Who could’ve thought that world-famous drag queens are hardcore gamers and now turned out to be Twitch stars? Here are the 7 famous and iconic drag queens who love gaming as much as serving looks.
A worldwide phenomenon of the art of drag that’s been taking the center stage of television, fashion, beauty industry and now entering the gaming world. Major announcements from the drag gaming world say that drag queens are testing their gaming skills on Twitch in the first Dragbox UK charity fundraiser, Gamers Beat Cancer.
Here’s the list of the drag queen gamers who are currently making waves and a name on the streaming platform.
Bob the Drag Queen and Monet X Change dedicated an entire episode on their podcast ‘Sibling Rivalry’ and titled it, The One About Video Games. The episode was about them being active players while being a drag queen. Bob shared and claimed that he was unbeatable on Mortal combat and Monet says that he was a champ on the game Smash Bros. They also shared how they got into gaming and what other kinds of games they play. They also name-dropped other fellow RPDR contestants who are also big-time gamers.
Bob and Monet also revealed during the episode of Sibling Rivalry that Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls are also major gamers and according to them, Kim Chi loves playing competitive games such as Smash Bros, Ragnarok Online Mobile Game, and Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Next is Trixie Mattel. Back in 2015, she announced that she was going to be a guest at the GaymerX LGBTVideo GAme Convention and dressed up as the iconic Super Mario Bros. character Princess Peach. Trixie also revealed that does play other games like Fallout 4, Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, and Super Smash Brothers for the 3DS. She also shared how gaming and video games have been part of her life while growing up to now. She explained that playing is her only leisure and a time for her to enjoy and not doing something to make money or promote herself. She also said that it makes her feel better about her life. Trixie also says that doing drag is what she loves but coming back to being he also feels great.
Asttina Mandella is another member of the drag queen gamers community. She even shocked her fans before in the latest series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK runway when she revealed a chilling, Mortal Kombat-inspired look. She dressed as character Mileena and said that she’s dedicating her looks for her ‘GAYMERS’.
Next is a Twitch streamer and partner Deere. She is one of the most talked-about members of the LGBT+ gaming community. She is known for playing popular games like Dead by Daylight and Resident Evil. Deere started streamer in 2016 and was one of the first drag artists to start an interest in streaming.
