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[–]EzukiRaen 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I just watched that episode. Her singing part was first and the first lyric was, "I was born a woman". Then she had the nerve to stop in the middle of the practice run saying, "Oh my god. I am freaking out. I didn't tell anyone I'm trans yet". I didn't feel any symapthy for her. She wrote and sing it for the recording. She knew exactly what she was doing. I think that freak out was to seek attention. Why would she write and sing that if she knew if that it was going to give her dysphoria?

Also, I'm more inclinced to call a transman "he" and a transwoman "she" to be civil but, she said she is fine with people calling her she. What? Why? If someone calls her "she" shouldn't that make her dysphoric?

Another thing: I'm of the opinion that anyone can do drag because it's a form of entertainment by preforming as a caricature of women (drag queens) or men (drag kings). However, RuPaul's Drag Race is a show specifically for men (mostly gay men; I've only ever seen one straight man on the show) to compete as drag queens so it doesn't make sense for her to be on it. On top of that, shouldn't being a caricature of a woman be adding to her dysphoria?

Edit: I think the funniest part of that episode was when they were discussing who they would hypothetically vote out. A lot of them said her because she was "the biggest competition". You could tell by the looks on their faces that that was not the real reason.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

However, RuPaul's Drag Race is a show specifically for men (mostly gay men; I've only ever seen one straight man on the show) to compete as drag queens so it doesn't make sense for her to be on it.

This, and only this. Drag is a long and storied tradition with very specific elements. As RuPaul pointed out. I'm glad he deleted the apology.