FUSE TV - Future LGBTQ History Month: Bianca Del Rio's Powerful Promise

Fuse is celebrating Pride Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future LGBTQ History before our eyes. More than two decades ago, RuPaul proved that a drag queen could reach superstar status when she scored a hit single, TV talk show, radio show and major acting roles. Since 2009, the world's most famous drag queen has been helping give a platform to other rising, talented queens with the growingly sensational reality series RuPaul's Drag Race with one its reigning champions proving how far that opportunity can go.

Bianca Del Rio was an instant standout in Season 6 of Drag Race with the insult comic winning over fans with her tough attitude and pristinely executed work, and eventually becoming the series' first Hispanic winner. Throughout the competition, viewers watched Ms. Del Rio (neé Roy Haylock) melt her icy exterior and sometimes-too-real demeanor to prove herself as a genuine and fair competitor—notably lending competitor Adore Delano a waist cincher after Delano got multiple critiques calling for one. During the pre-finale episode, Bianca herself even reflected on the show that during the competition she learned more about herself and opened up her caring side further proving that becoming "America's next drag superstar" isn't just about good dresses and jokes—both which Bianca does have, make no mistake.