Life

Drag performer Bosco comes out as transgender in hilarious tweet poking fun at straight man

Bosco came out on social media as transgender
Bosco came out on social media as transgender Photo: Screenshot

RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14 contestant Bosco found a funny way to announce her transition to her adoring fans: coming out as straight.

“I can’t really think of a better time to tell y’all so here it goes: I’m straight too.”

Related: RuPaul’s Drag Race will have two trans competitors & a cis straight queen for first time

Bosco was riffing on a sketch from her season of Drag Race, which is currently airing. Season 14 features the first straight man ever cast on the popular drag reality TV show: Maddie Morphosis.

In a sketch, Maddie humorously discussed coming out as straight to her parents, and another drag queen joked that she was straight too. Here, Bosco is coming out as a straight woman.

In subsequent tweets, they explained that they use she/they pronouns and that they started hormone replacement therapy after filming the season of Drag Race.

“This is something that’s been on my mind for over a decade now,” she wrote. “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.”

Despite being worried about how others will react, Bosco said that she’s “the happiest I’ve ever been” now that she’s living her truth.

Many contestants on Drag Race have come out as transgender after their seasons, like Carmen Carrera from season 3, Jiggly Caliente from season 4, and Gia Gunn and Laganja Estranja from season 6.

Kerri Colby and Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté are also out and proud transgender competitors on season 14.

Don't forget to share:

Support vital LGBTQ+ journalism

Reader contributions help keep LGBTQ Nation free, so that queer people get the news they need, with stories that mainstream media often leaves out. Can you contribute today?

Cancel anytime · Proudly LGBTQ+ owned and operated

Anderson Cooper announces the birth of his second son with an adorable video

Previous article

Christian conservatives are livid after Zillow showed two Black women together in ad

Next article