![]() By making a big deal about it, it would no longer be trans-accepting but rather trans-exploitation, and I'm not here for that. I don't know a single performer that would refuse a dressing room based on the occupants of said dressing room.Īs for why the show hasn't brought up the fact that she's trans - probably because it's not terribly important imo? I'm glad it isn't being made a plot point so far - they don't need to point fingers at how trans-accepting they are, because the fact that she's there at all means they're trans-accepting to at least some extent. When you're a performer, the show is more important than anything else - you can be naked, bleeding, actively dying, whatever, and you're still gonna be more focused on doing your thing than anything else. Even back in high school theatre we were getting naked in front of each other and not in a sexy way. Performers, by and large, give exactly 0 shits who they're sharing a dressing room with. Any thoughts or insight is greatly appreciated. I feel as though I'm missing something obvious, but I can't figure it out. Why not? Why cast a trans woman and refuse to refer to or present her as a woman? ![]() I know the "Gentlemen, start your engines." line is just part of the show, but it would be kind of appropriate for Ru to say, "LADY and gentlemen, start your engines," wouldn't it? The former is distracting and dishonest, the latter strikes me as fairly retrograde and conservative. When I watch RPDR Season 9, I get the impression the producers are either purposely hiding Peppermint's identity as a trans woman to present her as a gay man OR they are in effect treating trans women as basically the same thing as gay men - or at least implying that trans women are more like gay men than they are like cis women. I'm not saying they shouldn't share a dressing room, but I wish they would talk about it, because it communicates an unclear message. This seems especially relevant in this moment of bathroom bills and trans awareness. But if this were any other show - Top Chef, for instance - it's hard to imagine a trans woman accepting a dressing room with 13 men. It's hard to imagine any network putting a cis woman in that room. Peppermint shares a dressing room with 13 men. She's gotten a great deal of screen time, but this historic (and timely) topic has never been raised. Why, after two episides, has RPDR not mentioned any of this at all?Įvery shot of Peppermint out-of-drag goes to wild lengths to block her chest, so you can't see her breasts. It's not a secret to hardcore viewers (like myself) or her fellow contestants. There has been a decent amout of press coverage of Peppermint's historic place on RPDR. I know that Peppermint is the first trans woman to be cast on RPDR (not counting Monica who announced she was trans while on the show, or Carmen, Jiggly, etc. I know she's a very successful drag queen professionally. ![]() I know she has been doing drag for longer than she has been living as a woman, and that trans women make up a large percentage of the drag community. Agnes doesn't look as glamorous as Peppermint, but she doesn't look like a man. Her name is Agnes, she appears to have breast implants. I understand this: I know Peppermint is a trans woman and has been living as a woman for at least a few years.
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