Usher Shows His God-Given Talent In Very Revealing Home Shower Tour
It’s not just the proverbial “kids” who are relentlessly Snapchatting these days, celebrities can overshare too!
Usher recently gave a tour of his crib on the social platform, and it started as you’d expect — realizing Usher is richer than you.
No surprises there:
But then the “Confessions” singer turned the camera on himself, and things got much more interesting:
But then the camera kept moving lower:
Ten Queens Who Turned Their Drag Careers Into Some Serious Coin
The art form of drag and female impersonation has exploded in popularity over the last decade, driven in part by the remarkable visibility created by RuPaul‘s Drag Race. The show, currently airing its eighth season on Logo, has brought great drag into homes across the world and has changed the game for drag as a profession.
Being a successful drag entertainer in the ear of RuPaul‘s Drag Race is a lot more complicated (and competitive) than ever before. Below is a list of ten fierce queens who have taken the art of drag to the next level. From full-length albums and music videos to international tours and talent management companies, these queens have embraced the state of drag fandom and are turning the art into some serious coin.
Know any business-savvy queens not featured on this list? Tell her story in the comments below.
After finishing in the top three of RuPaul‘s Drag Race season six, Adore Delano‘s music career took off. Having sold out venues around the world, releasing two full-length albums and ten music videos (in just two years), Adore has worked her ass off and is showing no signs of stopping. Both her first album (Till Death Do Us Party) and her second album (After Party) debuted at number one on the iTunes dance charts, solidifying her place in music history. Plus, she’s the queen of merch: from posters and shirts to cell phone cases, Adore knows how to make them coins!
Related: Adore Delano Goes Full-On ’80s In “Give Me Tonight”
Alyssa Edwards was a business-savvy queen well before her run on RuPaul‘s Drag Race season five. In addition to running her Texas-based dance studio, Beyond Belief, she was taking the drag pageant scene by storm. Since her time on Drag Race, Alyssa has toured the world and Alyssa’s Secret, her WOWPresents YouTube show, remains one World of Wonder’s longest running web series, with each episode garnering over 100,000 views. In late 2015, Alyssa and two of her “drag children” (Gia Gunn and Laganja Estranja) were the opening act for Miley Cyrus during her Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz album tour.
There no denying that three years after her run on Drag Race, Alyssa still remains one of the highest profile queens to come from the show.
Related: Alyssa Edwards Has Major Crown-Snatching Deja Vu
Coco Peru has been in the drag game for over 25 years, having started in the New York scene before the internet made getting the word out about a drag event easier. In a recent interview with Queerty, Coco shared how she used to create a buzz about her show:
“Back when I started drag, I used to go out every night and have to hand out postcards. I made a stencil and would spray paint on the sidewalks in New York City – not realizing it was illegal. Well.. maybe I did on some level, because I did it in dark clothes at two in the morning. I spray-painted all over the city ‘Miss Coco Peru. She knows.’ People would look at that and think, “Who the hell is Miss Coco Peru and what does she know?” But it created a buzz. You had to do that back then because there was no internet.”
Coco’s smarts have filled her 25-year drag career with a variety of high-profile gigs, from starring in the 1995 Cult film To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar, to touring the world with her one-woman act. Coco has done it all, and, if you want to see her perform live, we recommend you heed her advice: “I encourage people to come [see me live] if they have the opportunity because I don’t know how much longer I’ll be doing this.”
Related: 13 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About The Legendary Miss Coco Peru
Heklina is a business queen through and through. She started the legendary “Trannyshack” shows in San Francisco and then soon began touring them around the world. During the show’s 20-year run, Heklina brought a slew of celebrities, from RuPaul to Lady Gaga, to the Trannyshack stage. Now, Heklina is the owner of Oasis, a San Francisco-based nightclub that hosts regular cabaret shows and drag performances. Through her new weekly show at Oasis, “Mother,” Heklina continues the Trannyshack legacy.
Additionally, Heklina and her drag queen bestie, Peaches Christ (see below), host regular traveling events that take drag on the road (and even the high seas!). The “Mothership” events, as they are appropriately named, take a bus (or cruise ship) of drag queens to various places that are easily accessible from her home base of San Francisco.
Related: PHOTOS: The Golden Girls Have A Holiday Secret In SF — They’re Drag Queens
Horrorchata (c’mon, don’t you just love that name!?) is a New York queen and the founder of Razor 5000, the biggest underground queer dance party in Brooklyn. She also co-founded the Bushwig Festival, the only drag festival in Brooklyn and the festival to which Lady Bunny passed down the Wigstock torch. In addition, Horrorchata is also a fierce drag DJ who has brought music to hundreds of parties across the United States and Europe, including the legendary Tranny Olympics in London.
Related: Drag Queens Modeling Old Lady Bathing Suits Is The Best Thing You’ll See Today, Or Ever
Large and in charge. Chunky yet funky. Bold and beautiful. Latrice motha-f*ckin’ Royale!
As one of the most beloved (and most quotable) queens to come from RuPaul‘s Drag Race, Latrice is more than just a big personality. In addition to touring around the world with her drag act, Latrice is also the owner of LRI Talent and Management, a management company that represents “the finest in Female Impersonation and Live Entertainment for any party or event.” The agency currently manages a variety of entertainers, including Kennedy Davenport, Jaidynn Dior Fierce, T.S. Madison and more.
On top of all that, Latrice is also a musical artist. She recently released her first album, Here’s to Life, which features six beautiful and hilarious songs that showcase her vocal talents (now available on Amazon and iTunes *wink*). Eat it!
In addition to being an amazing stage performer (trust us, if you haven’t seen her live yet, you NEED to at some point), Mimi Imfurst is a hard working business woman. Self-described as “the hardest working bitch in show business,” Mimi recently launched a national drag tour, The Divas of Drag, that features 18 fierce queens, including several RuPaul‘s Drag Race‘s queens and other talented non-Drag Race queens. The first run of the tour concluded on April 17th, but more tour dates are expected to be announced soon.
Beyond the stage, Mimi is another queen with a passion for music. In mid-March she released her debut album, The Fire, which she funded with the help of nearly 250 contributors on Indiegogo. The full-length rock ‘n roll album features 10 original tracks and is available now on iTunes.
Related: Mimi Imfurst Releases New Album, Shares Emotional Details Of Becoming A Homeless Teenager
If you are ever lucky enough to be in San Francisco during the run of a Peaches Christ original production, do yourself a favor get a ticket. (Insider Tip: The VIP treatment is definitely worth it if you can afford it!). The historic Castro Theatre plays home to all of Peaches’ legendary shows, with recent shows starring well-known queens including Katya Zamolodchikova, Willam, Latrice Royale, Bianca Del Rio, Heklina, Alaska Thunderfuck, Sharon Needles, Honey Mahogany and more. Visit Peaches’ website and subscribe to her newsletter to learn about upcoming shows – because you never know when she’ll be taking a show on tour and bringing it to a city near you.
Can’t get to a Peaches show? No problem, you can bring her home to enjoy. As another queen of merch, Peaches’ web store is stocked with several of her original films, a fabulously creepy Peaches costume mask, original Peaches music and so much more.
Related: Peaches Christ Salutes Classic Hollywood And Proves There’s No Place Like Frameline
RuPaul. The MOTHA of drag. From film and television to music and podcasting, when it comes to being an entertainer, RuPaul has done it all. Her Wikipedia page lists 29 television credits, 22 film credits, 17 short film credits, nine award nominations and two published books. Is there any other drag queen who could convince tens of thousands of people to gather in Los Angeles for a two-day drag queen convention (aptly named RuPaul’s DragCon)?
That’s RuPaulsDragCon.com.
Related: RuPaul On Doing Things His Way And The Subversive Power Of His New Game Show ‘Gay For Play’
This list would not be complete without Miss Shangela. This former RuPaul‘s Drag Race star is doing and has done it all (seriously). Let’s go through the list:
Wait that’s not it… we can’t forget to mention that she also owns her own drag queen talent management company, Say What Entertainment. Miss Shangie is a professional and knows how to make them coins.
Related: Shangela Spoofs Bruno Mars’ ‘Uptown Funk’ in Sickening New Music Video!
Want to meet these fabulous queens? All 10 of the queens listed above will be at the second annual RuPaul’s DragCon, coming to the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 7-8. Plus, come find Queerty and Dragaholic at booth 702 for your chance to win some fierce drag prizes! #SeeYouAtDragCon
Gay Romantic Drama ‘Holding The Man’ Chronicles 15 Years of Love and Loss – TRAILER
A new trailer for the romantic gay drama Holding The Man has debuted and, if the teaser is any indication, it looks to be a tear jerker.
The film follows two young men who meet and fall in love at school as boys. Their relationship grows and lasts over 15 years as each struggles to deal with bigotry, family intolerance, and growing up.
Holding The Man is based on the 1995 memoir of the same name by by Australian writer, actor, and activist Timothy Conigrave. Conigrave passed away a year before the book would be published. It would also go on to be adapted as a play.
The film stars newcomers Ryan Corr and Craig Stott. Neil Armfield directs from a screenplay by Tommy Murphy.
Watch the trailer (which is briefly work-unfriendly), below.
[h/t Attitude]
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Join HRC at the Rally to Repeal H.B. 1523 in Jackson, Mississippi
Join HRC at the Rally to Repeal HB 1523 this Sunday, May 1 in Jackson, Mississippi to urge state lawmakers to stand up against this discriminatory anti-LGBT law. HRC will march from the Mississippi Capitol to the Governor’s Mansion in order to send a clear and powerful message to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, Lt. Governor Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip A. Gunn that it fair-minded Mississippians support its repeal.
H.B. 1523 has opened up a broad loophole allowing almost any individual or organization to use broad justifications to discriminate against LGBTQ Mississippians at work, at school and in their communities. More than 75 major national corporations and businesses, thousands of fair-minded voters, entertainers and sports figures have joined HRC and the civil rights community in speaking out against the horrific measure.
Under this new law, almost any individual or organization could justify discrimination against LGBTQ people, single mothers, unwed couples, and others. Tax-payer funded faith-based organizations could: refuse to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples for provision of critical services including emergency shelter; deny children in need of loving homes placement with LGBTQ families including the child’s own family member; and refuse to sell or rent a for-profit home to an LGBTQ person — even if the organization receives government funding. It would also give foster families the freedom to subject an LGBTQ child to the dangerous practice of “conversion therapy,” and subject a pregnant unwed girl to abuse, without fear of government intervention or license suspension. It would even allow individuals to refuse to carry out the terms of a state contract for the provision of counseling services to all eligible individuals, including veterans, based on the counselor’s beliefs about LGBTQ people or single mothers.
Furthermore, schools, employers, and service providers could refuse transgender people access to appropriate sex-segregated facilities consistent with their gender identity — all in direct conflict with the U.S. Department of Justice’s enforcement of federal law. HB 1523 even legalizes Kim Davis-style discrimination by allowing government employees to abdicate their duties and refuse to license or solemnize marriages for LGBTQ people. We hope you can join us this Sunday, May 1, at 3:30 CDT. We will march from the Mississippi Capitol at 400 High St. down three blocks on N Congress St to the Governor’s Mansion at 300 E Capitol St.
Can’t make the rally? Take action with HRC today. Send a message to lawmakers in Mississippi to repeal H.B. 1523 immediately. Don’t forget to also add “WeAreHRC” on Snapchat for live updates from the rally.
Who Is Ted Cruz? To John Boehner, 'Lucifer in the Flesh' (Video)
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Aunt Boo Says MYOB In Public Restrooms And Everyone Can Have A “Wonderful Bathroom Experience”
Meet Aunt Boo. She’s a God-fearing, Christ-loving comedienne from Raleigh, N.C. with a Facebook following of approximately 335,000 fans. She regularly posts videos featuring advice about things like the importance of personal hygiene, why you shouldn’t drink and drive and how to survive a sexual assault. She also has a video of herself returning an unsatisfactory hamburger to McDonald’s and another about installing locks on her kitchen cabinets so crackheads don’t steal her groceries.
Related: Target Announces Trans-Inclusive Bathroom Policy
In her latest video, Aunt Boo discusses the very hot topic of trans people using public bathrooms. One might think, given her Christian background, and that she resides in the current epicenter of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, she would be in support of the uptick in anti-LGBTQ laws regulating the bathroom use of trans people, but no.
Related: Selfie Campaign Shows How Absurd It Is To Force Trans People To Use The Wrong Bathroom
Aunt Boo wants the world (aka her 335,000 followers, many of whom are Christian) to know that just because a person is trans doesn’t mean they are a sex offender. But to any non-LGBTQ sex offenders out there who may be peeking at her going to the bathroom, you better watch out.
“If you’re minding your business and I’m minding mine, we’re going to have a wonderful bathroom experience,” she says. “When your outside matches your inside, use the corresponding restroom, please.”
Preach.
Check out Aunt Boo’s video below.
There’s Only One LGBT Kids Clothing Line Colton Haynes Will Buy From
Colton Haynes knows the power of a social media share.
The Arrow actor has made headlines, at least here anyways, with everything from body modification to an unlikely pregnancy announcement to alluding to the fact that he’s been out of the closet all along.
But Haynes took a break from sparking conversation about himself to focus the attention of his vast followers list on something else: his gay brother-in-law’s new gay children’s clothing line.
Well not gay children per se, but for children of gay parents.
“I’m so incredible proud of my brother’s husband @scottculley for launching @gaybyapparel!” he wrote on Instagram. “I can’t wait to watch this brand sky rocket 🙂 Go shop online & get the word out there :)”
The line features familiar slogans that parents force their children to wear (“Isn’t this hilarious, honey? We’ve got to get this for Mikey.”) but with an LGBTQ twist.
Included on the company’s website is this message:
We are Just starting out.. If you have ideas for shirts PLEASE email them to us…. [email protected]. We are making shirts for our community and we’d love to have your input!!
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