It ain’t easy being queen, says Joel Valenzuela

AVClub.com – By Bree Davies

It didn’t take much to pull Joel Valenzuela out of drag-queen retirement. A hairstylist and makeup artist by day, Valenzuela gave up drag in 2007 to take a break from the expensive and often mentally draining drag scene to focus on life in the real world. But when friend and fellow queen Nina Flowers (a runner-up on season one of RuPaul’s Drag Race) asked Valenzuela to join Drama Drag – a monthly drag showcase/club night at Tracks – he couldn’t resist starting the beauty process all over again, and has since become a regular in the show…