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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Helen Le Caplain & Kit Vickery

Drag Race UK star Tayce opens up about homophobia, claiming 'judgey' staff blocked gay friends from visiting her hotel room whilst on tour

Drag Race UK legend Tayce opened up about homophobia still being "rife" across the country, claiming she was blocked from having gay friends visit her hotel rooms while on tour by "judgey" reception staff.

Tayce made the shocking admission whilst riding around Manchester in a Carpool Karaoke-style chat with cricketing hero Freddie Flintoff, with both in the city during Pride celebrations last week. The star of season two of the hit drag show candidly revealed there had been a couple of occasions on tour where she'd encountered staff who refused to let her take her friends up to her room as she got out of drag.

Although the 28-year-old wasn't phased by the incidents, meeting up with her friends whilst socialising later on those evenings, she fears the experience could make some LGBT couples feel scared or ashamed. Tayce said: "I've had a few experiences where I've been on tour and I've got to the hotel that I'm staying at and had two of my gay friends come over.

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