Start Your Engines! How RuPaul’s Drag Race has Changed Attitudes Within and Towards the LGBT

• In Event: LGBTQ Public Opinion and Media

Brief Overview

Our study seeks to understand the impact of mass media on attitudes towards the LGBT community by studying the effects of RuPauls Drag Race on members and nonmembers of the LGBT community, and their attitudes towards the LGBT community.

Authors

• Inaki Sagarzazu, University of Houston

• Sydney Laws, Texas Tech University

• Danie Vaughn, Texas Tech University