In 2016, RuPaul Charles told Nightline that he didn’t think that his work would ever be truly mainstream. At the time, his competitive-reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race was airing on LGBTQ-focused cable network Logo, and the world’s most famous drag performer still didn’t think people took his work—or his show—seriously. “I haven’t been accepted in …
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