The Mother of Drag Sasha Colby says WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE at Out! Raleigh Pride - Raleigh NC

Big love and thanks to everyone who came out and to all the wonderful organizations❤️ Happy Pride! #happypride #pride #raleighpride Celebrating 13 Years! Out! Raleigh Pride is returning on June 20-21, 2025 for our 13th year! Join us on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh! Friday, June 20th is the newest addition to Pride Month in the City of Oaks. Friday will focus on adults (18+) only entertainment & vendors. Headling will be Sasha Colby: Your favorite Drag Queen's favorite Drag Queen. Saturday, June 21st from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm is the action-packed, family-friendly festival you’re used to. The event offers live entertainment, local vendors and artists, great food, a KidsZone, & a beer garden! There is no admission fee. This event is an important way to raise the necessary funds to support the LGBT Center of Raleigh & all of its 20+ amazing community programs. Last year's event brought tens of thousands of people onto Raleigh’s Fayetteville Street to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, our friends, & families. In the last decade, the event has become an integral part of Raleigh’s downtown culture, promoting diversity, awareness, & a sense of belonging for the LGBTQIA+ community. Each year has been more successful than the last, & this year will be no exception! (Source LGBTQcenterofraleigh.com) Dates Jun 20, 2025 - Jun 21, 2025 Location Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Sasha Kekauoha (born July 26, 1984),best known by the stage name Sasha Colby, is an American drag performer and beauty pageant competitor. In 2012, she won the Miss Continental competition.In 2023, she was crowned the winner of season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race. Website sashacolby.net Sasha Colby was born in Waimānalo, Hawaii, as the youngest of seven children.She was raised in a conservative Jehovah's Witness household.As a teenager, she secretly did drag, locking herself in the bathroom and wearing her sister's clothes.[16] The first transgender woman she met was her mother’s hairdresser, Tammy. Sasha Colby has been described as a "beauty queen", a "drag legend",& a "pageant legend".She won the Miss Continental competition in 2012. In 2018, Sasha Colby was cast in Sasha Velour's drag showcase NightGowns & appeared in the stage show's 2020 docu-series.Alongside other drag queens, Sasha Colby walked the runway before Jennifer Lopez's performance at the iHeartRadio Music Awards wearing a look inspired by Lopez.Chrissy Callahan of NBC News said Sasha Colby's look "channeled" the "Jenny from the Block" music video. Sasha Colby is also known as a model and activist.[27] In 2020, she represented Hawaii in GLAAD's video, which featured drag queens from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., and sought to mobilize voters in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.[28] Before the COVID-19 pandemic, she organized a monthly trans-inclusive event at The Chapel, a gay bar in West Hollywood. In 2023, Sasha Colby was cast on season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She is the first-ever Native Hawaiian to be cast on Drag Race. She was crowned the winner of the season, earning the title of America's Next Drag Superstar and becoming the first winner of Polynesian descent. Later that year, Colby spoke at the annual Pride Month celebration hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris. Sasha Colby is a trans woman.She is based in Los Angeles. She is the "drag mother" of season 14 contestant Kerri Colby & singer-songwriter Chappell Roan. Colby has Native Hawaiian & Irish heritage. (Source Wikipedia) Tags #theadventuresofdrewandamanda #lifeinnc #nc #downtownraleigh #LGBTQ #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia #sashacolby #dragqueen #winner #lgbtqyouth #lgbtqnc #pridelove #pride2025 #louderandprouder #loudandproud #gaylifestyle #LGBTQcenterofraleigh #diversityandinclusion #outraleighpride2025 #raleighnc #raleighpride #ncpride #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq #pridemonth #pride #prideraleigh #loveislove #lovewins #yallmeansall #dragqueen #orp #pridefestival #prideparade #transrights #gayrights #queerrepresentation #queer #yesqueen #lgbtq #lgbt #gay #pride #queer #loveislove #lesbian #instagay #love #gaypride #lgbtqia #trans #transgender #bisexual #lgbtpride #nonbinary #dragqueens #pridemonth #gayman #drag #gaylife #gaylove #lgbtcommunity #art #lovewins #bi #lesbians #pronounsmatter #rainbowflag Sasha Colby, North Carolina, RuPaul's Drag Race, Out! Raleigh Pride, Out Raleigh Pride, Raleigh Pride, LGBT Center of Raleigh, Drag Queen, lesbian, gay, non-binary, beauty queen, drag, legend, transgender ,homosexual, we are gender non-conformist ,equality, social justice, asexual, pride ,rainbow , social equity , equality, Bisexual, queer, Gay rights, gay pride, equality, rights, advocacy, love, girls, women, boys, men ,trans community, culture, symbols ,movement, trans ,transgender, transition, transsexual, mtf transition, ftm transition, pronouns, he him, she her, they them, Rainbow Pride ,Equality for all, LGBTQ Love ,Queer ,Gay, LGBTQ+, pronouns matter, LGBTQIA+ community