RuPaul kicked off DragCon 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center earlier this month with an emotional keynote speech that empowered attendees with themes of tolerance, success, and self-love throughout the weekend.

Guests in the audience, which included a front row full of Ru’s actual real-life sisters (below), shed tears as Ru discussed his mother and the lessons she taught him from a young age; how she taught him to take a step back and look at the good things in life when everything else seems like shit.

On the topic of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Ru said: “Through this show, we have been able to use this as a launching pad for not two queens, not 20 queens, but 100 queens — let the church say amen!”

“The fact that you are here today in this gorgeous event means that you know you have the potential to create beuaty and magic,” he added. “You want to align yourself with the magic people because this world needs you.”

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