I Don’t Know

I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

RuPaul Responds To Transgender Drag Queen Controversy In AJ & The Queen
In his new show AJ and the Queen, RuPaul addresses his previous Drag Race scandals that arose from his comments about trans queens "cheating."
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By Sarah Bea Milner
January 10, 2020

RuPaul Charles, the public figure behind the hit TV series RuPaul's Drag Race, responds to his transgender drag queen controversy in AJ and the Queen, his Netflix series. No stranger to such scandals, the public figure and gay-rights icon found himself the target of backlash from the LGBTQ+ community in March 2018 following the publication of a profile on him published by the Guardian. The subsequent outcry prompted an apologetic response from RuPaul over social media, admitting he was in the wrong. He has responded once again to the scandal: this time, in season 1 of AJ and the Queen.

RuPaul has been accused of transphobic behavior in the past, most obviously his "she-mail" pun he used in seasons 1-6 of RuPaul's Drag Race. The reason for the 2018 controversy? RuPaul's comments on whether or not a transgender woman can be labeled a drag queen. Although his comments were clearly carefully-chosen, his statements were deemed transphobic by many, especially because he stated he (probably) would not let a post-op transgender queen compete on the show.
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In both the AJ and the Queen episode and the Twitter apology, RuPaul makes a powerful statement affirming the right of an individual to choose their own identity. By telling trans queens that they are somehow cheating if they are post-op, RuPaul was dictating who is allowed to identify as what.  His character's response to AJ in AJ and the Queen is a sly wink to the knowing audience that RuPaul has learned his lesson: he won't be putting drag queens in a box any longer.

I believe that people can change, they can see the error of their ways, but I also believe that people can see that what they did hurt their bottom line and say they changed. Only time will tell if he was sincere in his apology.

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Another totally useless and hurtful bill from the Republicans… they want to ban trans surgery on minors.

Utah lawmaker proposing ban on transgender surgery for minors
KUTV
By Brian Mullahy
January 11th 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A long-time Utah lawmaker is proposing a ban on transgender surgery and hormone therapy for minors.

Rep. Brad Daw, R-Utah County, said his bill, not yet released, is about protecting kids—not demeaning teens who already identify as transgender.

Daw told 2News Friday:

We want to treat them with love and compassion and understanding. You’re not wrong, you’re not bad, but you need to wait to make a fully informed decision when you’re an adult.

He is convinced transgender surgery and taking hormones are too much, too soon for those under 18.

The useless part of the bill is the ban on surgery for minors and the hurtful part of the bill is the ban on hormones. Puberty blockers and hormones are needed to prevent secondary sexual characteristics that cause anguish and thoughts of self-harm in trans children.

This bill seems to be another knee jerk bill by the Republicans to butt in on something that they know nothing about.

These very same Republicans have no issues with preforming surgery on two day old intersex babies… talk about being a hypocrite.