Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A Shade Of Gray In The 'A Drag Queen Is NOT A Transsexual' Debate
Posted by Monica Roberts at 12:00 AM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/01/shade-of-gray-in-a-drag-queen-is-not.htmlRuPaul's jacked up comments injected new life to this debate that has been ongoing in the over 15 years I've been part of the trans community about drag queens and the trans umbrella.
I am well aware of the fact that some major leaders and iconic ones in this community, some activism, historical events and legislative successes were jumped off by people who back in the day were labeled as drag queens or female impersonators and jumpstarted their feminine transitions by that route.
Far too many cis people confuse drag queens with actual transsexuals and the worst offenders of that are the GL peeps in our rainbow community.
Yeah, that pisses transsexuals off at times, but then again it's also a fact there are some transsexuals in our community historically and in our era who started off as drag performers before they had their gender epiphany and transitioned.
