RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 contestant Bosco has some news to announce.
Hailing from Seattle, on Thursday night Bosco, a drag performer competing on season 14 of Drag Race came out as trans to followers in a thread on Twitter.
"I can't really think of a better time to tell y'all so here it goes: I'm straight too," she wrote. The post -- which was undoubtedly a play on the media circus and social media discourse around fellow competitor Maddy Morphosis's run as the first cisgender, heterosexual drag performer on the series -- included trans pride flag emojis.
"I'm a very private person but it would feel silly to not talk about this while I have this platform," she tweeted. "After filming wrapped this summer, I began focusing on figuring out what medical transitioning would look like for me. I started HRT after getting back from Drag Race."
\u201cI can't really think of a better time to tell y'all so here it goes:\n\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fI'm straight too\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\u201d— Bosco (@Bosco) 1644547508
\u201cI'm a very private person but it would feel silly to not talk about this while I have this platform. After filming wrapped this summer, I began focusing on figuring out what medical transitioning would look like for me. I started HRT after getting back from Drag Race.\u201d— Bosco (@Bosco) 1644547508
HRT refers to the hormones some trans folks take in order to increase estrogen levels in the body.
"This is something that's been on my mind for over a decade now," they continued. "I've spent my adult life working in the food industry and have never felt financially secure enough to start this process. Honestly, I was also just flat out terrified of how I'd be treated. I still am."
"I'm now in a place where I'm surrounded by love and support," she wrote. "Love from my heaven sent boyfriend, stunning peers, and incredible friends. I'm not quite where I want to be yet, but I'm starting to see her [peek] through more and more."
On season 14 of Drag Race, Bosco's trans peers include Kerri Colby and Kornbread.
\u201cThis is something that's been on my mind for over a decade now. I've spent my adult life working in the food industry and have never felt financially secure enough to start this process. \nHonestly, I was also just flat out terrified of how I'd be treated.\nI still am.\u201d— Bosco (@Bosco) 1644547508
\u201cI'm now in a place where I'm surrounded by love and support.\nLove from my heaven sent boyfriend, stunning peers, and incredible friends.\nI'm not quite where I want to be yet, but I'm starting to see her peak through more and more.\u201d— Bosco (@Bosco) 1644547508
\u201cI'm trans,\u00a0\nmy pronouns out of drag are she/they\nI'm the happiest I've ever been\n\nLove,\nBosco and her AAA sized titties\u201d— Bosco (@Bosco) 1644547508
"I'm trans, my pronouns out of drag are she/they," she wrote. "I'm the happiest I've ever been. Love, Bosco and her AAA sized titties."
Bosco joins a long line of trans contestants of Drag Race that stretch back to season two with Sonique.
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