UPDATE: RuPaul’s Drag Race 2 is coming… and some Chelseans are upset

STFU! The billboards in Chelsea don’t lie. Something big is coming… and will entail blonde wigs, lots of tape, catty fights, runways, and pure, uncensored, full-on fagging out! “Ru Paul’s Drag Race: Season 2” starts Feb. 1, 2010. [Photo via contestant Shangela's FB].

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UPDATE: I failed to mention above that the posters are totally illegal, and that the Gem Hotel (the building on which these posters are plastered) is fighting back — demanding the posters come down “immediately” even going as far as calling the posters an “abomination.” Whoa! [Read about it on Curbed]

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UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: So, now we’re hearing a whole new story. This may be just another case of upset neighbors. What it does showcase however is the changing Chelsea demographic. Chelsea, NYC’s infamous gayborhood is no longer the den of fringe culture it once was. Have you walked down 8th Ave recently? The gentrified and gutted buildings are now homes for upper-middle class straight families! Well, at least according to one guy who told us recently, “Its  nasty cycle. The gays move in to a neighborhood, revamp it, restore buildings, then yuppies move in and hike up the rents, and the gays move elsewhere.” You have to admit, the man makes a good point, no?

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