Just curious, what are the certain type of people you're talking about when you're saying your feelings on RuPaul are muddied? (Edit: I see you actually said a certain person so I guess you're referring to just one person although there have apparently been multiple trans contestants.)

I've been a fan of Drag Race for a long time, but haven't caught up because I don't have cable and only just now found a streaming service that goes past Season 8 (which was the last one I'd seen). I understand that one of the most recent seasons had a woman calling herself a man performing as a woman (and my understanding is also that said contestant made it to the finale or close), and that kind of muddied my feelings on Ru, as well.

But I also know that RuPaul is pretty savvy and I wonder how much he actually buys into the gender nonsense vs. how much he realizes that if he's going to run a drag competition in 2021 that he needs to cater to the genderspecials lest he be cancelled.