So pride is a time for us to say we're here, we're visible, we're strong, we're able to organise and we're able to activate and work together as a community to make change. That's what pride's about for me. And it's really fun too!
I'll be in, like, Starbucks or something and I'll say my order and someone will snap their head around and go, 'Whaat, Alaska?! Hieeee!' I find it nice because I can be alone in a strange city where I don't know where I am, and then if a fan runs into me I feel like I am among friends and family.
I love drag so much and it's a huge part of who I am but there's also another side that hasn't really gotten out into the music and I'm excited to show that.
I want to make the world a better place, and I think we can all work together to do that.
Well, I love Britney Spears, and I condider myself to be Britney Spears.
RuPaul is someone who I really look up to because he's very much a renaissance man.
Music is really personal.
I love 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians.'
My mom was really good at swearing growing up.
It's always been that I feel more masculine in drag than I do out of it. I only get called 'ma'am' out of drag and I only get called 'sir' in drag.
Really, drag is like, 'Oh, I'm putting on women's clothing,' but it's just clothing. The people who assign it as being for women is the culture and society.
I was really grateful that The Vixen, especially, was on season 10 because she was having conversations about race. You can't ignore it, especially in the drag community, in the 'Drag Race' world.
I think I first learned about Stonewall in Queer Theatre class at the University of Pittsburgh. It made me mad that queer people out at bars could be raided and arrested and harassed by the police just for being who they were.
At the end of the day and at the beginning of the day, I am a man who dresses up like a lady who is from outer space. Not everyone is going to get that. Not everyone is going to be on board with that.
Meditation is essential. I try to start each morning with a focus on the breath and three things I'm grateful for.
Working out grounds you in your body and in the moment so if I'm ever feeling fuzzy headed a workout always helps check in with the moment.
You have to take the tragic and turn it to magic.
If people are laughing at you, you might as well be in on the joke.
Straight people love to steal from drag queens. It happens all the time.
The truth is, people who have longevity are able to be aware of their public perception and take it and use it and make it work for them.
