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Tonight’s RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 reunion was as deeply chaotic as the last 13 weeks of hypercompetitive episodes. Bringing the cast together again for the first time since the season was filmed almost one year ago, the queens of Season 15 addressed everything from their shady fights over challenge roles to the best and worst looks of the season. (The prestigious Golden Boot award, given to the worst dressed queen, was awarded to Salina EsTitties for her gonzo street lamp look).
But among all of the cutting up and kiki’ing done by the queens and host RuPaul, there was an air of gravity that filled the room as well. “Each time a drag queen bats her false eyelashes, she’s making a political statement,” RuPaul said during the show. Since Drag Race began its run, laws like Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell have been repealed, and queer people have made incredible political strides with watershed supreme court decisions like Obergefell v. Hodges, which won same-sex marriage legalized throughout the country.
And yet, RuPaul’s words about drag being a political statement have never been more true than now.