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Alaska Thunderfuck: ‘I Would Like to See the Breakdown of the Binary Way of Looking at Gender and Sexuality’

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As Stonewall 50 looms, the ‘Drag Race’ star says: ‘We still have a long way to go. Queer kids are being bullied at school, and in many places in the world it is illegal to be gay.’

Tim Teeman 

Senior Editor and Writer

In this special series, LGBT celebrities and public figures talk to Tim Teeman about the Stonewall Riots and their legacy—see more here.

Alaska Thunderfuck was runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and winner of the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.

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Tim Teeman

Tim Teeman

Senior Editor and Writer

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