“When I first got announced on the show, I was flooded with people who did not think I should be on the show or I shouldn’t be doing drag. I feel like she’s going through the exact same thing right now.
Drag is for everyone. It’s an art form. It’s not about your identity.
And as long as she knows where drag came from and the references and just the background of the sacred form that drag truly is, she’s gonna be fine. And turn it, you know?”— RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13 star Gottmik speaking to Variety, responding to the news that the show has cast Maddy Morphosis, its first straight, cis male contestant. Gottmik became the first out, trans-male contestant on the long-running series.
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skeldare
Aren’t all drag performers ‘cis male’? Yes it’s a bit unusual to cast a straight drag queen, but they exist out there.
Walking the Dog
No, not all drag performers and not all contestants on “Drag Race” are cis male.
missvamp
they screwed up the headline. there is a straight, cis female in the cast. why gottmik is referring to the cast member as she. i can’t think of the queen’s name, but i watched the preview & they are a straight, cis female.
CatholicXXX
Because all drag queens are her/she in drag.
i’m not a fan of cis queens or mtf queens because most of the just do normal straight girl club makeup and call it a day.
otttovan
Maddy Morphosis is a cis-het man. The two women (Kornbread and Kerri) on the season are both trans women.
jayceecook
The UK version had a cis woman recently but the original US version has not. Maddy is a straight cis man and that is who they are talking about.
jayceecook
It’s taken what, 30+ years, for people to realize there are straight, cis, male drag queens. Drag Race, always ahead of the times.
IvanPH
He’s a valid drag queen because he’s doing cross-dressing and opposite sex impersonation. Women cannot be drag queens because of this reason.
edwardnvirginia
This sort of bitching and moaning about ‘drag’ identities, gender identities, etc will DEFINITELY contribute to Republican victories in the Fall. No doubt. So, we wonder if Queerty is a Republican-sneaky funding enterprise?
Also, the ROTTING of queer minds to consider the these are the IMPORTANT matters: drag identities, who is and is not ‘thirsty, who Britney likes or does not like, who likes the Jenners, or Kardashians, and who does not, etc is yet another great example of how fast Republicans can take over. No discussion of inflation and harms to queer families, no discussion of Covid impacts of queer businesses, no discussion of the queer Afghans the WH left to be murdered in Afghanistan, etc.
Again, great examples of how Queerty is probably a Republican-sneaky enterprise.
Ain’t it?