WELL DRESSED AND HAPPY TOO –

Dec. 17, 2021 -“The advice I like to give to younger queer people is understand that just because a lot of queer spaces, we congregate in nightclubs and event spaces and stuff, it doesn’t necessarily have to go hand-in-hand with substances,” said Kendall Gender, who is almost six years sober and recently competed in the second season of Canada’s Drag Race.

She said therapy was the biggest help early in her sobriety journey, and sharing her story of hitting rock bottom was a way to help others that “makes all the heartache seem much more beneficial.”

It took about two years for BOA — a Drag Race contestant who spoke openly about dealing with addiction as well as ADHD, eating disorders and even sexual assault during the Canadian version’s first season — to move from recognizing the negative impact drinking and partying was having to cutting it out of her life.

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