Allowed Quote by Sasha Velour

Historically, we have seen cis men play trans women and vice versa. That casting breaks through the fourth wall, and it gives people the…

— Nicole Maines

Trans women, trans men, AFAB - which is assigned female at birth - and non-binary performers, but especially trans women of color, have been…

— Sasha Velour

The way I've always looked at drag has been a little bit different maybe than other people because the drag community that I started…

— Sasha Velour

My experience started in the gay nightlife/drag life. I was just as consumed in ignorance about what is offensive to transpeople because at that…

— Carmen Carrera

Drag is literally so ancient that it predates modern understanding of gender, of transness, of queerness. Drag predates modern ideas of gender, of theater…

— Sasha Velour

Drag has been featured in popular culture for decades. Movies like 'Kinky Boots,' 'Tootsie,' 'The Birdcage' - even 'Mrs. Doubtfire' - have showcased men,…

— Jenna Wortham

Cisgender actors don't take trans roles out of malice. I think it's just failure to realize the context behind having cisgender people play transgender…

— Nicole Maines

It's about time we had trans actors in trans roles.

— Rebecca Root

We love trans women; all of us know that drag wouldn't be an art form without trans women. I know that, RuPaul knows that,…

— Michelle Visage

I think for many people, they think that being in drag means you want to be a girl. Being trans and doing drag is…

— Bianca Del Rio

I got my heart broken to find out that the independent film community was so unwelcoming. It was not open to women and it…

— Kelly Reichardt

I think people don't really actually talk about what their real issue is, which is that white, cis men - not straight men, but…

— Jill Soloway