@return2ozma to News • 10 months agoRuPaul’s new online bookstore under fire for selling right-wing extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ titleswww.advocate.comexternal-linkmessage-square69arrow-up1261arrow-down114cross-posted to: rpdr
arrow-up1247arrow-down1external-linkRuPaul’s new online bookstore under fire for selling right-wing extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ titleswww.advocate.com@return2ozma to News • 10 months agomessage-square69cross-posted to: rpdr
minus-square@RGB3x3linkEnglish2•10 months agoSerious question: is transvestite derogatory in its use in The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
minus-squareMojolink3•edit-210 months agoNo, not at the time it was made, but the modern LGBTQIA+ lexicon has moved on from it Fun fact: On Drag Race, Ru used to give messages to the contestants and called it “She-mail”, but they (reluctantly) stopped calling it that due to heavy viewer criticism Edit: I should have also said the “She-mail” thing was heavily criticized by former contestants as well, which was probably an additional factor that made the show change the name
Serious question: is transvestite derogatory in its use in The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
No, not at the time it was made, but the modern LGBTQIA+ lexicon has moved on from it
Fun fact: On Drag Race, Ru used to give messages to the contestants and called it “She-mail”, but they (reluctantly) stopped calling it that due to heavy viewer criticism
Edit: I should have also said the “She-mail” thing was heavily criticized by former contestants as well, which was probably an additional factor that made the show change the name