discussion of drag and transphobia
(i recognise a poll is a really reductive way of framing it - it's only so people can register their feeling in a more low-pressure, anonymous way than replying... the reason i ask is that i have a character in development who is (potentially) a drag performer and i want to know whether this is a Bad Idea)
discussion of drag and transphobia
the impression i have from my limited reading is that the problems are largely a) how the general public has failed to distinguish between drag performers and trans people, and has therefore used drag as a way to attack trans people, and b) transphobic remarks and lack of trans support by prominent drag performers... rather than c) the practice of drag itself, which has some history and value and can/should be separated from trans identity? but...