Venus (drag queen) explained
Venus (also known as Venus Kunt and Venus Sherwood)[1] is a Canadian drag performer and the winner of season 4 of Canada's Drag Race.
Career
Venus is a drag performer and entertainer. She is a member of the non-binary drag group ENBY6, as well as the Gender Drag family with her "drag mother" Kendall Gender,[2] who competed on the second season of Canada's Drag Race. In 2017, Venus co-hosted the Sin City Military Fetish Ball in Vancouver.[3] She was a guest on Tommy Genesis' God Is Wild Tour in 2019.[4] In 2023, she hosted and performed with ENBY6 at the Happyland Festival in conjunction with Pride.[5] [6] [7]
Venus is the winner of the fourth season of Canada's Drag Race.[8] She started watching Drag Race in 2017, when she worked at a hair salon with contestant Beth.[9] She is the fourth winner of the Drag Race franchise of Indigenous decent, following Trixie Mattel, Yvie Oddly, and Sasha Colby, also making her the first non-American Indigenous winner.
Personal life
Based in Vancouver, Venus is a Red River Métis two-spirit person. Venus uses the pronouns she/her in drag, and has no preferred gender pronouns out of drag.
Filmography
Television
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 2022-02-19 . Drag queen Kendall Gender's legacy of helping others persists despite newfound fame, say her drag daughters . 2023-12-31 . Yahoo News . en-CA . 2022-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220316225053/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/drag-queen-kendall-genders-legacy-150000073.html . live .
- Web site: 2022-11-17 . West coast diva Kendall Gender on representing Vancouver in Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World . 2023-12-31 . The Georgia Straight . en . 2023-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231208080933/https://www.straight.com/movies/west-coast-diva-kendall-gender-on-representing-vancouver-in-canadas-drag-race-canada-vs-world . live .
- Web site: 2017-11-15 . Out in Vancouver: Nov 16–22, 2017 Xtra Magazine . 2023-12-31 . en-CA.
- Web site: 2019-04-02 . 7 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Wednesday, April 3 . 2023-12-31 . The Georgia Straight . en . 2019-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190403130923/https://www.straight.com/life/1221911/7-things-do-metro-vancouver-wednesday-april-3 . live .
- Web site: RuPaul's Drag Race winner coming to celebrate Pride at Playland this summer Listed . 2023-12-31 . dailyhive.com . en . 2023-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230628224750/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/happyland-pride-festival-playland . live .
- Web site: 10 phenomenal Pride Week events to check out in Vancouver Listed . 2023-12-31 . dailyhive.com . en . 2023-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230808044330/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pride-events-vancouver-2023 . live .
- Web site: 2023-04-12 . Happyland returns to PNE with world-famous drag performers for Pride . 2023-12-31 . The Georgia Straight . en . 2023-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230727152427/https://www.straight.com/just-announced/happyland-returns-to-pne-with-world-famous-drag-performers-for-pride . live .
- Web site: Meet the Queens of 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 4 . 2023-12-31 . www.out.com . en . 2023-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128032339/https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/canadas-drag-race-s4-queens . live .
- Web site: Canada's Drag Race Series 4: Meet the Queens . 2023-12-31 . www.bbc.co.uk . en . 2023-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231215034245/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/canadas-drag-race-series-4-queens/ . live .