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Aja. Alexis Michelle. Peppermint. Sasha Velour. Get to know the NYC queens before they dominate Drag Race season 9.
It’s that time of the year again. With every new season of RuPaul's Drag Race comes a crop of sickening performers that could only come from NYC. Before the March 24 premiere, Get to know the local divas from your favorite NYC gay bars and find out who stands a chance of joining the likes of Alyssa Edwards and Alaska in the hall of Drag Race legend.
RECOMMENDED: Full NYC drag queen guide
Age: 33
Defining feature: The curves
Years doing drag: 14
Go-to lip-sync song: Everybody Says Don’t by Barbra Streisand
Hidden talent: “I love to cook… I toss a mean salad.”
Diva inspiration: Barbra Streisand
Odds of winning: we send condolences to anyone who has to lip-sync against this Broadway beauty. A surefire Snatch Game star. 3 to 1.
Age: 23
Defining feature: The lips
Years doing drag: Six
Go-to lip-sync song: Just Say by KDA ft. Tinashe
Hidden talent: “I can read tarot.”
Diva inspiration: [Mob Wives’] Big Ang
Odds of winning: With a smoking-hot aesthetic, the vogueing skills of a pro club kid and a bad-girl attitude, Aja may be the one to beat. Beware her death drop. 4 to 1.
Age: “Over 21.”
Defining feature: The cheekbones
Years doing drag: “At least ten years.”
Go-to lip-sync song: I’m Your Baby Tonight by Whitney Houston
Hidden talent: “I’m a tech nerd.”
Diva inspiration: Janet Jackson
Odds of winning: She can sing, she can dance, and with ambitions to be the first trans woman to win Drag Race, she’s not going down without a fight. 5 to 1.
Age: 29
Defining feature: The eyebrows
Years doing drag: Five
Go-to lip-sync song: Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush
Hidden talent: ventriloquism
Diva inspiration: Shirley Bassey
Odds of winning: The Bushwig vet brings an avant-garde craftsmanship that may prove irresistible to the judges, along with a disturbed sense of humor. The second coming of Sharon Needles? 2 to 1.
There’s never a shortage of LGBT things to do in New York, whether you’re looking for talks, film screenings, drag show or world-class gay bars and gay clubs in NYC. And the city’s queer scene isn’t confined to the established gayborhoods in Manhattan either. Nowadays, you’ll find LGBT events throughout the boroughs every night of the week. With so much to choose from, there’s no excuse not to get out there and have a gay old time.
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