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Watch Sasha Colby Be Honored by The House of Representatives

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RuPaul’s Drag Race is nothing short of a cultural phenomenon, with fans of all kinds tuning in to watch the show. The latest winner of the series has now even been celebrated in the most unexpected of places – the floor of the U.S.

House of Representatives.Last week, members took a moment to recognize and honor Sasha Colby, the winner of season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, with one politician using her time on the floor to praise the queen.Jill Tokuda, the Democratic representative for Hawaii’s second congressional district, took to the microphone to congratulate Colby on her recent victory.“I rise today to congratulate Sasha Kekauoha, more famously known as Sasha Colby, on being crowned the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 15,” the politician said.“Throughout Drag Race she authentically represented her Hawaiian culture, talking about the legacy she is building for our home state, and about being Māhū,” Tokuda continued, using a phrase that is much more popular in the island chain, but which Colby explained to viewers at home watching all around the world.

One organization defines that word–Māhū–as meaning, “third-gender people with additional spiritual and social roles.”Tokuda also took the opportunity to speak out against the ongoing attacks on the LGBTQ community, signaling why she was honoring Colby in the first place. “Amidst ongoing attacks on our LGBTQ+ rights that particularly target trans people and drag queens, her win is not only well deserved, it gives us all hope.”I spoke on the floor of the U.S.

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