Seeing drag queens make inroads into mainstream culture is “really cool”, a former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant said. Shangela Laquifa Wadley, who has also presented the US series We’re Here, which is set to air in the UK, said she wanted to ensure the programme gave an accurate representation of drag culture. “How cool to have more drag on what people consider mainstream television?” she told the PA news agency. “It is really cool to see drag represented in an authentic and real life way.” We’re Here sees Shangela and fellow former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka O’Hara visit towns in the US to recruit and train people to feature in one-off drag performances.
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