Sasha Velour

I want to see some queer politicians, some drag queens and drag kings running for office and shifting the way that policy is made as well.

Racism is a problem everywhere, especially in this country, but all over the world, and especially within queer space.

It's so beautiful that drag is able to speak to so many different types of people.

The audience of 'Drag Race' and the fans of drag queens are often very surprising.

Everyone who passes through 'Drag Race,' and especially the people who are able to have really big careers after the show, has a responsibility to the queer community to do a good job of representing queer people across the board to be kind and loving.

I want to follow in RuPaul's footsteps, which is that combination of not just personal stardom but to really transform myself into a producer of drag. That's the way to make a lasting impact on the world of drag and... to make actual differences in the queer community. I think there's no better model for that than RuPaul.

A superstar doesn't just use the spotlight for themselves.

I'm an only child; I'm a very private person.

Drag performance is really emotional.

Absolutely anyone can and must do drag.

Drag is about asserting your power and your brilliance and your importance.

There are so many voices that tell people, especially queer people, that they don't have importance and regality.

People are so serious about ourselves, and drag suggests that maybe it's all just a bunch of ideas, and we can be a little bit more flexible with them.

I want to be an ambassador of Brooklyn.

The cities that I go to where I can tell that they have a lot of different types of drag, I tell them that they remind me of Brooklyn, and I mean that as the highest compliment in the entire world.

I hope we see more avenues for representation. More TV shows and films starring queer people, especially QPOC and nonbinary folks, more mainstream press coverage of our artwork and fashion, and more representation of our interests within politics.

I love hearing the same songs over and over again - as long as queens challenge themselves to come up with new ways of performing them.

'Drag Race' has made a lot more people into fans of drag, and that's allowed local communities to grow and flourish, but it's up to individual queens to share the spotlight with their communities. I definitely want to be one of the people who does that.

I'd like to see drag really cultivate its political roots.

People started bringing their own personal work to 'Nightgowns,' and that's really when it started to become a really distinctive show.