Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 359 – March 21, 2018

KNOWN FOR HER ECLECTIC AND
CAPTIVATING FASHION AND HER SUPER
MIXES, MONET X CHANGE IS ONE OF
NEW YORK’S MOST SOUGHT-AFTER
DRAG QUEENS. IN HER INTRODUCTORY
INTERVIEW, MONET SAYS THAT SHE
WANTS TO BE MOST KNOWN FOR
HER LOVABILITY AND JOLLINESS. THIS
QUEEN IS A BLAST! HAILING FROM
BROOKLYN, SHE SAYS SHE DOESN’T
TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY.
IF I COULD TELL MY NEW
FANS AND FOLLOWERS
ANYTHING, IT WOULD
BE: WHEN IN DOUBT
RHINESTONE IT OUT. IF
YOU ARE GOING TO YOUR
OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY,
AND YOU ARE WEARING
A CHRISTMAS SWEATER
THAT NEEDS A LITTLE
MORE PIZZAZZ, GO TO
MICHAEL’S OR JOANN’S OR
THE DOLLAR STORE AND
JUST GET SOME STONES
AND SOME GLITTER AND
THROW IT ON THERE.
EVERYTHING LOOKS
BETTER WITH GLITTER.
HOW ARE YOU?
I’M BLESSED.
I LOVE THAT WE’RE
SPEAKING. I’VE BEEN
TRYING TO TALK TO YOU
FOR YEARS.
I’M HAPPY THAT WE’RE
HAVING THE TIME, GIRL.
WHAT WAS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING THAT
YOU GOT OUT OF BEING
IN “DRAG RACE”?
THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING THAT I GOT OUT
OF “DRAG RACE” IS THAT
WHEN YOU GO TO THE
SHOW, IT IS REALLY EASY
TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE
RIGMAROLE AND TRYING
TO BUILD UP THIS THING
OF WHAT YOU WANT
THE WORLD TO SEE. BUT
WHAT YOU REALIZE ON
THE SHOW IS THAT RUPAUL
ASKED YOU TO BE THERE
BECAUSE HE LIKED YOUR
PERSONA, HE LIKED WHAT
YOU HAVE TO OFFER
FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO BEING ON THE SHOW
TAUGHT ME, HEY, I AM
ADEQUATE ENOUGH, AND
WHO MONET X CHANGE
IS IS WHO THE WORLD
WANTS TO SEE.
YOU’VE BEEN IN NEW
YORK FOR A WHILE.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED
IN BROOKLYN.
ME TOO.
I WENT TO MARINE PARK
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL,
AND THAT WAS THE
CRAZIEST THING I EVER DID
BESIDES “DRAG RACE.”
LOOKING BACK, IF YOU
COULD GIVE YOURSELF
ADVICE ABOUT “DRAG
RACE,” WHAT WOULD IT
HAVE BEEN?
IF I COULD’VE GIVEN
MYSELF ADVICE, IT
WOULD BE WHAT I SAID
EARLIER ABOUT JUST
BEING ADEQUATE AND
BEING ENOUGH, AND
THERE IS NO NEED TO BE
SOMETHING THAT YOU
ARE NOT. THE REASON
WHY I AM AT THE TOP OF
NEW YORK, WORKING
FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK,
AND THE REASON WHY
PEOPLE COME BACK TO
MY SHOWS WEEK AFTER
WEEK IS BECAUSE WHO I
AM IS ENOUGH. THERE IS
NO NEED TO GIVE RUPAUL
AND ALL THE JUDGES
ANYTHING BUT WHO I AM,
BECAUSE THE REASON I’M
THERE IS BECAUSE WHO
I AM.
THAT MAKES SENSE.
IF YOU COULD TELL
YOUR NEW FANS AND
FOLLOWERS ANYTHING,
WHAT WOULD IT BE?
YES! IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO
SAY?
I HAVE A ONE-WOMAN
SHOW THAT I’M GOING
TO BE TRAVELING ACROSS
THE CONTINENTAL UNITED
STATES, AND HOPEFULLY
I’LL DO MEXICO AND
EUROPE. ONE THING I’VE
LEARNED IS THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF
NEW YORK DO NOT HAVE
THE NEW YORK DRAG
EXPERIENCE. MANY OF
THE SHOWS IN NEW YORK
ARE JUST ONE GIRL ON
STAGE FOR TWO HOURS.
IN NEW YORK THE BARS
ARE SO SMALL, AND
THEY LITERALLY DON’T
HAVE TIME TO GET A
CAST. SO FOR ME, AS
A NEW YORK QUEEN,
IT USUALLY INVOLVES
BEING THE SINGER AND A
DANCER, THE COMEDIAN,
EVERYTHING IN ONE
BEING. SO I WANTED TO
TAKE THAT IDEA AND THAT
CONCEPT AND PUT IT IN
MY ONE-WOMAN SHOW
SO THAT PEOPLE IN LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS, CAN
SEE AN AMAZING DRAG
EXPERIENCE WITH JUST
ONE GIRL ON STAGE WITH
THE MICROPHONE AND
TELLING JOKES. SO THAT’S
WHAT I WANNA DO AND
TAKE AROUND.