There’s also some unease between parts of the trans community and parts of the drag community. Which, fair enough, if I were a trans woman and after explaining to someone my lived experience, they responded with “Oh like on Ru Paul!” I would be pretty devastated. There’s also a decent history of transphobic and/or misogynistic queens (Ru Paul being one of them, anyone else remember "oooOOoo, you’ve got…
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That being said, my personal experience with drag IRL has always been a wonderful and inclusive space, with men, women, and non-binary people all being heavily featured as drag performers in my community. I can still understand some people’s discomfort with it, though, even if I don’t necessarily agree with their conception of what drag is.
I think it merits its own community, for two reasons.
Drag Race is kinda divisive in the queer community
I want to avoid spoilers
Both great reasons tbh
Genuinely don’t know; why is it divisive?
Rupaul can be/is quite shitty
The commodification of drag is pretty gross to an extent too
There’s also some unease between parts of the trans community and parts of the drag community. Which, fair enough, if I were a trans woman and after explaining to someone my lived experience, they responded with “Oh like on Ru Paul!” I would be pretty devastated. There’s also a decent history of transphobic and/or misogynistic queens (Ru Paul being one of them, anyone else remember "oooOOoo, you’ve got…
slur-based pun hidden
…she-mail"
That being said, my personal experience with drag IRL has always been a wonderful and inclusive space, with men, women, and non-binary people all being heavily featured as drag performers in my community. I can still understand some people’s discomfort with it, though, even if I don’t necessarily agree with their conception of what drag is.
Thank you for the more thorough exploration than I provided.
Where are the fuckin Drag Kings for one thing.
Oh girl I would love a Drag Kings series, they’re so ridiculously underappreciated as a group!