Sunday, December 18, 2022

RuPaul's Drag Race Stars Who Came Out As Trans - TheThings

RuPaul's Drag Race would be nothing without the iconic trans contestant who've competed on the reality show over the last 15 years.

Since the original American version of Drag Race debuted in 2009, the RuPaul led reality series has been a platform for some incredible trans performers. Some have come out since their appearance on the show, others showed their trans pride whilst competing on the show and some even reveal their status whilst on the show.

Season 14 has made "herstory" with a record-breaking five openly trans contestants: Bosco, Jasmine Kennedie, Kerrie Colby, Kornbread and Willow Pill.

Here are some of the most iconic trans performers who have appeared on Drag Race.

THETHINGS VIDEO OF THE DAY 8/8 Kylie Sonique Love

Kylie Sonique Love was the first openly trans contestant to ever compete on RuPaul's Drag Race. Originally known as Sonique, she came 9th in the second seasons and came out as a trans woman during the show's reunion episode. "I've always been a girl. I started doing drag and there was just something about it that wasn't enough," she revealed on the reunion episode, "I went to a doctor and he put me on testosterone blockers and then moved me to hormones and my levels are even. I've never been happier in my whole life."

Kylie went on to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 6, which she won.

7/8 Peppermint

Peppermint was the first contestant to come out as trans before competing on the show. She was the runner-up on season 9 of the show. Explaining The Advocate, Peppermint said: "I had already started my medical transition, and so it was really like, 'Yeah, I'm trans, and what?""

She added, "I mean, I have been in tears. I have been there, but I happened to have done it at a different time and place. I was in my apartment. I was alone. So by the time I got to Drag Race, anyone who really knew me and actually knew me personally already knew. There was nothing to cry about at that point."

Peppermint later went on to act as a mentor on the first season of Call Me Mother

6/8 Carmen Carrera

Carmen Carerra is one of the most well-known faces to come out of the Drag Race franchise. Although she has taken a step back from drag, she is a prominent advocate for trans rights and model.

Carmen has also called out RuPaul directly for anti-trans slurs used on Drag Race in the past, in particular, the series' "She-Mail" segment. Posting on Facebook in 2014, Carrera wrote, "Shemale is an incredibly offensive term, and this whole business about if you can tell whether a woman is biological or not is getting kind of old."

"There's a trans girl on drag race because we all fought for a trans girl on Drag Race," Carrera recently wrote on Twitter, "Some of us were fighting when it wasn't even "cool" yet … but that's not the point."

5/8 Jiggly Caliente

Jiggy Caliente was a beloved contestant who came 8th in season 4 and 12th in All Stars season 6.

Jiggly publicly came out as trans in 2016 and now goes by the name Bianca Castro out of drag. Jiggly is also an actress who plays Veronica Ferocity in Pose and is a regular judge on Drag Race Philippines.

Related: These RuPaul's Drag Race Winners Are Worth An Absolute Fortune

Speaking on Hey Kween, Jiggly said, "It was just a turning point this year where I told myself, let me just say it, so the rumours and the questions can end. I felt like a weight was off my shoulders."

She is outspoken about trans rights, "I feel like if you are not cis, hetero [or] white in this world, there's really no protection for you as far as in human rights. We're fighting for the bare minimum," Jiggly recently told PinkNews.

4/8 Monica Beverly Hillz

Monica came in 12th place on Drag Race season 5. She made a big impact in her limited time by coming out as trans during the second season.

Monica broke down on stage and said, "I feel I'm not here. I've just been holding a secret in and trying so hard. I'm not just a drag queen – I'm a transgender woman."

Related: These Queens From RuPaul's Drag Race Started Their Own Podcasts

Speaking about the experience with The Huffington Post, Monica explained: "I was really shocked by the support I had on set. At first, I felt so alone, but after I came out I felt so much support."

Although she made a name for herself as a drag performer, she now works more as a model.

3/8 Gia Gunn

Gia Gunn came in 10th on season 6 and then 8th on All Stars season 4. She publicly came out as a trans woman Instagram in 2017.

She wrote, "I thought I would dedicate today in the spirit of being visible to share my transition with all of you. I have been on hormone replacement therapy now for almost about a year. I identify as female, and I indeed am transgender." She has recently taken to Twitter to document her journey through FFS (facial feminization surgery).

Related: 10 Drag Race Fan Favorites Who Left Way Too Early

She added, "Thank you all so much to each and every single one of you who have continuously supported me on my journey," she added. "I can only hope the best for each and every single one of my trans brothers and sisters."

2/8 Gottmik

Gottmik is the first trans man to ever compete on Drag Race and came in third place on season 13. Since her appearance on the show, the makeup artist has had one of the most illustrious careers of any contestant.

Gotttmik revealed that, "I've known my whole life that something felt different. Society told me I was just a tom-boy, but it wasn't until I was 18 when I finally got the right group of friends around me that allowed me to be myself."

Gottmik also opened up at his transition, "Transitioning is hard. Thankfully I have the most amazing friends I could have ever asked for that make every step seem a bit easier. I've never been happier in my entire life and I'm so proud of where I am today."

In September 2022, Gottmik appeared in the music video for Sam Smith and Kim Petras' song Unholy.

1/8 Gigi Goode

Fan-favorite Gigi Goode was a runner-up on season 12 and she came out as trans and non-binary in 2021.

Goode, who is currently living in Los Angeles, explained that the lockdown that was caused by the pandemic "was so crucial for me to have that time to myself. It gave me a lot of time to think and reflect." After reflecting, the successful performer realized that while she still identifies as genderfluid, she is "leaning more towards the nonbinary part of that."

Gigi then added, "I had a lot of realizations... one of those realizations came from watching the show Veneno. Not only the story but the characters and the actresses in that show completely opened my mind up to who I am and I guess who I'm supposed to be. To me, that is a trans-nonbinary person."

Goode was open on her social media about her facial feminization surgery. Since competing on Drag Race, Goode has appeared on the runway at a Rihanna Savage x Fenty show and has also modelled for fashion brands like Moschino, as well as appearing in several music videos.

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Saturday, December 17, 2022

Women's soccer coach suspended on eve of World Cup - Mexico News Daily

The coach of the Mexican under-20 women's soccer team has broken her silence after being placed on leave on the eve of the World Cup, amid allegations of sexual harassment against her and her backroom staff.

Maribel Domínguez, 43, was placed on leave on Wednesday and the national soccer federation (FMF) announced the following day that her staff had also been placed on leave after it received undisclosed complaints.

The sports newspaper Cancha quoted anonymous players who alleged Domínguez requested kisses and would invite players to her room and on dates. Domínguez allegedly persisted despite refusals. The newspaper Proceso reported that a member of the coaching staff was previously dismissed by the FMF after a separate complaint.

However, Domínguez rejected the accusations. "What I will not allow, under any circumstances is non-material damage to my person and my family, which have been caused by alleged accusations that impact my values, integrity, honesty and transparency that have characterized me throughout my career as a footballer and coach," she said in a statement.

Domínguez added that she would "proceed legally … if the opinions and distorted, malicious and unsubstantiated assertions are maintained, since this trial has been held on social media."

FMF President Yon de Luisa said the federation wouldn't be commenting further during the investigation. Ana Galindo has been put in temporary charge of the team, just weeks before the U-20 Women's World Cup starts in Costa Rica on August 10.

Domínguez played in Mexico, Spain and the U.S. in her career and represented the national team 116 times, more than any other female player. She scored 82 goals for the team — more than any Mexican player in the men's or women's game at the national level — and earned the nickname "Marigol" for her propensity to find the back of the net.

Domínguez coached the under-15 girls' national team before taking over as under-20 women's coach in January last year.

With reports from Proceso, SDP Noticias and Récord

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

COVID roundup: face masks now optional, says Campeche governor - Mexico News Daily

Wearing a face mask in public places is now optional in the opinion of Campeche Governor Layda Sansores, but a rule requiring people to mask up in the Gulf coast state remains in effect.

The use of face masks in public places was made mandatory in Campeche in April 2020, but Sansores, who took office in September, believes it's time to do away with the rule.

"… For me … the face mask is now optional, you put it on if you want to and if you don't want to you don't," the governor said during her weekly social media program Martes del Jaguar.

An unmasked Sansores told members of her audience they were free to remove their masks if they wished. Masks are not needed because Campeche is "COVID-free" and green on the federal government stoplight map, she said before conceding that the state is still recording two or three deaths a day.

"I would also remove the social distancing [requirement], I'm going to ask if that's possible. Of course we won't hold [large] events, but they already had the Formula One," Sansores said.

During her 80-minute program, the governor also said that wearing a face mask for more than eight hours a day causes people to "absorb their own microbes."

Campeche currently has 85 active coronavirus cases, according to federal Health Ministry data published Tuesday. The state has recorded just over 24,000 confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic, the second lowest total in the country behind Chiapas, and 2,030 COVID-19 deaths.

In other COVID-19 news:

• The Network for Children's Rights in Mexico (REDIM) rebuked the federal government for challenging the court order instructing it to offer vaccines to all youths aged 12 to 17. It urged President López Obrador to comply with the order.

"We demand that the president, as the highest representative of SIPINNA [the National System for the Protection of Girls, Boys and Adolescents] give his instructions so that the right to protection [against COVID] is guaranteed," REDIM said.

• The Health Ministry reported 3,663 new cases and 299 additional COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday. Mexico's accumulated tallies are currently 3.83 million and 290,110, respectively. Estimated active cases number 20,383.

Daily case numbers over the past week have averaged 2,780 in Mexico, according to the Reuters COVID-19 tracker, a figure equivalent to just 15% of the daily average peak recorded in mid-August.

With reports from Reforma 

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Friday, December 9, 2022

Activists To Demonstrate For Cannabis Clemency in D.C. - High Times

Hip hop icons Redman and M1 of Dead Prez will join cannabis activists in Washington, D.C. on Monday to protest the Biden administration's failure to release people imprisoned on federal marijuana convictions. The rally, which is being billed as an act of civil disobedience, will bring together cannabis policy reform groups including Students for Sensible Drug Policy, D.C. Marijuana Justice, the Last Prisoner Project and Maryland Marijuana Justice as members protest in front of the White House on October 24.

Steve DeAngelo, a cannabis policy reform leader and co-founder of the Last Prisoner Project, said that he has helped organize Monday's demonstration to bring attention to the plight of those imprisoned on nonviolent marijuana charges, often for decades. Activists hope the protest will spur the White House to take action on cannabis clemency before the November general election.

"As the nation heads into the midterms, I am calling for one simple thing— that President Biden keep the promise he made during the last election cycle, to release those people still serving prison sentences for cannabis convictions," DeAngelo wrote in an email to High Times. "As the White House itself has admitted, the recently announced pardons will not free one single person."

On October 6, President Joseph Biden announced that he had issued an executive order pardoning all people who have been convicted on federal charges of simple marijuana possession. An analysis of Biden's executive order conducted by the New York Times estimated that the pardons will apply to about 6,500 people convicted of federal weed possession charges between 1992 and 2021 and thousands more with similar convictions in Washington, D.C. But the action provides no relief for cannabis prisoners currently behind bars, most on marijuana distribution and related charges. 

"At a minimum, if President Biden really wants the support of cannabis voters, as a show of good faith, he should immediately release at least 100 of the 2800 federal prisoners currently serving time on non-violent cannabis charges," DeAngelo said. "If President Biden refuses to act, I will gather at the White House on October 24 along with hip hop legends M1 and Redman, and hundreds of other cannabis activists, to hold the President's feet to the fire."

M1 said, "I decided to participate in this action because of the inaction of this government to step on the right side of his/herstory. My cannabis community deserves freedom and justice. And with my cultural activist comrades, we will keep our finger on the pulse of the People. Free 'em ALL!"

Biden's announcement earlier this month also included a call for governors to take similar action on cannabis clemency at the state level. The president also directed Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to review cannabis' status as a Schedule 1 drug. Despite the historic nature of Biden's pardons, activists argue that the president did not go far enough.

"I'm outraged that the President would make an executive action on cannabis but release zero of our incarcerated friends and family," Kat Ebert, board chair of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, said in a statement from the group. "He's forcing us to raise our voices to be heard in order for the wider public to understand cannabis prisoners are still not free. On October 24th we plan to make it clear to the Democratic leadership that we won't accept mostly symbolic actions. We demand clemency for all cannabis prisoners."

DeAngelo is the co-founder of the Last Prisoner Project, a group working to free those imprisoned on cannabis charges. In addition to the activist groups involved, formerly incarcerated individuals and local cannabis freedom fighters will also take part in the protest.

"If President Biden truly wants to repair the harms of our nation's unjust policy of prohibition, this initial progress must be followed up with bolder action—action that would actually lead to freedom for cannabis prisoners," said Sarah Gersten, LPP executive director and general counsel.

Monday's demonstration is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. local time at the gates of the White House, with Redman and M1 slated to appear to join the call for cannabis clemency. The crowd will gather at the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square before engaging in expected civil disobedience nearby, with the goal of drawing attention to the lack of people released from federal prison as a result of Biden's executive order.

"DCMJ is joining protests to free all cannabis prisoners because we've simply waited too long," said Adam Eidinger, co-founder of D.C. Marijuana Justice, a group that has spearheaded cannabis policy reform efforts in the nation's capital. "We are excited that students are leading this effort to make tangible gains on freeing cannabis prisoners whose continued confinement is immoral and unjustified."

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

SHUT UP, Counterpoint: You Shut Up - High Times

INSTAGRAM POST 7:42pm 

@420FORLYFE posts a picture of them and their mom holding gummies.

Caption: Got my mom to try an Indica gummy for sleep!🍬🍬

Comments

@CannaLoverrrr: No such thing as Indica. All weed is so modified now so those terms are meaningless.

@420ForLyfe replies: But, I've tried sativas, and they've made my heart race. 

@CannaLoverrrr: Just trying to help. I swear to G*d, every time misinformation like the term indica is used it takes us five steps back.

I think it's a great way to explain the effects of weed to someone like my mom who doesn't know anything, but is curious. 

I guess if you want to lie to your mom go ahead.

I don't want to lie to my mom. Shut up.

You shut up.

What should I say?

I don't know your mom.

Right, but if I shouldn't use those terms what should I use?

You have to teach her about the endocannabinoid system, terpenes, indoor vs sun grown.

She doesn't want to learn all that.

Well, I'm not gonna do the research for her!

She just wants to try some weed to sleep better.

Then she needs a high-CBN strain.

I know that.

Doubtful.

I just wanted to share a pic of me taking an edible with my mom before we watch Death Becomes Her.

Devil Wears Prada is better.

Are you out of your mind? Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Bruce Willis… meanwhile Adrian Grenier's character suuuuuucks.

The cerulean scene is iconic. 

True, but that's it.

And when Meryl Streep says, "Why is no one readddddy?"

Death Becomes Her is about America's obsession with external validation, and how it destroys us. DWPrada is about how external validation will make you a global success!

Why do you hate America?

I didn't say that.

You inferred it.

Yes, please explain to me what I meant like you're explaining weed to me – BTW I own my own company.

For someone who hates DWPrada you sound a lot like Miranda Presley.

You don't even know me. I cannot wait for this edible to kick in so I can chill the f out.

I always take fast acting.

CoOoOoool.

I was just trying to help. We want the same thing, a successful industry with fair-access for all.

I want that, but you sound like a whining Bruce Willis in Death Becomes Her.

I was just trying to have a conversation about cannabis classification, not argue about 90's movies. 

I don't want to do either. Everyone like you in our industry loves to focus on short-term details instead long-term goals. 

Short-term details create long-term goals.

Sure, but when you do nothing but argue about the small stuff you can't achieve the big ideas.

This is going nowhere. I was just trying to help. Bye.

"You should not compete with me. I always win." – Meryl Streep as Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her, the better movie.

The Next Day

INSTAGRAM POST 10:31am

@CANNALOVERRRR posts a picture of their flourishing home grow.

Caption: My babies are growing up so fast!

Comments

@420ForLyfe: WOW. Coming at me for saying Indica, and you're dumb enough to post your home grow!🤦‍♀️

@Cannaloverrrr: Sounds like you need more sleep.

Hope you have a gun.

I don't, why?

$2000 in equip and plants. Home grows get robbed all the time.

Never even shot a gun.

Ok, Elitist. 

Home grow is crucial as we fight for decrim.

They also endanger neighborhoods, and destroy the climate. Look. It. Up.

Are you saying home grow is bad?

I'm saying you should support small farms – regulated, quality controlled, and good for the economy.

As a med patient on a fixed income I need to grow my own.

That's why we must fight to change tax regs.

Re: quality control, I've been growing for six years and know what I'm doing.

I'd never give my mom your unregulated closet weed.

Your mom aint getting none. BTW nothing good is getting done while we fight with each other on here.

I'm just sayin' buy a gun. 

Let me guess, if we all had guns no one would use them?

Not only that, but if we think beyond guns and focus on new tech we can compete with China.

What new tech?

Laser eyes. 

Laser eyes?

Especially at schools.

You want our teachers –

And kids to have laser eyes. 

So no home grow, but everyone has laser eyes?

And, America corners the ancillary market of manufacturing and selling visors made out of ruby quartz so we can control our lasers. 

Are you talking about Cyclops?

Yea that was a test to see if you like X-Men, and unlike you I wanna support small farms.

So do I.

When you make a frozen pizza do you still pay Dominos?

No. 

That's the same as not supporting small farms! 

Agree to disagree.

Would you say we're not seeing eye to laser eye?

I would.

Glad we agree on that.

Guess we're making progress.

No we aren't. 

I was being sarcastic. 

I'm joking. OMG you are dumb. I'm gonna Nightcrawler outta here. BAMF✌️

TWO DAYS LATER

INSTAGRAM POST 9:01am

@HighTimesMagazine posts a picture of Brittney Griner's drug conviction.

Caption: De-nied. A Russian court on Tuesday shut down #BrittneyGriner's appeal

Comments

@420ForLyfe: She has to live with the consequences of her actions.

@Cannaloverrrr: No one should be in prison nine years on some carts.

In America, yes, but IT'S RUSSIA.

Biden should do everything he can to bring her home.

He's not even doing everything he can to free all non-violent offenders in jail here.

He's working on it. 

You love Biden, Home Grow Boi.😶‍🌫️

"Let's go Brandon!" – You (and your mom), probably.

Biden's doing the bare minimum just for votes.

That's how politics works.

He created the worst parts of the War on Drugs.

People change.

Sheeple follow.

It's a start.

Anyway, Brittney fucked around and found out.

We need to fund MMJ research for athletes.

It's not celeb athletes that need help, it's veterans.

It's everyone. 

Agree, but none of this will matter once Big Pharma comes in.

To combat that we need fair banking for small businesses.

First we need lab testing regs so people can't fudge their THC numbers.

THC doesn't matter. Terps do. It's bad you don't know that.

What's bad is these rich, bad actors who steal shine from people actually doing the work.

Not to mention all these millionaires coming in who know nothing about the plant.

That's because it's an industry not a community.

It's actually a community being ruined by industry.

It's both but it dont matter cuz we're circling the drain here arguing while people with lobbyist money make decisions without us.

Truth. How was Death Becomes Her?

We fell asleep watching a nature doc when the Indica (that's right I said INDICA) edibles kicked in.

Watching nature docs high rocks.

It was about this snake in the Amazon rainforest that ran out of food because of deforestation, and ate its own tail.

Actually a snake can't eat its own tail.

Is this you explaining Indica to me all over again?

Technically, eating means to chew, and snakes swallow their prey whole.

So the snake is swallowing its own tail?

Yes.

Kinda feels like our industry.

Agreed.

Agreed.

At least we solved that. 🤝

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Did Pakistan really pass LGBTQ bill? - MM News

As we know that the Transgender Rights Bill is being criticised by some religious parties and has been described as an attempt to promote homosexuality in the country.

Most people claim that through this Transgender Rights Bill, LGBTQ bill is being advocated in the country

What is Transgender Rights Bill

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act and particularly its Subsection (2) of Section (3) is the main cause of conflict between the powerful right-wing and comparatively marginalised leftists.

Read more: What is 'Amend Transgender Act' and why is it trending?

Subsection (2) reads: "… a transgender person shall have a right to be recognized as per his or her self-perceived gender identity." The Act was passed into law by parliament in May 2018.

Conflict

Assemblies, courts, and social media have started discussing it after four years of its passage with the support of all major political parties in the National Assembly and the Senate. According to them, the act will promote homosexuality and gay marriages against the stance of transgenders and left-wings, who term it a landmark.

Social media and LGBTQ

Many social media users are strongly condemning this act and claiming that it is against Islamic principles. Let's have a look at what people have to say: 

This bill "Transgender Act" is totally unacceptable as its actually supporting LGBTQ movement which says that men can convert into women and women into men + homosexuality and much more. I as a Pakistani citezen reject this bill ( This is Islamic Republic Of Pakistan) 🙌 #LGBTQ pic.twitter.com/MrDuW0jMbb

— Eman (@Eman_NaazFan) September 21, 2022

We are Not Against Naturally Born Shemale We Respect them We are Against the Person who want fornication & Spread Adultery in Society #LGBTQ pic.twitter.com/LUK7mPr8g3

— Shehroze Sheikh (@ShehrozeSheikh5) September 21, 2022

🚨 After Pakistan, Thousands of Turkish people also marched in Istanbul, Türkiye demanding a ban on LGBTQ groups.Protesters held signs that read "protect your family and your generation" & "say No to the project of a genderless society". #LGBTQ #Pakistan #Turkey #Transgender 🔄 pic.twitter.com/tH4cQhguGx

— Liaan (@Liaanromeo) September 22, 2022

It's not up for debate. Anybody transgressing the boundaries set by Allah will definitely be invoking Allah's azaab. Our society is so consumed by the west that they have started finding their own logic in Islam. Allah's word is the final word. #Pakistan#LGBTQ pic.twitter.com/0sBlNcb896

— Sana Dero (@dero_sana) September 21, 2022

We all stand united Against Transgender Act.#LGBTQ #ٹرانسجنڈر_بل_نامنظور #TLP pic.twitter.com/0LMBMutcnK

— Rana Farzand Naseem (@FarzandNaseem) September 22, 2022

A Thread🧵Transgender Act 2022

This bill was presented in parliament by PTI PMLN, PMLQ, PPP is very intriguing but when you read it you will find that This bill clearly supports @LGBTfdn it gives rights on the basis of self perceived identity. #transgenderact2022 #LGBTQ

— سدرۃ المنتہیٰ🤍 (@apki_heartbeat) September 21, 2022

What's this stupid logic "I don't feel like woman or man"? What about controlling your nafs? Surrendering to the will of Allah? The shi**iest part is Muslims talking about this? Are you for real? Have you bothered to read the book you "follow"??

Stupid nonsense! #LGBTQ

— Sheema Afzal (@SheemaAfzal) September 21, 2022

Stop #LGBTQ 🔁 pic.twitter.com/3p6ciFkYo5

— Liaan (@Liaanromeo) September 22, 2022

Those who support #LGBTQ: Do you allow your son to spend one night with a man and have sex with him? 🏳️‍🌈

— Liaan (@Liaanromeo) September 22, 2022

So, #Pakistan is the First Muslim Country in the world to pass #LGBT #LGBTQ Rights !!! Now you can marry with same gender in Pakistan !! 🙈👍

— Umair Sandhu (@UmairSandu) September 21, 2022

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