Violet Chachki: 'Pride is about all ... “Then you drive 30, 40 ­minutes from the centre and it becomes really dangerous, ... How long Chachki will retain her drag persona is now the question.

Like so many queer kids before her and so many since, Violet Chachki noticed the rigours of gendered indoctrination young. Leaning towards drag, Chachki says, was “escapism, yes, but also therapy”.