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Strange Fruit #213: Transphobia Is Such A Drag
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30 minutes
Released:
Oct 6, 2017
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Podcast episode
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A man who makes a living performing in drag is probably pretty woke about trans issues, right? Sadly, it ain't necessarily so. Former RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Willam Belli recently made some transphobic remarks on her YouTube show "Suck Less." "Just because someone says they’re a boy doesn’t make them a boy," Belii says on the show. "Just because you cut your t****** off and take testosterone, that doesn't change your chromosomes." Fans and critics were predictably upset by this seeming dismissal of the right and ability to self-identify. But it's not the first time we've seen transphobia in drag spaces. Lashes, lipstick, and platform heels can make it easy to forget many drag queens are still cisgender white men on the inside. It brings to mind the times we've seen white drag queens using racist humor as part of their comedy routines (remember Shirley Q. Liquor?).
Released:
Oct 6, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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