Can’t drag us down

Lisa Henderson examines the challenges and opportunities facing those working on the growing drag tour circuit

As numerous US states make moves to ban live drag performances, Werq the World, the official RuPaul’s Drag Race tour, is defiant in its success. Lisa Henderson speaks to the pioneers behind the multimillion-dollar world tour, as well as some of the drag promoters working outside of the RuPaul world.

With 380,000 tickets sold and more than 100 shows booked, Werq the World 2023 is the largest drag tour to ever take place. Launched in 2017, the annual outing…

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