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On a Tuesday afternoon in New York City, Bob the Drag Queen surveys the bolts of colorful glittering fabric lining the walls at Spandex House, a fabric store in the Garment District.
It's an old haunt of his from when he was starting his career in drag back in 2009, inspired by the first season of the competitive reality show RuPaul's Drag Race.
Seven years later, Bob won Season 8 of the same show, and his career skyrocketed. He's made podcasts, TV shows, an EP, and amassed 2.8 million TikTok followers. He has been preparing to join Madonna on her "Celebration" tour, which has just been postponed after she was hospitalized with a bacterial infection.
But the star of Bob's career has risen in tandem with the popularity of drag across the American mainstream, and with it, a conservative pushback that has grown exponentially in recent years.
On a Tuesday afternoon in New York City, Bob the Drag Queen surveys the bolts of colorful glittering fabric lining the walls at Spandex House, a fabric store in the Garment District.
It's an old haunt of his from when he was starting his career in drag back in 2009, inspired by the first season of the competitive reality show RuPaul's Drag Race.
Seven years later, Bob won Season 8 of the same show, and his career skyrocketed. He's made podcasts, TV shows, an EP, and amassed 2.8 million TikTok followers. He has been preparing to join Madonna on her "Celebration" tour, which has just been postponed after she was hospitalized with a bacterial infection.
But the star of Bob's career has risen in tandem with the popularity of drag across the American mainstream, and with it, a conservative pushback that has grown exponentially in recent years.
An afternoon with Bob the Drag Queen
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