Sasha Colby, winner of the hit VH1 series 'RuPaul’s Drag Race' broke down her iconic finale look, working with Charo during one of the season’s challenges, and the significance of winning the trophy as a trans woman.
I just interviewed your drag daughter Kerri recently and she was sharing how for her, seeing other trans women exist and just be so powerful has been really monumental to her. Who was that person for you?
I think it was the Hawaiian trans people that I grew up with who taught me how to maneuver at a time when being trans wasn’t safe, how to take care of yourself, give yourself the correct therapy, and how to be unapologetically trans. It was about understanding that if you’re going to make fun of me, I’m going to call it out first. I’m going to stand up for myself.
I also loved your speech when you were crowned about this being for the past, present, and future of trans people. That felt so powerful. Why was that the message you wanted to send? The past are the people I learned from, many who aren’t even around anymore. The present are the people that are currently being persecuted, being killed, being victimized by so much hate. And the future is all we have. We have to do it for them so they can [know] this world can be a little better for them. We have to create allies that are more compassionate toward trans people because maybe they’ll be like, “I know that’s Sasha Colby, so they’re not all that bad.
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