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RuPaul Reveals His Traumatic Origin Story in New Memoir

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“I’d mastered the art of naughty-lite,” is how the drag icon describes his enduring public image, which took years to craft, in new memoir “The House of Hidden Meanings.”

Helen Holmes
Helen Holmes 

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