19 years ago Big Brother UK was won by trans woman Nadia Almada, with 74% of the final vote.
Today, a trans person only has to appear on a tv programme for 10 minutes and the internet is filled with hatred for days. Trans people havenβt changed, the hatred has
It was only 20 years ago that Lily Savage, drag Queen and icon hosted a prime time BBC show in full drag. Today, bigots are foaming at the mouth at a drag queen competing on a cooking show. How far we have fallen!
I canβt speak for other non-binary people but I take the sensible approach to avoid trouble -
I message JK Rowling every morning with a picture of how Iβm dressed and she tells me which toilet Iβm allowed to use
Homophobes piled on The Vivienne just on Boxing Day after she appeared on Blankety Blank.
No matter the circumstances of her death, to have received that much abuse in the last week of your life must have been horrific.
Such a tragic loss for the drag and LGBTQ+ community.