomi Carter, Ginger describes the series as “half-sitcom, half-chat show” due to its hybrid scripted…

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Drag Race UK: Chanel O’Conor on werkroom spats, villain status and nearly ‘dying’ on the runway

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Drag Race UK star Chanel O’Conor reveals unaired drama from this week’s runway, Coco Peru’s ‘hysterical’ reaction to her Snatch Game and the queens she wants to cause “carnage” with on a villains’ season. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC “If you want to see me as a villain, then I shall be the villain,” says yacht-owner Chanel O’Conor. Over the past six weeks, the Scottish seamstress has been labelled as such by the Drag Race UK fandom for her wickedly entertaining sense-of-humour, squabbles with…

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“Really, Ru?”: Drag Race UK star Kiki Snatch has thoughts on elimination

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In her GAY TIMES exit interview, Kiki Snatch reflects on her Drag Race UK journey and severe lip-sync smackdown against Actavia, as well as her thoughts on the result. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC “Not to toot my own horn, but hello? Like, beep beep?” Kiki Snatch says of her *impeccable* lip-sync smackdown on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Although her battle against Actavia to David Bowie’s funk-rock classic ‘Let’s Dance’ has been widely lauded as one of the British franchise’s best, Kiki was sadly Marcia…

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Michael Marouli says it’s “about time” for Drag Race UK All Stars: “I’m coming for blood!”

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Michael Marouli reveals that she will ‘come for blood’ on a potential season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK All Stars.  In an interview with GAY TIMES, the Northern entertainer correctly says it’s “about time” for the British franchise to receive an All Stars equivalent (UK vs the World doesn’t count…) because of the sheer “calibre of queens” that have been introduced over six seasons. “It would go off. I think it would be so successful, so huge. Can you imagine seeing all those personalities back together on our screen? Especially queens that didn’t get…

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Drag Race UK: Saki Yew is monetising her shock exit in the best possible way

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Saki Yew speaks with GAY TIMES about her unforeseen exit from Drag Race UK, her planned impersonation for Snatch Game and whether she’s received an open invite for season seven. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC With her “Frankenstein” drag – aka the infusion of her Australian, Filipino and Mancunian backgrounds – Saki Yew was one of the most anticipated contestants on this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Sadly, the theatre queen’s journey came to an abrupt end in episode two when a homophobic…

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Drag Race star Luxx Noir London is ready to be a “force” in the music industry

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Luxx Noir London speaks exclusively with GAY TIMES about her addictive debut album and off-Broadway debut in Drag: The Musical.  WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS With her debut album Light in the Dark, Luxx Noir London is on a mission to make herstory as the first-ever drag queen chart-topper. “I would be able to handle it because it’s what I’ve been wanting literally forever,” says the Drag Race star (and inevitable All Stars frontrunner/champion). A ten-track collection of dark, synth-pop bangers with industrial influences, which Luxx explains are a reflection of the ‘loud, bold and angry’ voices in…

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Will Ferrell and Harper Steele: ‘Trans people are making the world a better place’

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Will Ferrell and Harper Steele want cis people to understand that the world will be a “better place” if all trans people can “live their truth”. In the new Netflix documentary Will & Harper, the duo embark on a seventeen-day road trip across the United States after Harper, former head writer at Saturday Night Live and Will’s comedy partner of thirty years, comes out as a trans woman. Directed by Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar‘s Josh Greenbaum, the film follows Will and Harper as they come to terms with…

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