Attention Emmy voters: This won’t be your typical opinion piece making the case for “RuPaul’s Drag Race” to win the Outstanding Reality-Competition Emmy Award. It’s the second year the VH1 hit has been up for the honor and there already have been a number of major outlets touting the program’s importance to the LGBTQ community, it’s social relevance, its seemingly never-ending ability to surprise its viewers (you may never look at a butterfly the same again) and the importance of drag in the current political climate.

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Eight months ago I’m standing on the set of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” I’m behind the mirrors that allow the show’s camera crew to capture the contestants in the show’s infamous werq room where they compete in mini-challenges and prepare themselves for the main challenges that determine whether a queen moves on in the competition or “sashays away.” The invitation for this set visit didn’t note which episode that was in production as VH1 was still four months away from officially revealing the 14-member cast.  

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