• Kushan@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    RuPaul had come under fire previously for being anti-trans, but it’s okay because they apologized on Twitter by posting the wrong flag (literally a flag for trains - and I’m not making that up).

    Regardless of your stance on the issue of a bookstore with a no-banning-books mission not banning books, RuPaul clearly is not an ally and this isn’t surprising.

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      4 months ago

      How the fuck is someone who is so well-known for drag, not a trans ally?

      What synapses have collapsed in his brain to allow for this cognitive dissonance?

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        4 months ago

        The person you’re replying to is being a typical internet person.

        Rupaul’s Drag Race used to not allow trans contestants. It does now. We’ve had more than one trans Winner.

        Ru got some backlash for implying that being trans would be an unfair advantage on Drag Race, comparing it to taking performance enhancing drugs for the Olympics. She later apologized for it.

        The show also had some vernacular that was very common in its early days which the trans community pointed out weren’t OK and it changed overtime.

        Ru is a fairly old gay man who has done a pretty good job of changing with the times comparatively.