Joey Jay (drag queen)

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Joey Jay (born August 14, 1990){{cite web|url=https://www.jewishaz.com/community/rupaul-s-drag-race-features-jewish-princess-from-phoenix/article_684bddda-5448-11eb-8112-bbdaff93148e.html |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' features 'Jewish princess' from Phoenix |last=Levitt |first=Shannon |website=Jewish News |date=11 January 2021 |access-date=October 13, 2022}} is an American drag performer most known for competing on season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Early life

Joey Jay was born in Madison, Wisconsin.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-01 |title=Joey Jay On Getting Cut From 'RuPaul's Drag Race' |url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/joey-jay-rupauls-drag-race-exit-interview |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=Nylon |language=en}}

Career

Joey Jay performs at Kobalt Bar in Phoenix, Arizona.{{Cite web|date=January 22, 2021|title=Phoenix Drag Queen Joey Jay competes for the crown on RuPaul's Drag Race|url=https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/phoenix-drag-queen-joey-jay-competes-for-the-crown-on-rupauls-drag-race/75-ac5349f1-8da0-4baa-8e16-464d1dc21377|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=12news.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305173829/https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/phoenix-drag-queen-joey-jay-competes-for-the-crown-on-rupauls-drag-race/75-ac5349f1-8da0-4baa-8e16-464d1dc21377}} She competed on season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race.{{Cite magazine|last=Nolfi|first=Joey|title=Long live Joey Jay, the short-haired, killer 'filler queen' of 'Drag Race'|url=https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-joey-jay-elimination-interview/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430050102/https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-joey-jay-elimination-interview/}}{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=KiMi|title='Never had a queen like me': How Joey Jay from Phoenix is doing on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/television/2020/12/09/rupauls-drag-race-season-13-joey-jay/3868389001/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117174610/https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/television/2020/12/09/rupauls-drag-race-season-13-joey-jay/3868389001/|url-status=live}}

Personal life

Joey Jay is openly gay,{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |title=Long live Joey Jay, the short-haired, killer 'filler queen' of 'Drag Race' |url=https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-joey-jay-elimination-interview/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2021-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430050102/https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-joey-jay-elimination-interview/ |url-status=live }} Jewish,{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=KiMi | title=Joey Jay is first Phoenix contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race |website=The Arizona Republic |date=5 March 2021 |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/television/2021/03/05/rupauls-drag-race-joey-jay-interview/6886329002/ |access-date=17 January 2024}} and lived in Milwaukee before moving to Phoenix in 2017.{{Cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Jennifer|title=Drag Race's Joey Jay on TV Stardom, the Politics of Drag, and His Love for the Phoenix Scene|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/rupaul-drag-race-joey-jay-phoenix-11526569|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Phoenix New Times|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814180254/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/rupaul-drag-race-joey-jay-phoenix-11526569|url-status=live}}