“I think around the time where everyone started hitting puberty and I just couldn't just hang out with the guys like I use to hang out with the guys. trapped in the wrong body,” Gottmik said. In general, there aren’t many transgender men who are drag queens. “Since I started doing drag, I’ve been working with trans women who do drag, and trans women’s contributions to the art form and culture of drag have been essential and go back to the very origin of drag as we know it.”īut while transgender women have been a formative part of drag and have been featured on “Drag Race” in previous seasons, Gottmik’s inclusion on this next season is especially noteworthy as a transgender man.
“Trans drag is important and fierce,” Alaska, winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” season two, told NBC News back in 2018. Fantastic! So, I keep moving with what the kids are doing.” “This season we have a trans man who is on our show who is competing with the other drag queens and this man is fantastic. They keep changing it,” RuPaul said during an interview with Stephen Colbert earlier this week. “I walked into this thing with an idea of what drag is and the kids have a different idea. Gottmik is making history as the first transgender man on VH1's "Rupaul's Drag Race." VH1
This season is the first time a transgender man has walked through the workroom. This could partially be due to the fact that this season includes a historical and inclusive casting decision, one that many loyal fans and followers of the show are excited about.
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The premiere episode of the hit VH1 reality series was the most watched episode in the history of the franchise. The 13th season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” began last week, much to the excitement of eager fans who are hankering for a pop culture distraction amid the pandemic and other doomscrolling.
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