Christian Siriano's New Line - Haute Faux Pas (revisited)
Posted by Brielle Chittim
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Christian Siriano spinning his wheels in the media, is just sinking deeper into the muck.
Most people are likely aware of this Siriano story , but it's a good sample to preview the kinds of issues I want to discuss surrounding transgender labels and language in the media. Sorry if it's old news, but it's a good prep, and was a really controversial thing.
The fiasco started when Christian Siriano made a comment during an interview with Time Out New York / Issue 661 : May 29–Jun 4, 2008
Q. Drag has always been part of our experience and always will be. What is its everlasting appeal? Why won't it ever die?
Christian Siriano: If you think of heterosexuals, they have white-trash women and trailer parks, and we have drag queens and ->-bleeped-<-s. I don't know if I'm the one who can explain it. It's, like, drag queens are just there. These answers are hard!