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How 'Drag Race PH' opened conversations for LGBT community, according to S1 queens

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Screenshot from " Drag="" Race="" x="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/11/21/20231121-drag.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Screenshot from &#x27;Drag Race Philippines&#x27; X account.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The cast of &quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; season 1 shared how the show has opened conversations about LGBTs in the country during their &quot;Bring Back My Girls&quot; episode aired Thursday.</p><p>According to Gigi Era, the show had helped in giving representation to the LGBT community in mainstream media.</p><p>&quot;It means that we&#x27;re here, we&#x27;re seen, and we&#x27;re alive, we&#x27;re represented, and we&#x27;re camp. The drag scene and the community in the Philippines is such a struggle but being on TV, like being seen now, it&#x27;s amazing,&quot; Gigi said.</p><p>Season 1 winner Precious Paula Nicole also noted how drag has become more visible after the show.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;ve been in the industry for 13 years now, so I know what it feels like to be in the underground bars,&quot; Precious said. &quot;I believe that this is the time for us to be seen and I&#x27;m very thankful &#x27;cause recently me and my sister Viñas Deluxe and together with Brigiding, we just had a major concert in the Philippines and it was sold out.&quot;</p><p>Eva Le Queen added that the show also helped viewers understand the LGBT community more.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re like animals in a zoo. Before &#x27;Drag Race,&#x27; you only see drag queens inside a bar. You have to wait until 1 a.m. in the morning to see it but now that we&#x27;ve brought it to mainstream, the good thing about it is that there are more people that are open to drag,&quot; Eva said.</p><p>&quot;We are now getting campaigns from commercials. We are now getting starred in a mainstream series in free TV. We&#x27;ve started our actress era and all, you know? The acceptance, because it&#x27;s Asia in general and the Philippines is still highly conservative.&quot;</p><p>&quot;And it&#x27;s starting to spark conversations about SOGIESC education, and it&#x27;s very, very a big step for the Philippines and we are headed to a brighter future, I think.&quot;</p><p>Marina Summers also pointed out that the show helped expand the demographics of those who accepted the community.</p><p>&quot;The benefits are in the lives of members of the LGBTQIA+ ...To see a different representation of the community through drag, something that is enjoyed, loved, and embraced by all people from all walks of life, it&#x27;s actually a good chance for members of the LGBT community to be accepted as well,&quot; Marina said.</p><p>&quot;I think on a deeper level, &#x27;Drag Race Philippines&#x27; has opened a lot of doors in terms of acceptance and expanding the demographics of those who support drag in the Philippines and who understand drag in the Philippines,&quot; she stressed.</p><p>The nine queens present in the event also discussed the happenings on the show, as well as their new endeavors.</p><p>The reunion show was shot during the RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Convention in Los Angeles last May.</p><p>&quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; was recently renewed for a third season along with the Thai and French franchise.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/17/23/drag-race-ph-thailand-france-renewed-for-season-3">&#x27;Drag Race&#x27; PH, Thailand, France renewed for season 3</a></li></ul><p>Precious Paula Nicole and Captivating Katkat are the titleholders of &quot;Drag Race Philippines,&quot; winning in 2022 and 2023, respectively.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/12/22/precious-paula-nicole-is-the-1st-drag-race-ph-winner">Precious Paula Nicole is the first &#x27;Drag Race Philippines&#x27; winner</a></li></ul><p>The Emmy Award-winning original series has featured the talents of Filipino drag queens in the US and several overseas in editions through the years.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2177170" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The cast of 'Drag Race Philippines' season 1 shared how the show has opened conversations about the LGBT in the country during their 'Bring Back My Girls' episode aired Thursday.

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How 'Drag Race PH' opened conversations for LGBT community, according to S1 queens

Josiah Antonio,

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Published December 21, 2023 05:45 PM PHT

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