Tip These Queens

We’re assembling a dynamic task force of legendary drag performers to offer up their life lessons in and around cocktail culture, served with a stiff dose of etiquette and the occasional read.

Tip These Queens: Life Lessons from Legendary Drag Performers

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Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

To call Biblegirl “enterprising” would be a massive understatement.

How Biblegirl Is Leveling Up

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Merrie Cherry is a centerpiece of Brooklyn drag, helping to found some of the scene’s most venerable institutions.

Merrie Cherry’s Reign Is Just Beginning

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Miz Jade is an educator, dancer, and activist who has seen it all in her career.

Miz Jade Wants Us to Hold on to Our Power

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Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Stars season four winner Monét X Change has had an extremely full schedule ever since her win.

How Monét X Change Has Used Her Voice After Drag Race Win

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Drag queen Sabel Scities got her start in the Portland scene, but has since made a name for herself everywhere from Hawaii to Fire Island.

How Sabel Scities Embraces Island Life

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Nicky Doll was the first francophone drag queen to grace the main stage of Ru Paul’s Drag Race.

How Nicky Doll Found Herself By Becoming Someone Else

I first met Essa Noche in the Summer of 2019, late on a Thursday night at WALLBREAKER, a monthly fundraising show at Macri Park in Williamsburg that raises money for causes like Queer Detainee Empowerment Project, Black Trans Travel Fund, and New Sanctuary Coalition.

How Biblegirl Is Leveling Up

This merch queen talks video games, graphic design, and imposter syndrome.

Merrie Cherry’s Reign Is Just Beginning

The ‘Dragula’ star talks working through grief, growing pains, and the Brooklyn drag scene.

Miz Jade Wants Us to Hold on to Our Power

We chat about mental health, veganism, and sharing inclusive stories with kids.

How Monét X Change Has Used Her Voice After Drag Race Win

We chat with the NYC queen about her podcast, new summer anthem, and future makeup line.

How Sabel Scities Embraces Island Life

This funny, flirty queen talks Hawaiian gay bars and shares a Mai Tai recipe.

How Nicky Doll Found Herself By Becoming Someone Else

This sickening fashion queen talks growing up global and the art of drag.

Drag Queen Essa Noche Is Having a Moment

This Brooklyn babe will teach you a thing or two about painting and pouring.

Drink Up Your 2021 Astrological Cocktail Horoscopes

To honor the spirit of our first ever virtual drag brunch and to help you toast to the year ahead.

Ruby Roo Wants You to Know That Drag’s Not Dead

The drag queen wants you to shut up and drink Fireball, and yes, she is a real bartender, too.