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Drag Race Star Valentina Comes Out As Nonbinary

'Drag Race' Star Valentina Comes Out As Nonbinary

"I feel like a goddess. I feel like I’m my own gender."

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January 14 2019 1:32 PM EST

May 26 2023 12:22 PM EST

RuPaul's Drag Race All Star Valentina opened up about her gender identity to Out Magazine.

“I identify as nonbinary,” she explained. “I don’t completely feel like a man, I don’t completely feel like a woman. I feel like a goddess. I feel like I’m my own gender.”

Out reports that the 27-year-old, who will star in FOX's upcoming production of Rent Live as Angel, will still go by she/her pronouns. Valentina's excited to tackle the character of Angel and bring her own identity to the beloved role.

“I get to bring that aspect to my Angel character and really have an idea of like, ‘Why is she so happy and so confident in her armor, in her drag?’”

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Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!

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