The queer and trans community are still reeling from the gut punch that was Tuesday’s horrible conclusion, and we’re still trying to wrap our heads around another four years of horror.
But some queer people are expressing the pain in…weirder ways than others. As with every major life event, certain of the gays will always respond with a level of delulu that is astonishing, and controversial Drag Race alum Shangela is no exception.
Yesterday, the All Stars Season 3 queen posted a photo of herself from the finale of that season and shared a caption about Harris’s defeat that felt…a bit like a false equivalency.
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“When you know you did the best you could, when you fought the best fight possible, you can walk forward with your head held high,” the queen wrote. But people were not having it. “This post is so goddamn self absorbed my god read the room,” one commenter said. “Girl…” another wrote, “this post is a lil…yikes. I don’t think you losing all stars is a good comparison here.”
It’s true: while the loss of the All Stars 3 crown to gorgeous angel and gay icon Trixie Mattel was certainly a momentous event in Shangela’s life, it feels a little…much…to compare that loss to the loss of our democracy. Trump’s win could lead this country into a catastrophic loss of rights and protections for queer people, whereas the loss of a crown and scepter from Fierce Drag Jewels (and that sweet $100,000) feels a lot more, you know…survivable.
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Some commenters took the opportunity to bring up the elephant in the room, i.e. the sexual assault allegations that have been brought against Shangela by five separate alleged victims per a report from Rolling Stone earlier this year. Recently, Bob the Drag Queen spoke out on these allegations—all denied by Shangela—calling them “damning.” On Shangela’s recent post, some commenters went so far as to imply that the queen had something in common with Trump due to the accusations.
Obviously everyone deals with grief differently, and Shangela’s is far from the only cringe post we’re bound to see as the post-election haze clears. But it’s a reminder that gay brain is a real thing that we all suffer from, and the cure is staying offline as much as possible.
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