A reader sent me the news that Coca-Cola has a drag artist as a spokesperson for their products.
“I’d call that a big step forward,” said the reader who sent me that news.
Yes – a big step forward for drag queens, but I'm not a drag queen! Doesn't do much for me or my trans sisters.
The new Coke queen is not the first. For the past year or so, drag queens have been appearing in television commercials here and there. The queens are all over-the-top and have no relation to femulators like me.
The only transwomen I’ve seen on television are in ads for AIDS-related medicines. I applaud the pharmaceutical companies for that, but it would be nice to see a transwoman in an ad for a more generic product like Pepsi or Ford or Walmart where the crossdresser is just another consumer and not the butt of a joke.
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| Wearing Paige |
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| Peter Outerbridge in the 1999 Canadian film Better Than Chocolate |