A German drag queen was one of 1,260 delegates who voted in Germany's new president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The role is mostly ceremonial, but drag star Olivia Jones said she cast her ballot for him because she believed he'd be reliably "anti-Trump."

Jones, 47, is well-known for her activism relating to AIDS, animal rights and racial equality. She also makes regular TV appearances and gives guided tours of Reeperbahn, Hamburg's red light district in Hamburg.

Some even regard her as "Germany's RuPaul."

She rolled up to the parliament building in a wheelchair, after undergoing an operation to shorten her legs by two inches. (Her towering 6'7 stature was causing backaches.) But that didn't stop Jones from rubbing elbows—literally—with high-profile attendees like Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Earlier this month, she told Saarbruecker Zeitung that she'd like to be president herself one day. "The role would suit me wonderfully," she said, promising that her time in office "would not be boring."

"I am a very political person," Jones added. "This is where I get to speak with the right people. This is where my message needs to get to. My presence and appearance alone set an example."

Last year she filed charges against the anti-LGBT Alternative for Germany party (AfD) after members compared homosexuality to pedophilia and tried to bar children from learning about LGBT rights in school.

At yesterday's event, Jones said that she'd be happy to meet AfD leader Frauke Petry or even pose for a photo with her.

"If I meet her, I would say clearly to her that we do not need more hatred in society," she told BBC. "The AfD does not need to be afraid of gays and lesbians. There is no danger there."