Purple has always been my favorite color... but purple, when I was a little kid, was a color that boys weren't really allowed to wear. That's what all the kids at school told me. I filled my wardrobe with as… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I used to beg my teachers to let me create films and plays instead of writing essays. I think they were at least happy I was excited about school. — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
I want to do something that is not just a pastiche of drag that's come before but is really authentically me. I try to… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
Right when I was starting to experiment with drag, my mom was diagnosed with cancer, and during her chemo treatment, she lost all of… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
Pride, to me, is a celebration of the past because we have come such a long way from the very first Pride parade marking… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
A lot of people still have the idea that drag goes from one end of the gender spectrum to the other end of the… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
We need to talk about representation for queer people in the media and also in law. And there's a long history of drag queens… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
Drag has always inspired people to come together to be joyous and fight for what matters. If we can do it through beauty and… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
Drag resists conservatism in the most basic way possible, and also in the most effective way possible, because it's improper when it comes to… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
Even if I hadn't won 'Drag Race,' even if I'd never been on, I'd still be working my tail off, creating live shows, magazines,… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
There are some amazing people around who can tell stories about drag from the '60s and in New York, like the amazing club kid… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
We still live in a country where there's disproportionate violence faced by our community, especially trans people and trans people of color. I think… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
I want to see some queer politicians, some drag queens and drag kings running for office and shifting the way that policy is made… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
Queer art is as much about starting conversations as it is about making dramatic statements. — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
