A Drag Queen Christmas

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A Drag Queen Christmas
Tour by Alumni of RuPaul's Drag Race

A Drag Queen Christmas is a 2017-2019 drag tour featuring alumni of RuPaul's Drag Race .

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The "Return to Order" campaign, led by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, sought to end the series and cancel a scheduled December 2019 performance at Folly Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. The campaign gathered 13,000 signatures. Scheduled performers were Aja, Chi Chi DeVayne, Eureka O'Hara, Farrah Moan, Kim Chi, Latrice Royale, Sasha Velour, and Shea Couleé, with Trinity the Tuck hosting. [1] [2]

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