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Drag Race UK's Cheddar Gorgeous Is Auctioning Her Iconic ACT UP Look For HIV Charity
The runner-up of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season four is donating her legendary runway look for a great cause.
A powerful gesture for World AIDS Day.
Cheddar Gorgeous became a global superstar after appearing as a cast member on the recently-completed fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. She ultimately finished the season in second place.
Over the course of her run in the drag competition, Gorgeous wore an iconic outfit inspired by the ACT UP movement for the "Tickled Pink" runway category. The outfit featured "silence = death" quotes, as well as the pink triangle used by the ACT UP coalition. Now, Gorgeous has chosen to auction that outfit during World AIDS Day.
The Drag Race UK star will auction her outfit and donate its earnings to the Terrence Higgins Trust and the George House Trust, two leading charities in the UK for HIV and sexual health matters. Gorgeous shared a video on Instagram announcing the auction.
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, a.k.a. ACT UP, was formed in 1987 to advocate for people living with AIDS. The organization staged several protests and made itself heard by politicians who, back in the 1980s and 1990s, were flat-out ignoring the AIDS epidemic.
It was fabulous to see a veteran drag artist like Gorgeous bringing these issues to a younger audience through Drag Race UK.
Now, one lucky person will get to buy Gorgeous' herstory-making "Tickled Pink" runway look and be sure that the money will be used for a great cause.
Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World airs Fridays on WOW Presents Plus.
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Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out, as well as a writer and content creator. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida. You can follow him on Instagram at @bernardosim.
Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out, as well as a writer and content creator. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida. You can follow him on Instagram at @bernardosim.
