DRAG QUEEN

In this episode of Rainbow Guide to Life, China’s pioneering drag queen, Kudos, shows VICE World News the online world of drag in China.

Drag queen Ruby Fox talks about doing her first acid trip at the beach and the very memorable bender-fueled stage performance that followed.

For gay men, community can often mean clubbing. This group of friends have created their own daytime community, playing Dungeons and Dragons and they're not the only ones.

VICE met up with a pair of drag queens from Beijing as they prepared for a major ball in Shanghai, following along before they hit the stage for a competition with dozens of other queens.

We talk to three performers about the biggest dos and don'ts when it comes to drag, like keeping your hands to yourself, tipping well, and staying the hell off your phone.

In Harlem, we visit drag performer Miz Cracker, who manages to make the subversion of gender and sexuality a truly entertaining and engaging endeavor.

Join us as i-D meets Violet Chachki, learns more about her beginnings in the scene, and goes backstage with her at Ru Paul's DragCon in Los Angeles.