From scream queen to stream queen!
Elixis here to make you feel all better.
Meet Twitch’s reigning drag trailblazer bringing a touch of love and resilience to the platform.
Elix
I’m very thankful to myself for not succumbing or submitting to all these barriers."
Elix was an early adopter of video games.
Gaming was their sanctuary away from the confines of their conservative Catholic family and community.
Elix
It was a little sliver of freedom for the siblings.
“I’ve always been very different and very feminine.
you better correct the way you’re talking and the way you’re moving,” Elix said.
Virtual stories fascinated the young queen even though they didn’t know English at the time.
These fantastical worlds were more than translatable.
Video games became their own language for the future drag queen.
Apart from video games, scary movies also served as an escape from their own horrors.
The strong, prominent female protagonist taught Elix one of their first lessons in self love.
Seeing these women take on the big bad was revolutionary for the effeminate Elix.
I went from entertaining to focusing on giving people the confidence to be who they are.
Even though I always tell people my life didn’t start until I was about 24 or 25.
Once it started, I was not slowing down," the drag star said.
Working as a corporate public speaker allowed Elix to develop skills that perfectly translated to the world of streaming.
Streaming seemed like a natural next step in their journey toward self-discovery.
Starting in 2017, the future drag star would fall in love with the medium.
It offered a diverse array of character choices and an inclusive fan community.
“I think a lot of people within the LGBTQIA2S+ umbrella go through so much trauma.
Maybe they like experiencing it again through a horror game.”
Elix has carved out their own niche community offellow drag artistsand a dedicated following across social media.
A key component to their success wasTikTok, when a string ofviral videosquickly grew their stream.
But with positive growth often comes negative pushback, notably for people of marginalized identities.
Elix and other drag artists on the platform have become an unfortunate lightning rod for harassment.
“I’m not a white, cis, straight man.
But they refused to let it stop them.
“That’s why I show off my Mexican heritage.
I came to this country where I wasn’t wanted.
It’s my community.
I went from entertaining to focusing on giving people the confidence to be who they are.”
