Life

Bob the Drag Queen literally hauled LGBTQ people to the polls on Election Day

How do you get young queer people to the polls? Call in the drag queens.
By
Bob the Drag Queen gets people off the bus and to the polls.
Bob the Drag Queen gets people off the bus and to the polls. Drag queens have a long history of involvement in politics. Photo: Screenshot/Twitter

Bob the Drag Queen used her celebrity power to get young people to vote yesterday.

Drag Out the Vote is a project of OutFront Minnesota. They got over 100 people to the LUSH bar in Minneapolis to meet drag queens and then bussed them to the polls for early voting.

Bob the Drag Queen, who won season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, visited LUSH and asked people there why voting is important.

Related: Bob the Drag Queen is now a comic book hero who saves a Pocket Gay

After they got off the bus, Bob led the group in a chant of “This is what democracy looks like.”

 

Don't forget to share:

Discover more


Life
Bob The Drag Queen election Election 2020 Minneapolis MN MTV Rupaul's Drag Race voting

Support vital LGBTQ+ journalism

Reader contributions help keep LGBTQ Nation free, so that queer people get the news they need, with stories that mainstream media often leaves out. Can you contribute today?

Once Monthly Annually

Cancel anytime · Proudly LGBTQ+ owned and operated

Ellen highlights some of the most hilarious campaign ads in American history

Previous article

A poll worker was charged with assault after a racist confrontation with a voter yesterday

Next article

More in Life