i've just read the article that aja shared on her account (rupaul, racism, transphobia) and let me tell you this: i have been an avid fan of the show because i thought that rpdr created a platform for every kind of drag queen, but it has since proved me wrong

over the course of 12 seasons, it has painted queens of color villains -- from the vixen, to ra'jah, and now to brita. now im not saying that it does, but it may promote an idea AGAINST queens of color in general

it holds america's next drag superstar to a certain standard which are against QOCs

on transphobia, rupaul's statement about peppermint, saying that she wouldn't have been allowed to compete if she had started gender-affirming surgery. she made it clear that he did not see peppermint as a woman bc of the lack of medical procedures

also, the tweet that rupaul made against transphobia back then creates a notion that if trans queens were to be allowed to compete, they would be "cheating"

it's scary to think that rpdr may change the way people percieve drag -- and how much racism and transphobia there is to rpdr. we can stan the queens, but not the show itself. there is more to these exceptional drag queens outside rpdr