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Sasha Velour

American Entertainer

Born: Jun 25, 1987

About Drag Love Me People Think

Related authors: Bernard Meltzer Earl Nightingale John Madden Jonathan Van Ness Khloe Kardashian Oprah Winfrey RuPaul Sammy Davis, Jr.

Purple has always been my favorite color... but purple, when I was a little kid, was a color that boys weren't really allowed to wear. That's what all the kids at school told me. I filled my wardrobe with as much purple as I could possibly find, because who cares? Life's too short to dress by other people's rules. Sasha Velour

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I'm an only child; I'm a very private person. Sasha Velour

Only Only Child Private Private Person Very Child Person

A lot of people still have the idea that drag goes from one end of the gender spectrum to the other end of the gender spectrum, and they expect drag queens to be masculine out of drag and hyper-feminine in drag. I think that portrays a lot of binary thinking and, ultimately, a lot of misogyny. Sasha Velour

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I've always tried to twist the ideas of beauty that are maybe considered to be ugly by the mainstream. I was already kind of toying with that when it comes to baldness, which came from a discussion with my mother about how to be considered a beautiful woman if you're bald. Sasha Velour

A superstar doesn't just use the spotlight for themselves. Sasha Velour

Superstar Spotlight Just Themselves Use

When I was in high school, I used to beg my teachers to let me create films and plays instead of writing essays. I think they were at least happy I was excited about school. Sasha Velour

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It is important to me to keep fighting for the rights of those who cannot. Sasha Velour

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Trans women, trans men, AFAB - which is assigned female at birth - and non-binary performers, but especially trans women of color, have been doing drag for literal centuries and deserve to be equally represented and celebrated alongside cis men. Sasha Velour

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The truth is, a lot of people go to drag shows, really, for very light entertainment, and I think sometimes maybe we don't even give the audiences enough credit as to what they'd be down for. Sasha Velour

The way I've always looked at drag has been a little bit different maybe than other people because the drag community that I started doing drag in is full of trans people and women and people of various educational backgrounds, of different ages. Sasha Velour

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I love hearing the same songs over and over again - as long as queens challenge themselves to come up with new ways of performing them. Sasha Velour

Love Challenge Long Ways Songs Over New Performing Come Queens Hearing Up Same New Ways Again Them Themselves

My favorite diva is Dame Shirley Bassey from the U.K. I just love that every song she sings becomes crazy and intense with feeling. That's how I feel in my daily life. Sasha Velour

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I've found that embracing the things that make me a little strange and different from other people, and learning to love that, makes me feel beautiful and fashionable every day. Sasha Velour

Just in my experience as a drag queen, I've been able to connect with queer people around the world - and to see them connecting with each other over a shared love of drag! Sasha Velour

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I want to be an ambassador of Brooklyn. Sasha Velour

Brooklyn Ambassador Want

There are so many voices that tell people, especially queer people, that they don't have importance and regality. Sasha Velour

People Tell Voices Importance Queer Many

Drag is about asserting your power and your brilliance and your importance. Sasha Velour

Power About Importance Your Asserting Brilliance Drag

I have an art magazine about drag called 'Velour,' named after myself, and I have a monthly show called 'Nightgowns' that curates and presents some of the most creative and high-quality drag in a professional theater setting. Sasha Velour

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I want to follow in RuPaul's footsteps, which is that combination of not just personal stardom but to really transform myself into a producer of drag. That's the way to make a lasting impact on the world of drag and... to make actual differences in the queer community. I think there's no better model for that than RuPaul. Sasha Velour

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Everyone who passes through 'Drag Race,' and especially the people who are able to have really big careers after the show, has a responsibility to the queer community to do a good job of representing queer people across the board to be kind and loving. Sasha Velour

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It's so beautiful that drag is able to speak to so many different types of people. Sasha Velour

Beautiful People Speak Types Able Different Many Different Types Drag

Racism is a problem everywhere, especially in this country, but all over the world, and especially within queer space. Sasha Velour

Racism Problem World Space Country Everywhere Over Within Queer

I think Bianca Del Rio should be in politics. Sasha Velour

Politics Think Rio Should

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