Bianca Del Rio: “It’s fascinating I find, especially I think since Drag Race, that the majority of the people I follow on Twitter and the majority of the people that I hang out with, having drinks with before or after the show, are always porn stars and go-go boys because they can relate to a drag queen’s life.”
Katya: “They can hang!”
Bianca: “They understand. They know that when everybody comes up to you or talks to you it’s always about something else. And like you can actually have a full conversation with them because they want to have a conversation with you because everything is usually so superficial. Some of my favorite people are porn stars and go-go boys. I can kiki with [them] all night.”
Katya: “There is a huge overlap in the lifestyle, in the expectations. The trappings of this kind of quasi-fame. We are like ‘gay famous.’ Bianca is a huge star now, but like, a lot of people want to collect us as little Pokémon for their Instagram. A lot of the porn stars relate to that, too.”— Bianca Del Rio and Katya discussing the unexpected-but-totally-logical connection between drag queens and porn stars on Katya’s podcast, Whimsically Volatile.
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Because they see one another at the bar every night and it’s bad for both sides’ image to not get a long publicly. You really think the porn star that bullies effeminate drag queens or crazy drag queen that mauled a porn star is a good image for booking jobs?
Ger
Or maybe they all know what it’s like for complete strangers to talk shit about them as if they know absolutely anything about them.
Vince
I can see that. Both are kind of Quasi celebrities in the community. I think Chi Chi LaRue was the one that started it though.
Mpo2411
Well, WOW, everyone has a valid point sort of
Working together every night, especially in a backstage setting, breeds a particular type of comradery you can’t know until you experience it.
There is a quasi-celebrity status afforded to performers, but being “in the business” they aren’t caught up and star struck. They know the reality behind the stage presence.
Sure, cooperation is good for public image, no denying, and I’m sure there are performers who don’t get along: those Molesting Queens or the GoGo Bullies, but it’s individual scenarios, not a global rule. It’s not gang wars, not West Side Story with the Sharks vs the Jets. We are, after all, just people. Also, people who don’t like each other are unlikely to hang out together after work, when they don’t need to.
I’ve worked in clubs for years, never strictly part of either camp but always part of both. When you witness their interactions not in public, you understand a little better.
Zambos271
And of course, drag queens have the best drugs.
Mpo2411
LOL, Yeah, that too