Gottmik, trans drag queen, sits on a hospital bed in her “A Tail and Two Titties” look from the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All . She wears a miniskirt in hospital gown colors, and she holds a scalpel in her raised right hand. In her left hand is a plastic hospital bag holding red stoned “breasts“ that represent her own breasts that she had removed in top surgery. 3-D printed arms that match her own living arms wrap around her body with the hands placed at incisions at her chest, which are also stoned in bright blood red. My words cannot describe the power of this photo.
When #Gottmik walked out on the runway in this look, I felt its power in my soul. Almost two years later, I think about it regularly. The artistry, the fearless storytelling, the brilliance. If s/he did nothing else his/her entire life, this would be enough. Trans rights are human rights.
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