Rate A Queen: Which Drag Family Member Is Your Favorite
In the 80s, ballroom culture started as an underground pageant scene within the LGBTQ+ community. Walking in these pageants, drag members formed "houses" of their chosen family- a term for those who gave acceptance, support, and love that they didn't necessarily receive from their biological families and society. A house usually has a mother and/or a father who takes in members as their children.
Rupaul's Drag Race, now in Season 17, has had many family members compete. But which one is your fave?!
Did I miss your favorite(s)? LMK in the comments
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