Michelle Visage's 'Drag Race' Would Have Trans Women and Bio Queens

Michelle Visage from RuPaul's Drag Race.

The 'RuPaul's Drag Race' judge also addressed the lack of representation on Ru's show.

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Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.

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There have been a lot of permutations ofRuPaul's Drag Race over the years, with more on the way. That said, they have all looked back to RuPaul, the self-proclaimed, and appropriately titled Queen of Drag. Well, one of the show's long running permanent judges is up for a version that addresses a large pain point that many have with the show: Welcome to Michelle Visage's Drag Race.

In a new interview, the Strictly Dancing star admitted that she would love to have a go at hosting the gig herself.

"I would love it. I would actually love to host my own version - with bio queens and trans women," she told The Guardian. The admission came in the midst of a conversation about Ru's own statements about whether he would have bio queens (performers who were assigned female at birth) or trans women on the show. In that 2018 interview, Ru said "probably not" but has since apologized, and had Gia Gunn compete on a season of All Stars. Many have pointed out that Gunn has said she postponed surgery to qualify for the series.

And as for bio queens?

"I mean, I am one, so technically we are on the show," Visage said. "Everybody's welcome to audition - we just don't get a lot of bio queens." But wait, I know we've all joked that Michelle Visage was a drag queen, but is that like a real thing? Apparently so.