'I was diagnosed with cancer twice in one year - but my drag queen alter ego saved my life'
A drag queen who received two cancer diagnoses in one year said the discovery of their ‘menace’ alter ego Shanika Sunrise saved their life during gruelling treatment. Jay Swinnerton, 26, was 19 when they were diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma – an uncommon cancer that develops in the lymphatic system – in March 2017.


