But during filming, Kennedie emotionally shared that she, too, is a transgender woman. (After filming of the season wrapped, three more contestants came out as transgender and nonbinary: Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté, Bosco, and the season's winner Willow Pill.)įans waited patiently as I asked Kennedie about how she handled putting herself out there on TV with so much vulnerability. On season 14 of "RuPaul’s Drag Race," which premiered in January 2022, Kerri Colby entered the reality competition series as an openly transgender women. My child came out as transgender in our holiday card, I told Jasmine Kennedie in her signing booth. “When people say, ‘You didn’t know when you’re a kid’ - you knew. “I’ve known my whole life,” Jiggly said, holding back tears. My child told me when they were 5 that they felt like neither a boy or girl, I told Jiggly, and people around me dismissed it because they think it’s impossible for a young kid to know. I want to live so that I don’t feel like I’m going crazy.” Jiggly Caliente, who came out as transgender in 2016, says she hates when people say kids aren't old enough to know their identity. I’m choosing this because I want to be happy. When she came out to her mother, her mom said, “The world is not going to be kind to you.” In response, Jiggly said, “I’m not choosing this because I want to be difficult. “It took time for them to learn and grow with me,” said Jiggly. Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, World of Wonder co-founders and executive producers of “RuPaul’s Drag Race," explained how they see kids fitting into this world.īrendan stayed with our twins as I dashed off to interview Jiggly Caliente, a proud Filipina drag queen, who starred in season four of "RuPaul’s Drag Race." Jiggly publicly came out as a transgender woman in 2016, and says it wasn’t an overnight warm welcome from her family. Make no mistake: RuPaul’s DragCon Los Angeles is family-friendly. I saw preteens smiling as they held their parents’ hands. There were rows of Marge Simpson-sized wigs. I stumbled on a re-creation of "The Golden Girls" kitchen. I saw someone in a Ruth Bader Ginsburg-inspired drag. The sugary scent of cotton candy perfumed the air. On the main stage, a rotating cast of fabulous drag queens performed. When I entered the convention, it was like I stepped into "Drag Race." I walked on a long pink carpet, surrounded by rows of booths selling glittery boas, rainbow fringe coats and long-lasting makeup. I spent my first day at DragCon sans kids to scope out the scene, and frankly, to see if there was anything I needed to steer them away from. The atmosphere inside the convention was so joyous, I almost forgot that the world outside can be so hostile for trans people. So I went to ask them at the Los Angeles Convention Center. As a mother, I wanted to know what helped these successful drag queens share their authentic selves in the face of adversity. As a die-hard fan of "RuPaul’s Drag Race," I knew all their histories and, for those who are trans, whether their parents supported or didn’t support their transition. While most drag queens are not transgender, some are. Usually, with sparkles.”Ĭlark, my nonbinary transgender kid, asked the most important question for a 6-year-old: “Will there be snacks?” “Someone who dresses up on the outside like how they feel on the inside. When I talked to my twins about going to RuPaul’s DragCon, Chloe asked, “What’s a drag queen?” I thought about it for a moment.
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