The LGBTQ+ positive representation and over-the-top gay fabulousness of Drag Race is something that seems made for shiny trading cards. From enamel pins and t-shirts to the more wacky like Gummy Bear and Brown Cow Stunning-related items of Ginger Minj and Monique Heart respectively, the nature of drag has allowed for some very imaginative collectables for fans to obsess over - and if there’s one thing fans love to collect, it’s trading cards. In 2018 DragCon NYC sold $8 million in merchandise alone. With almost complete domination of the drag industry RuPaul’s DragCons have been happening in LA, New York and the UK, with popular queens from the show hosting booths for fans to visit and, most importantly, buy merchandise. The show has just recently passed its 13th season and with its many spin-offs has gone from being on once a year to there now almost not being a period where some form of drag race isn’t on our screens. For fans of the show like myself this is great. This isn’t always the case but with franchises across the world including the Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, Canada, UK and many more in the pipeline, the path to becoming a successful queen has never been so linear. So much so that nowadays being a successful drag queen almost means getting onto the show.

For better or worse, the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise has dominated the drag industry since its humble beginning in 2009, with RuPaul Andre Charles credited with making drag mainstream.

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