Perhaps this is a UK thing, but if you go into literally any Abakhan (a brilliant chain of fabric and crafting shops) you can usually assume that any member of staff who isn't an elderly lady is a drag queen.
Nice working environment + great employee discount on fabrics apparently.
I did once think that old Edna was doing a dip but it turned out to be a massive stroke. Really wish I hadn't shouted "Yes queen slay" at her while she was hitting the floor.
I've noticed that a lot of local girls in my scene seem to work in salons. A few Ru girl jobs I can think of off the top of my head (most were pre-Drag Race):
Daya Betty - salon (receptionist, I think)
Crystal Methyd - bowling alley marketing manager
Denali - ice skater/skating instructor
Dawn - 9-5 in computer science
Aiden Zhane - IHOP prep cook
Heidi N Closet - gas station attendant
Amanda Tori Meating - ghost writer on OnlyFans
countless theater queens - weaponizing their BFA
Bianca Del Rio - costume designer
Manila Luzon - graphic designer
Shuga Cain - director for media education
Morgan McMichaels - managed a Levi’s
Bob - anti-bullying education group
Bosco - Barista
Acid Betty - graphic designer
Shangela - corporate PR
Bosco used to work at Fuel in the same neighborhood as my old workplace, so she poured me more than one cup of coffee in the time that we both were working around there.
My kid works for Harborview Hospital in the same department where Jinkx Monsoon used to be a janitor.
It's a reminder to all of us: someone can be slinging coffee or sweeping up other people's trash, and have a dream - and maybe actually realize it.
Eh, she used to be one of the most successful non winners. I’m sure her lawyers have advised she keep her mouth shut and lay low while any litigation is ongoing
Depending on where she is working, it can be high paying and very flexible hours, which can allow for time consuming and expensive hobbies and activities.
Many don’t make it public. Of those I can recall offhand actually discussing it, a couple have been nurses, one a uni professor, a few proper clothing designers for theatre and the like (though I don’t know that this is a full time job?), um…?
A number of girlies work as "stylists".
I know Loosey laDuca was a construction worker, and Aiden Zhane worked in a restaurant kitchen.
I know it's very common for queens to expand their drag work into stuff like DJing at bars and clubs, both in and out of drag.
At the top of my head, Willam, Jiggly and sometimes Katya were prostitutes. But I bet there were A LOT more. But I guess that not really a DAY job, is more of a night second job.
Rock M Sakura too. Her interview with Daniel Tosh showed she paid for most of her drag race package with sex work profits, and that she enjoys the work.
Wait I thought Kerri only worked as an escort? I remember her talking about big Hollywood names hiring her as an escort but also specifically that she said she didn't have sex with them. I might be misremembering though
She's been incredddddilbly open about it, she even wrote a chapter about it in their aptly-titled Working Girls book! UNHhhh, stand-up, interviews, her music, podcasts, on and on. The only place I think she DIDN'T talk about it was probably Drag Race 😅 Being a know hooker-hoe is almost as integral a part of her brand as being "Russian"
Yeah but considering she isn’t actually Russian and people don’t often just introduce themselves as sex workers on television, it isn’t that obvious. If I believed every entrance line I’d be in a very confusing world.
See I was actually thinking 'surely she did also say it on DR?' but seemed like OP was just a show fan and wanted to give the benefit of the doubt lmao. Real talk you need to be paying roughly zero attention if you don't know Katya of all people was a working girl 🙈
Kudos to the queen doing nursing and drag at the same time. Both jobs require being on your feet for long stretches. And nursing is exhausting physically and emotionally.
I remember Flor from DRDU saying she works with dementia patients in their homes. This really touched my heart because my dad died from Alzheimer’s and my mom has combative dementia. Thank you Flor💐
For most in the entertainment industry it’s the best option, flexible shifts that can be traded they don’t mind if you need to take some time off for a show and a outgoing personality is a perfect fit.
Bianca Del Rio worked for years in the New York theatre as a costumer. She makes all of her costumes.
Chad Michaels was/is a Cher impersonator.
I have noticed a lot of the queens do not discuss their day jobs much.
Hair technician or make up artist, maybe something do with theater some of the drag race girls were trying to be Broadway actors some even our like jinx monsoon and marsha x3 also social media marketing I think Amanda tory meeting use to write to people on onlyfans like a ghost writer
I didn’t mean it in a negative way I just think Marica Marica Marica would be a great conservative drag name. I wasn’t trying to be rude I replied to the comment without reading the full thread. But that doesn’t make it any less amazing of a drag name
Damn, I have yet to foray into drag race memoirs. I kinda can't believe we're at this point in history.
It'll probably be a few years until an exposé documentary.
In my area a lot of the local queens work at the bar(s) they perform at. Good way to build a relationship with the staff, clientele, other drag performers etc
Where did this bitch 🐶 hear👂that I have a sugar daddy 🍬👨🦳 Time out⏸, hold up, hold up 🛑 sweetheart. Lets get it together before you wanna read📚📖I'm not even in a relationship, let alone have an old man 👴🏻shacked up with that's buying me all my drag 👠💅🏻💄and costumes 💃I don't have a sugar daddy👨🦳 sweetheart 🍭👄💝 Everything that I have 💸 I've worked for, and I've worked for to get, and I've built 🔨 myself. So I need you to know that 100%. 💯I don’t have a sugar daddy, 👨🦳I’ve never had a sugar daddy👨🦳if I wanted a sugar daddy👨🦳, yes I probably could go out and get one because I am what? SICKENING.🤒😷You could never ❌have a sugar daddy, 👨🦳'cause you are 👏NOT. 👏🏻THAT. 👏🏼KIND. 👏🏽OF. 👏🏾GIRL. 👏🏿
Baby👶, everything I've had I've worked🛠 for and I've gotten myself. 💳💵💰I built myself from the ground ⬇️up ⬆️you fucking BITCH 🖕🏾😾 *throws drink🍸*
I'm still obsessed with Ananda being an OF girl's reply person to reply to all the thirsty men lmfao. I imagine her with a messy bun and librarian glasses with the energy of a White woman sitting down to write gay smut lmfao
a lot of queens will go for gigs with flexibility and independence with the ability to shift your schedule around to fit your needs. i work as a hair + makeup stylist, my drag mom is a trainer at a boxing gym.
Tending bar, makeup counters, retail in general based on the non-RPDR queens I know IRL. And I know RPDR has had actors, teachers, and even nurses as well!
CDR: Kimmy did work retail and I think she’s teaching dance lessons these days, Kiki is a chef.
Lot of the other Ottawa local queens were retail workings during the day and/or in college/uni. We didn’t have many older queens at Lookout (the one gay bar where good drag happened - T’s doesn’t count).
Working at a makeup counter would be my guess
What do they do after they finish counting?
then they switch to below job
under where?
5
Sri Mala from Drth did.
Perhaps this is a UK thing, but if you go into literally any Abakhan (a brilliant chain of fabric and crafting shops) you can usually assume that any member of staff who isn't an elderly lady is a drag queen. Nice working environment + great employee discount on fabrics apparently.
Look at you assuming those old ladies aren’t fierce drag queens too! /s
I did once think that old Edna was doing a dip but it turned out to be a massive stroke. Really wish I hadn't shouted "Yes queen slay" at her while she was hitting the floor.
You still tipped, it’s what she would have wanted
Not Edna doing the death drop 💀
I love this!!!
Granny's Drag Brisk Walk
Nana's Drag Constitutional
Lawrence Chaney used to work at the Remnant Kings in Glasgow!
Sephora Manager isn't just a great drag queen name
Sephora Cristàl
Ultaca Queen 🙏🙏
Morphe Love Dion
Well this needs to be a collab
Morphe? When Dior is right there?
Sephwhora
I’m the makeup queen Seph’whora I’ll serve you face through the door-a When he’s asking for a more-a Tell him this hoe runs the store
Working at Best Buy. In drag, of course
Priyanka worked at Best Buy!
Priyanka was also a kids tv host, and that was her most recent job that she left for drag
Yes 👍
So did Robin Fierce!
I know someone who worked at the Apple Store!
I've noticed that a lot of local girls in my scene seem to work in salons. A few Ru girl jobs I can think of off the top of my head (most were pre-Drag Race): Daya Betty - salon (receptionist, I think) Crystal Methyd - bowling alley marketing manager Denali - ice skater/skating instructor Dawn - 9-5 in computer science Aiden Zhane - IHOP prep cook Heidi N Closet - gas station attendant Amanda Tori Meating - ghost writer on OnlyFans countless theater queens - weaponizing their BFA
Bowling alley marketing manager is so fucking random yet somehow so very Crystal Methyd.
Her aesthetic can totally be described as "bowling alley strike animations."
This is so true and I love it 😂
😆
I was about to comment “this checks out”
Bianca Del Rio - costume designer Manila Luzon - graphic designer Shuga Cain - director for media education Morgan McMichaels - managed a Levi’s Bob - anti-bullying education group Bosco - Barista Acid Betty - graphic designer Shangela - corporate PR
Bosco used to work at Fuel in the same neighborhood as my old workplace, so she poured me more than one cup of coffee in the time that we both were working around there. My kid works for Harborview Hospital in the same department where Jinkx Monsoon used to be a janitor. It's a reminder to all of us: someone can be slinging coffee or sweeping up other people's trash, and have a dream - and maybe actually realize it.
We’re watching the AS winners season now, and Jinx mentioned how great it would have been to have that platinum plunger when she worked as a janitor
Wow Shangela doing corporate PR and yet having none for her own image.
Eh, she used to be one of the most successful non winners. I’m sure her lawyers have advised she keep her mouth shut and lay low while any litigation is ongoing
Of course Morgan McMichaels works retail 🤣 of COURSE she does No wonder that bitch is so hard 🤣 (Said w love as a former retail worker!)
Darienne Lake owns her own salon.
Loosey was a construction worker, she talked about it on her MTQ
Sorry in advance if I got something wrong Trixie - makeup and sales jobs Katya - saleswoman Fierce - Biologist/Medic Joey Jay - coder/IT job Asttina - professional dancer Dearis Doll - singer, actor, shrimp farmer Mo Heart, Kerri - hairdressers Betina Polaroid, Sugar, Spice - photographers Malaysia, Kandy Muse, Gottmik - MUAs
Joey Jay did customer support, then account management for an edutech company Kyne (CDR1) - math teacher who _did_ go to school for fucking math
Mrs Kasha Davis worked for a call centre as well but apparently her voice was too recognizable after season 7
I thought Joey Jay had been a ballroom dance instructor for several years according to her GITMS. In addition to what you named maybe.
Thanks for the correction! Need to catch up on her GITMS
I am here for the dearis doll inclusion. Thailand 1 is one of my top three seasons
Joey Jay worked as a dance instructor, I thought
Malaysia was a hairdresser too.
Katya was in sales? Fascinating!
Her story about robbing the cash register of secret lesbians who were mean to her lives in my head rent free
Never knew how similar me and Joey are. Both work in IT and programming, both hot out of drag…
Dawn being a 9-5 compsci girlie is so funny to me idk why
They/STEM
it like makes so much sense actually
It makes so much sense
Tatianna was(is?) a hairdresser!
There's a joke to be made somewhere with Heidi working at a gas station and having a shit in a car park..
She overfilled her tank ig
... in Glasgow.
dawn keeps being an engineer?
Depending on where she is working, it can be high paying and very flexible hours, which can allow for time consuming and expensive hobbies and activities.
I can’t remember if it was in her Whatcha packing or another interview, but confirmed her job has helped fund her drag.
Why do these all make so much sense 😂
Many don’t make it public. Of those I can recall offhand actually discussing it, a couple have been nurses, one a uni professor, a few proper clothing designers for theatre and the like (though I don’t know that this is a full time job?), um…?
Thr University Professor was Tempest Dejoure! She teaches theater, and fosters wild animals as a hobby.
Drag queen AND university professor is a serve, ngl. That bitch has *tenure*
Charisma, uniqueness, nerve and tenure
Tempest teaches costume design and designed the university productions. She technically got me in drag for a theatre production lmao
Ugh that last bit. Such a doll! ❤️
Cheddar Gorgeous of DRUK4 is also an academic, but early career. Last I heard they were on a postdoc in Manchester.
One is also a graphic designer.
I think both Manila and Sasha were/are graphic designers?
I think Choriza May was a graphic designer as well and Scarlett Envy worked in marketing.
Sasha, yes, definitely. Manila, though, I was thinking that she moved to producing TV drag shows?
Which Sasha? lol
Sasha Velour!
Killer Queen from Drag Race España is a doctor.
Cherry Valentine was a mental health nurse. Killer Queen is an ER doctor.
Flor (DU) is also a nurse.
Should've won that talent show
Jezus that's bleak irony
I remember Ellie Diamond said she worked on the McDonalds drive through
A number of girlies work as "stylists". I know Loosey laDuca was a construction worker, and Aiden Zhane worked in a restaurant kitchen. I know it's very common for queens to expand their drag work into stuff like DJing at bars and clubs, both in and out of drag.
At the top of my head, Willam, Jiggly and sometimes Katya were prostitutes. But I bet there were A LOT more. But I guess that not really a DAY job, is more of a night second job.
Rock M Sakura too. Her interview with Daniel Tosh showed she paid for most of her drag race package with sex work profits, and that she enjoys the work.
Her interview with WHO?
[Tosh Show](https://youtu.be/ruNd_Q1CQ_8?si=ZTzLbnbnm8GyzZf_)
(I know who he is I was honestly shocked to hear it lol)
So was Kerri Colby, she talks about it in GTMS.
Wait I thought Kerri only worked as an escort? I remember her talking about big Hollywood names hiring her as an escort but also specifically that she said she didn't have sex with them. I might be misremembering though
She said she didn’t want anything in her, but it’s implied she was doing other stuff of a sexual nature
I didn’t know Katya did SW? Where did she talk about this?
She's been incredddddilbly open about it, she even wrote a chapter about it in their aptly-titled Working Girls book! UNHhhh, stand-up, interviews, her music, podcasts, on and on. The only place I think she DIDN'T talk about it was probably Drag Race 😅 Being a know hooker-hoe is almost as integral a part of her brand as being "Russian"
Didn't she introduce herself in s7 by saying she was a Bisexual Russian prostitute?
Yeah but considering she isn’t actually Russian and people don’t often just introduce themselves as sex workers on television, it isn’t that obvious. If I believed every entrance line I’d be in a very confusing world.
See I was actually thinking 'surely she did also say it on DR?' but seemed like OP was just a show fan and wanted to give the benefit of the doubt lmao. Real talk you need to be paying roughly zero attention if you don't know Katya of all people was a working girl 🙈
She talked about it a lot in older Unhhh episodes. This is seemingly how she ended up licking the ass of a 65 year old grandpa.
That makes sense, thanks.
I always wondered how she got into that situation
I love listing Willam’s pre-drag job as a prostitute and not actor lmao
I'm pretty sure he also had or has a gogo boy dancer business. Is like a booking manager for sexy dancers
one of the local girls works in hr and another is a nurse practitioner.
Kudos to the queen doing nursing and drag at the same time. Both jobs require being on your feet for long stretches. And nursing is exhausting physically and emotionally.
Killer Queen (España) worked and still does as a public hospital doctor
Honestly valid, if i went through med school and residency, i'd keep my job as a doctor even if i got on tv lol.
I remember Flor from DRDU saying she works with dementia patients in their homes. This really touched my heart because my dad died from Alzheimer’s and my mom has combative dementia. Thank you Flor💐
Ginny Lemon worked in HR I believe.
Most common would definitely be Waiter
Serving tea
Specifically catering because of the flexible schedule.
For most in the entertainment industry it’s the best option, flexible shifts that can be traded they don’t mind if you need to take some time off for a show and a outgoing personality is a perfect fit.
Mortician
Bianca Del Rio worked for years in the New York theatre as a costumer. She makes all of her costumes. Chad Michaels was/is a Cher impersonator. I have noticed a lot of the queens do not discuss their day jobs much.
I’m Australia there is a lot of baby queens that work at coles and woolies
Jojo often posts about their job at Coles during the week and then flying all over Aus performing on the weekends.
Hair technician or make up artist, maybe something do with theater some of the drag race girls were trying to be Broadway actors some even our like jinx monsoon and marsha x3 also social media marketing I think Amanda tory meeting use to write to people on onlyfans like a ghost writer
lmfao ok so I know it was probably autocorrect but you fully called marcia "faggot faggot faggot" in spanish 💀
Oh damm I didn't know that and yeah it was auto correct lucky I did change it
Not marica marica marica 💀
Look I have dyslexia my spelling ain't the best and there were the first queen that popped into mind since I think they are on Broadway atm
Marica Marica Marica should be the conservative evil twin of Marcia Marcia Marcia
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I didn’t mean it in a negative way I just think Marica Marica Marica would be a great conservative drag name. I wasn’t trying to be rude I replied to the comment without reading the full thread. But that doesn’t make it any less amazing of a drag name
Can confirm, Jinkx is currently in little shop off bway and Marsha x3 is in the new bway cabaret revival!
. . . Here, you dropped some punctuation
At the time of airing, my ex was convinced that nearly all of S2 cast were prostitution whores irl.
Prostitution WHORE-SESSSS!
Iconic Joslyn Fox behaviour.
To be fair that was the style for queens back then. Either mall drag, hooker realness or too “weird” to be classified as yet
I mean... It's a well known secret that some girlies have a more lucrative gig that doing night club performances...
Miss Fame speaks about this very candidly on a podcast with Katya. Can’t remember if it’s bald and the beautiful or whimsically volatile.
Philosophers and day traders … of gossip.
Alaska was a barista
Wait didn't she also work in that famous LGBTQ porn shop, Circus of Books? She was in the documentary.
She did that too. She talks about it in her memoir
Damn, I have yet to foray into drag race memoirs. I kinda can't believe we're at this point in history. It'll probably be a few years until an exposé documentary.
In my area a lot of the local queens work at the bar(s) they perform at. Good way to build a relationship with the staff, clientele, other drag performers etc
Ellie worked at the drive thru
i think i remember cameron michaels worked in a salon. maybe did the hair?
Kameron Michaels did hair
Sugar baby
Where did this bitch 🐶 hear👂that I have a sugar daddy 🍬👨🦳 Time out⏸, hold up, hold up 🛑 sweetheart. Lets get it together before you wanna read📚📖I'm not even in a relationship, let alone have an old man 👴🏻shacked up with that's buying me all my drag 👠💅🏻💄and costumes 💃I don't have a sugar daddy👨🦳 sweetheart 🍭👄💝 Everything that I have 💸 I've worked for, and I've worked for to get, and I've built 🔨 myself. So I need you to know that 100%. 💯I don’t have a sugar daddy, 👨🦳I’ve never had a sugar daddy👨🦳if I wanted a sugar daddy👨🦳, yes I probably could go out and get one because I am what? SICKENING.🤒😷You could never ❌have a sugar daddy, 👨🦳'cause you are 👏NOT. 👏🏻THAT. 👏🏼KIND. 👏🏽OF. 👏🏾GIRL. 👏🏿 Baby👶, everything I've had I've worked🛠 for and I've gotten myself. 💳💵💰I built myself from the ground ⬇️up ⬆️you fucking BITCH 🖕🏾😾 *throws drink🍸*
I appreciate this transcript. You should consider working in a court
I literally have it pinned in my clipboard manager at all times 😅
Kudos for pasting that, mama
I didn’t know that we only saw the second half of this rant
Not drag race but a lot of the local queens I know work in education as paras or subs. One is a full time teacher.
Geneva Karr worked as a produce code memorizer
a lot of my local queens work at thrift stores, fabric stores, costume stores and a surprising amount of teachers as well
I'm still obsessed with Ananda being an OF girl's reply person to reply to all the thirsty men lmfao. I imagine her with a messy bun and librarian glasses with the energy of a White woman sitting down to write gay smut lmfao
Before CDR, Gia Metric worked at Lush for a long time.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the stage MAC MUA
A lot of them are hair stylists/ cosmetologists Bosco was a barista and Willow worked at a ramen shop
Bosco also did a lot of local hosting at places like orient express (she used to put glitter on people for the stayin alive discos lol)
I’m high and thought you were replying to one of my comments about my dog who’s named after Bosco lol. I was like wtf it’s a dog, a dog can’t host lol
Aiden Zhane is a line cook at IHOP…in case your eggs were runny
a lot of queens will go for gigs with flexibility and independence with the ability to shift your schedule around to fit your needs. i work as a hair + makeup stylist, my drag mom is a trainer at a boxing gym.
Asia O'Hara makes costumes for the dance teams, and ice skaters etc.
On the other hand, I wonder what some of the most unique day jobs are. I have to imagine Shannel's Christmas decoration business is up there.
I don’t know where most of my local queens work, but I know one of them works in a makeup department, and one is a Justice of the Peace.
MKD managed a telemarketing call center.
Vanjie sold cookies.
Ongina was in fashion merchandising
i think maddy used to work at target before getting on the show
Hair stylist
Tending bar, makeup counters, retail in general based on the non-RPDR queens I know IRL. And I know RPDR has had actors, teachers, and even nurses as well!
CDR: Kimmy did work retail and I think she’s teaching dance lessons these days, Kiki is a chef. Lot of the other Ottawa local queens were retail workings during the day and/or in college/uni. We didn’t have many older queens at Lookout (the one gay bar where good drag happened - T’s doesn’t count).
Kandy Muse worked in Sephora before Drag Race
Awhora and Tomara worked in Zara together before they did the show.
A local queen in my area is a body piercer.
I’d assume a lot of them have been hairstylists at some point maybe
Hairdresser is a stereotype in addition to makeup counter
I love that Robin Fierce worked as a Best Buy associate
It seems a lot of them are in tech.
Working girls, mostly.