On season 14, Maddy Morphosis became the first straight man to compete. On UK series 3, Victoria Scone became the first cis woman to compete on the show. On season 13, Gottmik became the first trans man to compete on the show. version of the show when she was inducted into the "Hall of Fame" in All Stars 6. Kylie Sonique Love, who made history as the first contestant to come out as trans on the show, during the season 2 reunion episode, became the first out trans woman to win a U.S. RuPaul has since apologized for those comments. However, in 2018, RuPaul told The Guardian that he would "probably not" allow a transgender contestant who had "really transitioned" to compete and later compared transgender drag performers to doping athletes.
Monica Beverly Hillz, who came out as a trans woman during season 5, said in a 2013 interview that the show does not require contestants to identify as male and that transgender women can participate if they consider themselves drag artists. Most competitors have been cisgender gay men, although several contestants came out as trans women on the show, while others entered the competition already out and at various stages in their transitions. In addition, in six seasons of All Stars, seven queens have won entry into the "Drag Race Hall of Fame": Chad Michaels, Alaska, Trixie Mattel, Monét X Change, Trinity the Tuck, Shea Couleé, and Kylie Sonique Love. The original series has crowned fourteen winners, awarding them the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar": BeBe Zahara Benet, Tyra Sanchez, Raja Gemini, Sharon Needles, Jinkx Monsoon, Bianca Del Rio, Violet Chachki, Bob the Drag Queen, Sasha Velour, Aquaria, Yvie Oddly, Jaida Essence Hall, Symone, and Willow Pill. 180 drag queens have appeared on the original American television show, RuPaul's Drag Race, since its debut in 2009 63 past competitors have returned to the spin-off series RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and 210 performers have appeared across numerous international versions of the show. This is a list of contestants from the Drag Race reality television franchise. Jujubee has competed in four seasons of Drag Race, the most of any contestant, and reached the top four in all of them.