Interviews: All the queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 [VIDEO]

A global pandemic wasn’t going to stop drag queens from making art, and it sure as hell wasn’t going to stop the RuPaul’s Drag Race train from hurtling down the tracks.

On New Year’s Day, the 13th season of the Emmy-winning competition series returns. Filmed under strict lockdown in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the show will look and feel different than ever, but the wigs and the drama and the lip syncs weren’t going to wait for anybody.

The new season brings an incredibly diverse cast to the table, including the show’s first trans male contestant (Gottmik) and a practicing Seventh Day Adventist (Utica Queen). There are wildly different levels of experience in play, too, including queens who have been in the game for decades (Tamisha Iman, Tina Burner) and a queen who just started doing drag last year (Olivia Lux).

Daniel Trainor and Sam Stone chatted with the season 13 queens about all things Drag Race, including the intensity of filming during quarantine, the evolution of drag throughout America, the power of being political and what the future of drag might look like.

RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13 premieres on January 1, 2021 at 8/7C on VH1. 

Image courtesy of VH1

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Daniel Trainor and Sam Stone

Daniel Trainor is writer, podcaster, son and friend from Los Angeles, California. Originally from Michigan, his love for all things pop culture started early, once using pancakes to bribe his way onto the Oscars red carpet bleachers with his mother. In addition to writing for AwardsWatch, he is an huge sports fan and hosts the LGBTQ sports podcast “Same Team.” One day, he hopes Jane Krakowski will win an Emmy.

Sam Stone is a writer and actor based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes humor, culture, and travel among other things, and spends his free time reading about all those things. You can find him on twitter @sam_the_stone or on Instagram @samstone000.

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