Jinkx Monsoon is American drag queen, award-winning stage actress, singer, and winner of the fifth season of reality competition show, RuPaul’s Drag Race. Jinkx Monsoon was 18 when they discovered that despite a Catholic upbringing their mother’s ancestry is Jewish and so Jewishness became an important part of their drag character as a way of reconnecting to their roots. Jinkx Monsoon makes a special effort to reach out to and inspire queer Jewish youth.