'Drag Race' Alum Sasha Velour Reveals the 'Secret' Surgery That Left Her Bedridden — She's Now 'Hairier and Healthier'

Photo: Tanner Abel Sasha Velour is about to embark on a continent-spanning tour across North America, but earlier this year, a staph infection and subsequent surgery left her barely able to move. The season 9Rupaul’s Drag Racevictor was in the middle of the New York City run of her one-woman show,Smoke & Mirrors, when she began to feel a “deep and muscular” pain in her backside. “I’m used to having pain that I don’t understand because I’m in drag.

'Drag Race' Star BenDeLaCreme Says Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Aims to Take U.S. Back to Pre-Stonewall Days

Photo:Santiago Felipe/Getty Images Santiago Felipe/Getty Images RuPaul’s Drag Racestar BenDeLaCreme, 41, is speaking up about the political attacks on the drag community. As anti-LGBTQ+ laws sweep the nation, drag performers like BenDeLaCreme — whose off-stage name is Benjamin Putnam — are at the center of the discourse. Conservative lawmakers have attempted to paint all drag as unfit for family-friendly events, including Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis, who described a recent bill he signed as legislation that would “protect children from sexually explicit adult performances in all venues — including drag shows and strip clubs.

'Drag Race' Star Trixie Mattel Talks New Album, Barbies and Being Taken Seriously as a Musician

Life in plastic, it’s fantastic — forTrixie Mattel! Since appearing on the seventh season ofRuPaul’s Drag Race, Mattel, 30, has become a beloved mainstay in the drag community and beyond, winning the third season ofRuPaul’s Drag Race All Starsand finding even more fans through her career as an alt-country music artist. For her third album,Barbara, the drag queen and singer-songwriter lives out her California girl dreams while taking inspiration from America’s most iconic doll, Barbie.

'Drag Race' Winner Yvie Oddly Says Rare Tissue Disease Makes It Difficult to Greet Fans After a Show

Photo: Brandon Voss When Yvie Oddly finishes a drag performance, she often feels like she has “nothing left.” The reigning winner ofRuPaul’s Drag Racespoke candidly on the show of having HypermobilityEhlers Danlos Syndrome, or HEDS, a rare tissue disorder where her body doesn’t make enough collagen, a protein that helps joints work. It causes chronic pain and makes it easier for joints to dislocate — sometimes affecting her ability to perform, like when she sprained her ankle during a dance challenge on the show.

'Drake & Josh' Alum Josh Peck and Wife Paige Welcome Son Max Milo

Josh PeckandPaige O’Brien Peckare parents! The 32-year-old formerDrake & Joshstar and his wife welcomed their first child together, son Max Milo, on Saturday, Dec. 29 in Los Angeles, PEOPLE confirms. “Max Milo Peck,” Josh captioned the image. No other details have been released at this time. A rep for Josh did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. Paige O’Brien/Instagram. Inset: Angela Weiss/Getty The couple first announced over the summer in Instagram posts that they wereexpecting their first child together.