‘I wear all this glitz and glamour and fakeness, and yet it allows me to feel comfortable’: Twitch streamer DEERE shares how she keeps it real online

This story was originally published on Passionfruit.

We’re reaching out to some popular creators to get their best tips and tricks for success and better understand the ups and downs of life as a trailblazer on the internet.

This week, we caught up with award-winning Twitch partner DEERE via email. DEERE is known for combining drag and horror games. She is also the founder of Stream Queens, an all-drag troupe of creators on Twitch. The drag queen and creator has more than 74,000 subscribers across Twitch, Twitter, Instagram ,and YouTube.

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