#9 How to become a drag queen?

Being a drag queen is not only about hyper femininity and female glamour standards.

Sascha aka Absinthia Absolut is a bearded queen with glittery lips from Berlin. He shares here how his life switched after attending a RuPaul's drag race screening.

Becoming a drag queen made Sascha become his true self, embracing the multiple facets of his personality. He could dance freely, not being judged but only admired. He could be at the centre of the attention, performing in an ocean of mesmerising lights. He could be Sascha and Absinthia at the same time, not choosing one gender only but mixing both and reinventing the rules of drag culture. In fact, he did not choose to put an emphasis on hyper femininity, shaving his arms and looking for female glamour standards, he kept his beard, put on a pair of high heels and asked his first audience: "Give me all your luvin'".

Mentioned in this episode:
• Olivia Jones talk show
• RuPaul's drag race
• House of Presence
• "Give me all your luvin'" by Madonna