“Drag is great way to get people to pay attention to me, but it's a difficult way to get people to take me seriously as a musician. So it's a weird Catch-22. It's like a gimmick that gets them to pay attention, but when they see my image, they're like, 'There's no way this is going to have any legitimacy to it.'”

American drag queen, television personality, singer-songwriter, DJ, and entrepreneur

Trixie Mattel is the stage name of Brian Michael Firkus, an American drag queen, television personality, singer-songwriter, DJ, and entrepreneur from Wisconsin. He became widely known through RuPaul's Drag Race and later won RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Mattel is recognized for a bold 1960s-inspired look, especially her makeup and styling. Her music mixes comedy with acoustic pop and folk-country, and she plays guitar and the autoharp. She has also appeared across the Drag Race franchise and served as a judge on Queen of the Universe from 2021 to 2023.