Sasha Velour

I want to do something that is not just a pastiche of drag that's come before but is really authentically me. I…

— Sasha Velour

Right when I was starting to experiment with drag, my mom was diagnosed with cancer, and during her chemo treatment, she lost…

— Sasha Velour

Pride, to me, is a celebration of the past because we have come such a long way from the very first Pride…

— Sasha Velour

A lot of people still have the idea that drag goes from one end of the gender spectrum to the other end…

— Sasha Velour

We need to talk about representation for queer people in the media and also in law. And there's a long history of…

— Sasha Velour

Drag has always inspired people to come together to be joyous and fight for what matters. If we can do it through…

— Sasha Velour

Drag resists conservatism in the most basic way possible, and also in the most effective way possible, because it's improper when it…

— Sasha Velour

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…

— Sasha Velour

There are some amazing people around who can tell stories about drag from the '60s and in New York, like the amazing…

— Sasha Velour

We still live in a country where there's disproportionate violence faced by our community, especially trans people and trans people of color.…

— Sasha Velour

I want to see some queer politicians, some drag queens and drag kings running for office and shifting the way that policy…

— Sasha Velour

Queer art is as much about starting conversations as it is about making dramatic statements.

— Sasha Velour

I discovered that my drag really does speak to people on an emotional level. I also discovered that people are sometimes put…

— Sasha Velour

My favorite thing about drag is taking one idea and flipping it on its head entirely.

— Sasha Velour

Drag is literally so ancient that it predates modern understanding of gender, of transness, of queerness. Drag predates modern ideas of gender,…

— Sasha Velour

I've loved the RuPaul model of drag, where you're an amazing drag queen, you're a smart and savvy business person, and you…

— Sasha Velour

Identity for Jews like us was shaped by cultural practices and family traditions rather than allegiances of place or language or class,…

— Sasha Velour

The way I've always looked at drag has been a little bit different maybe than other people because the drag community that…

— Sasha Velour

What I love so much about drag is that it has politics at its very core; drag performers aren't afraid to talk…

— Sasha Velour

People are really seeing that drag is an art form, that it's so much more than self-expression.

— Sasha Velour

Taking care of your mental health is important, and being able to model that for queer people who are out there every…

— Sasha Velour

I want to do performance that inspires people to be true to themselves and has tangible impact on the community. Not just…

— Sasha Velour

At the end of the day, I just love drag so much that it's not enough for me to be a successful…

— Sasha Velour

A superstar doesn't just use the spotlight for themselves.

— Sasha Velour

It's so beautiful that drag is able to speak to so many different types of people.

— Sasha Velour