Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 330– August 30, 2017

They need to walk in your
high heels for a moment.
Exactly. I think “Drag
Race” itself is somewhat
responsible for making
different types of drag
performers get along better.
I think that before the show
started there were some
really big divisions within
the drag world, between all
these different categories
of drag. The show kind of
introduced people to all
these different categories
of drag. Now, people across
the categories are able to
understand and respect
each other more. The kind
of inner drag tensions and
dramas of drag are the kind
of things you saw in season
four, when people were
saying, “That’s not drag;
this is what drag is.” Those
don’t exist within the drag
community, because we’ve
sort of seen everything.
We’ve grown to love it all.
That’s a very true
statement. So how has
winning “Drag Race”
changed your life?
Literally - it’s not a joke to
me - how hasn’t it changed
my life? Every aspect of my
life has changed, except
that I’m doing what I’ve
always wanted to be doing.
What I have always been
able to do on this side of
things, I now get to do
every day, and that’s the
main thing. That is, I feel so
honored and so lucky every
day. In this position, through
“Drag Race,” we get to
reach people like us, queer
people who are struggling
and looking for forms of
self-expression all around
the country, and really
connect with them.
Did you have a bestie on
the show?
I kind of had two besties.
People saw my friendship
with Shea. It’s beyond
a personal friendship.
We really see eye to eye
creatively. Even after we
had to face off at the final
battle, we still have just the
most love and appreciation
for each other and for
each other’s drag. Then, of
course, Miss Peppermint
from New York. I’ve been
able to see her throughout
the year. Kind of jokingly we
live on opposite sides of the
A train. We have an hour
and a half on the A train
between us, but we still see
each other.
I’m glad you mentioned
her, because Peppermint
mentioned you regarding
that same question.
Oh, that makes me happy.
Aside from “Drag Race”
tours and traveling, what
other plans are there in
Sasha’s future?
So, I have what I call “The
House of Velour.” That’s
the production side of the
things that I do, because
there’s my own drag, and
it’s a career. However, I
also have always been a
producer of drag too.