Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind celebrated her win on RuPaul's Drag Race last month with a raucous and emotional performance in front of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday.
Tsai and her ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have championed LGBTQ+ rights and made Taiwan a bastion of liberal values, with Taiwan becoming the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage in 2019.
Nymphia Wind, the first East Asian to win the RuPaul's Drag Race crown, dons a glamorous costume and performs songs such as Lady Gaga's “Marry the Night” and Taiwanese songstress Fan Fei's “Chase”. They lip-synced three songs, including “Chase Chase''. yellow costume.
In the main entrance hall of the Presidential Building, under the bust of Sun Yat-sen, the founder of Taiwan's official name, the Republic of China, in 1911, Ninfia performed her final number, Jolin Tsai, with five other drag queens. Showed off. Gender equality made “Womxnly” a hit.
After her performance was live-streamed on the Presidential Palace's YouTube channel, Nymphia told Tsai, “This is probably the first presidential palace in the world to host a drag show,'' and expressed her gratitude for making same-sex marriage a reality. .
“Thank you for contributing to this country so that I could grow up to be where I am today,” she added tearfully. “Thank you for being our Taiwanese mother for the past eight years.”
Mr. Cai once again congratulated Nymphia on its victory.
“Shantae, you're staying,” Tsai said, using one of RuPaul's most famous phrases to win over drag queens.
Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, hosts East Asia's largest Pride march every October. Last year, Vice President Lai Qingtoku, who will be sworn in as president on Monday, was the most senior government leader ever to take part in the Pride March.
Already an established artist in Taiwan's thriving drag scene, Ningfia often wears flashy banana-inspired costumes, and has performed at Taiwanese temples and in her trademark yellow costume at wet markets. They even posed for photos dressed up as fruit skins. Expression.
