slimeeey:

backwardsflow:

Sure, I’d be happy to explain in full detail.

I don’t like RuPaul because he regularly uses transphobic slurs and claims that the trans people who ask him to stop just have bruised egos.

I don’t like RuPaul because he claims that “no one has ever said the word tr*nny in a derogatory sense.”

I don’t like RuPaul because he stated on-air that he believes the only difference between men in drag and trans women is “About twenty-five thousand dollars and a good surgeon.”

I don’t like RuPaul because he had to be pressured by his network in order to discontinue a game on his show where his contestants attempted to clock drag queens the way they do trans women by labeling them with the s-slur.

I don’t like the RuPaul because he proudly defended Shirley Q. Liquor, a drag queen who performs in literal blackface. He said Liquor is “not racist” and “Critics who think Shirley Q. Liquor is offensive are idiots.”

I don’t like the show because one of its most popular contestants created a YouTube video where he “appeared to shoot and kill a trans woman (caricatured as having a wig and mustache) for objecting to certain language used by drag queens.” (This link is a step removed, as I’m not comfortable linking my followers directly to that kind of violence.)

So if I can sum that up, I “don’t like” RuPaul because he fucking hates me and my community.

Also, Ru has a history of belittling former contestants of the show who have come out as trans and spoken out against the transmisogyny.

He’s even blocked former contestants (and despite some of these reddit comments, it was later revealed to be largely because she spoke out against the transmisogyny as well.)

That’s not even brushing the surface of issues within the fanbase. There’s an EXTREME under-appreciation for black queens. When a black queen succeeds (especially over a White Fav) the fans are ruthless, accusing her of either being cruel, annoying, or void of personality. It’s usually one of the three, commonly a blend. The only time black queens are appreciated is when fans can place them in a box of being “non-threatening” comic relief or “filler queens” (queens who don’t receive much attention and get eliminated early) whose primary function is to stand in the background and occasionally be the butt of jokes.

And some of these fans are outright vicious, sending incredibly violent and explicit death threats over content on the show. (tw for gun violence relating to the recent Florida shootings).

Y’all know I love me some Drag Race. Drag is a beautiful art form with a long standing history in the LGBT community. But I’ve been disgusted when I see gays (typically cis boys) claiming Drag Race as the pinnacle entertainment for our culture. It’s silly dramatic reality tv with a decades worth of grey morality in terms of how Ru and other associated folks have acted. I completely understand everyone I know who doesn’t want to watch it. It’s unapologetically pushy and it has at times majorly pushed into the wrong direction.