What if drag wasn’t just performance, but priestexx work?
What if the wigs, the glitter, the lashes, the clown paint—were never just costumes, but sacred ritual tools of queer survival and spiritual revelation?
And what if a drag queen wasn’t just a character, but a divine archetype, channeling ancestors, deities, misfits, and revolutionaries with every exaggerated gesture and rhinestoned wink?
In this electrifying and heartfelt episode of Your Art Is A Spell, Edgar Fabián Frías opens a sacred portal with the one and only Uma Gahd—drag artist, witch, activist, and Canada’s Drag Race Season 5 alum. From fringe theatre to full-time drag priestexx, Uma’s journey is a testament to queer magic, community care, and the radical act of being joyfully contrary.
Together, Edgar and Uma conjure a space where spirituality and spectacle meet, where drag becomes a site of devotion, and where queer elders, weirdos, and aunties are celebrated as sacred guides.
This isn’t just drag.
This is myth-making.
This is ministry.
🎧 In this deep, dazzling episode, you’ll explore:
👑 How Dionysus (yes, the Greek god of chaos, wine, and theater) changed Uma’s life
🔥 Why drag is both political theater and personal altar
🧠 What it means to rewire internalized queerphobia through performance
💋 How to make meaning out of makeup, wigs, and absurdity
🌈 Why chosen family isn’t just a concept—it’s a lifeline
🎭 The power of creating your own queer lineage through character work
📚 What drag storytelling means coming from a former preschool teacher
💖 And why staying true to your weird, wonderful self is the real win
This episode is for the artists, the witches, the gender mutants, and the divine freaks who never quite fit in—on stage or in the world.
For the ones who turned their resistance into beauty.
For the ones who made spells out of shame.
For the drag clowns, spiritual rebels, and queer educators
who carry glitter in one hand and a healing balm in the other.
This episode is a reminder: you don’t have to dilute your magic.
You don’t have to “make sense” to anyone.
You don’t have to be palatable to be powerful.
✨ Listen now and remember:
You were never meant to be "normal."
You were meant to be legendary.
You were meant to confuse, delight, and transform the world simply by being exactly who you are.
Because your art is a spell.
And Uma?
She’s a living invocation. 💫