‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Stars Carry out ‘Energy’ at L.A. Library

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” powers on — really.

Season 16 stars Dawn, Mhi’Ya Iman Le’Paige, Morphine, Q, Airplane Jane, Sapphira Cristál and winner Nymphia Wind carried out the distinctive monitor “Vitality” from the “Werq the World” episode at Monday’s Emmy FYC event on the Culver Metropolis Library.

And solely “Just for Choice” has the distinctive premiere of the effectivity.

Positive, drag queens at a library. Whereas MTV well-known in a post-event press launch that the festivities weren’t “sponsored or endorsed by L.A. County Library,” this reporter — who moderated the FYC Q&A — reminded the 300 or so people gathered inside the viewers what RuPaul as quickly as talked about: “If a drag queen wishes to study you a story at a library, take heed to her, because of information is power. And if any individual tries to restrict your entry to power, they’re attempting to scare you — so take heed to a drag queen.” 

As Choice fully reported earlier that day, “Drag Race” has raised $2 million for the ACLU’s Drag Safety Fund inside the 14 months as a result of the initiative was launched.

Original in April 2023 in partnership with World of Shock, MTV and “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the Drag Safety Fund defends constitutional rights and creative expression inside the LGBTQ group at a second after they’re beneath assault and have flip right into a rallying cry for lots of GOP political leaders and activists. The fund has effectively labored to defend Delight events in Massachusetts and Tennessee. It has blocked drag ban authorized pointers in Texas, Florida and Montana.

“Drag has an prolonged historic previous inside the queer group as not solely a provide of enjoyment and creativity nevertheless as a provide of power. Due to the exhausting work and promotion of MTV, World of Shock and the queens of ‘Drag Race,’ the Drag Safety Fund continues to fuel our work defending LGBTQ rights all through the nation at a time these rights are beneath relentless assault,” talked about Josh Block, senior staff lawyer for the ACLU’s LGBTQ and HIV Problem. “We’re so grateful for this partnership and the assistance it presents our important work defending LGBTQ people, our rights and our households.”