Mick Hartley

On Ru Paul's Drag Race:

For those who wonder what on earth they are looking at, this is a woman who has cut her breasts off and now identifies as a man. She's a "trans drag queen", ie pretends to be a man who pretends to be a woman. Here she's acting out her double mastectomy for entertainment purposes https://t.co/pFmLj1Or9F

— Helen Joyce (@HJoyceGender) May 27, 2024

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Pink News is very excited:

During the most recent episode (24 May), Gottmik, who, in 2021, became the first trans man to compete on Drag Race, appeared with a look inspired by her top surgery.

Adding her own creative spin to the category of “A Tail and Two Titties”, the Arizona-born drag artist appeared on the runway with an Ariana-Grande-style ponytail, and glittering red threads covering her surgery scars.

A cast of her own arms was wrapped around her chest, with a scalpel in each hand, as though completing the medical procedure. She accessorised the look with a clear plastic bag holding two bloody balls, aka her breasts.

While Drag Race fans have praised the look as “one of the best runways in the history of the show”, the clip also made its way into the hands of furious right-wingers.

Because only right-wingers could possibly object to this tasteful celebration of double mastectomy.

But Gottmik has the last laugh.

Some social media users tried to misgender the drag star, using he/him pronouns after assuming Gottmik is a trans woman.

Considering the star is a trans man who only uses she/her pronouns while in drag, the haters unintentionally managed to affirm her gender in the process.

Responding on X/Twitter, Gottmik playfully wrote: “No one affirms my gender like the TERF community hating my art. Talk about crashing the cis tem. Lmaooo.”

Ha ha!