Editing RuPaul (section)

==Personal life==
RuPaul met painter Georges LeBar in 1994 at [[the Limelight]] nightclub in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beard |first1=Lanford |title=RuPaul Is Married to Partner of 23 Years, Georges LeBar |url=https://people.com/celebrity/rupaul-married-partner-23-years/ |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905170702/https://people.com/celebrity/rupaul-married-partner-23-years/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They married in January 2017.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 16, 2017 |title=RuPaul reveals he married boyfriend in January |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39289862 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128021503/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39289862 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have an [[open marriage]]; RuPaul has said he would not want to "put restraints" on the person he loves.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Milton |first1=Josh |date=November 26, 2019 |title=RuPaul discusses his open marriage in rare, candid interview |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/26/rupaul-drag-race-open-marriage-relationship-georges-lebar-vanity-fair/ |access-date=March 22, 2020 |work=[[PinkNews]] |archive-date=March 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322061434/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/26/rupaul-drag-race-open-marriage-relationship-georges-lebar-vanity-fair/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The two split their time between a home in Los Angeles and a {{convert|60000|acre|ha|adj=on}} ranch in [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gross |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Gross |date=March 10, 2020 |title=RuPaul's Recipe For Success? Love Yourself And Stay Flexible |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/03/10/813970591/rupauls-recipe-for-success-love-yourself-and-stay-flexible |access-date=March 10, 2020 |publisher=[[NPR]] |quote="RuPaul, who splits time between Los Angeles and a 60,000-acre ranch in Wyoming, says one of the secrets to his success is adaptability." |archive-date=March 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311104215/https://www.npr.org/2020/03/10/813970591/rupauls-recipe-for-success-love-yourself-and-stay-flexible |url-status=live }}</ref> Environmentalists criticized them in 2020 after RuPaul revealed that they lease mineral rights and sell water to oil companies on their ranch, and allow [[fracking]] there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/PIC/PIC32r1.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/PIC/PIC32r1.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Hydraulic Fracturing of Oil and Gas Wells in Kansas|date=May 2012|website=Kansas Geological Survey-University of Kansas|access-date=December 16, 2020|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=December 12, 2016 |title=Questions and Answers about EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Drinking Water Assessment |url=https://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/questions-and-answers-about-epas-hydraulic-fracturing-drinking-water-assessment#scientific%20evidence |access-date=December 16, 2020 |website=[[U.S. EPA]] |language=en |archive-date=December 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216020159/https://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/questions-and-answers-about-epas-hydraulic-fracturing-drinking-water-assessment#scientific%20evidence |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Boyle |first1=Louise |date=March 17, 2020 |title=RuPaul: Environmental outcry after Drag Race star suggests he allows fracking on ranch |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ru-paul-fracking-ranch-drag-race-environment-a9407461.html |access-date=March 22, 2020 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en |archive-date=March 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322061048/https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ru-paul-fracking-ranch-drag-race-environment-a9407461.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to public maps, the ranch has at least 35 active wells.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Noor |first1=Dharna |last2=Mehrota |first2=Dhruv |date=March 17, 2020 |title=RuPaul Has a Fracking Empire on His Wyoming Ranch |url=https://gizmodo.com/rupaul-has-a-fracking-empire-on-his-wyoming-ranch-1842364626 |access-date=March 22, 2020 |work=[[Gizmodo]] |language=en-us |archive-date=May 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531045550/https://gizmodo.com/rupaul-has-a-fracking-empire-on-his-wyoming-ranch-1842364626 |url-status=live }}</ref> RuPaul previously held a [[The Last Ball on Earth|climate-themed ball]] on his show to raise [[environmentalism|environmental awareness]], leading to accusations of hypocrisy.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Amal |date=March 18, 2020 |title=The Most Unexpected Revelation From RuPaul's Recent NPR Interview? He Might Be Fracking |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/is-rupaul-fracking/ |access-date=March 22, 2020 |work=[[Texas Monthly]] |language=en |archive-date=March 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322061052/https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/is-rupaul-fracking/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

RuPaul publicly endorsed [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Dilks |first=Ben |date=November 7, 2016 |title="Don't f*ck it up": RuPaul issues plea ahead of US presidential vote |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/11/07/dont-fck-it-up-rupaul-issues-plea-ahead-of-us-presidential-vote-video/ |website=[[PinkNews]] |access-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317143547/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/11/07/dont-fck-it-up-rupaul-issues-plea-ahead-of-us-presidential-vote-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He expressed dismay at Clinton's defeat by [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]] nominee [[Donald Trump]], saying, "The America that we have all fought so hard for, the narrative of love and peace and liberty and equality, it feels like it is dead."<ref>{{cite news |last=Butterworth |first=Benjamin |date=December 15, 2016 |title=RuPaul 'feels like death' about Donald Trump's election |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/12/15/rupaul-feels-like-death-about-donald-trumps-election/ |website=[[PinkNews]] |access-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-date=June 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627014720/https://www.thepinknews.com/2016/12/15/rupaul-feels-like-death-about-donald-trumps-election/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has described doing drag as a "very, very political" act because it "challenges the ''status quo''" by rejecting fixed identities: "Drag says 'I'm a shapeshifter, I do whatever the hell I want at any given time'."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nichols |first1=James Michael |last2=Delbyck |first2=Cole |date=March 23, 2017 |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Is Leaving TV's Biggest Gay Network&nbsp;– Now What? |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rupauls-drag-race-logo-vh1_us_58d1b0bce4b0b22b0d17f9aa?5hxh9fw6vsded0a4i |website=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324085100/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rupauls-drag-race-logo-vh1_us_58d1b0bce4b0b22b0d17f9aa?5hxh9fw6vsded0a4i |url-status=live }}</ref>

RuPaul started smoking [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] at age 10 or 11.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sim |first=Bernardo |date=September 10, 2019 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Things You Didn't Know About RuPaul |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-things-didnt-know-rupaul/ |access-date=January 16, 2020 |work=[[Screen Rant]] |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116035008/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-things-didnt-know-rupaul/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Schulman |first=Michael |date=February 23, 2014 |title=For RuPaul, A Second Act with 'Drag Race' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/fashion/RuPaul-Drag-Race-television.html |access-date=January 16, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622195941/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/fashion/RuPaul-Drag-Race-television.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kimmel |first=Jimmy |author-link=Jimmy Kimmel |date=January 9, 2020 |title=RuPaul Loves Wrestling 'For All The Reasons You Think' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-yI9PEmTx4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402132618/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-yI9PEmTx4&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=April 2, 2020 |access-date=January 16, 2020 |website=[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]] |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}Also archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2-yI9PEmTx4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}}</ref> Since 1999, he has been sober and has not had alcohol, drugs, or tobacco. In 2020, he found out while appearing on the TV show ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'' that he and [[New Jersey]] Senator [[Cory Booker]] are "DNA cousins."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/10/28/rupaul-cory-booker-cousins-orig-jk.cnn|title=See RuPaul and Cory Booker react to finding out they're cousins|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=October 29, 2020|access-date=October 30, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207090431/https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/10/28/rupaul-cory-booker-cousins-orig-jk.cnn|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2013 interview, RuPaul said, "I'm not religious, but I do have spiritual practices like yoga and meditation and I do pray."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ruashenbush |first=Rev. Paul Brandeis |date=January 28, 2013 |title=RuPaul's Divine Mystical Wisdom |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rupaul-divine-mystical-wisdom_b_2544739 |access-date=January 4, 2023 |website=[[HuffPost]] |language=en |archive-date=January 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104054401/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rupaul-divine-mystical-wisdom_b_2544739 |url-status=live }}</ref>