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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ US casts first openly trans women, straight male contestants

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="in">👑 June Jambalaya (<a href="https://twitter.com/JuneJambalaya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JuneJambalaya</a>) 🏁 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DragRace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DragRace</a> <a href="https://t.co/CgvUKqnQEo">pic.twitter.com/CgvUKqnQEo</a></p>— RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) <a href="https://twitter.com/RuPaulsDragRace/status/1466574407820738561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The “RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race” franchise is moving forward anew as it revealed the first trans women and straight male contestants in the competition&#x27;s US regular season.</p><p>Los Angeles queens Kerri Colby and Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté will be the first transgender women contestant in the American reality show&#x27;s regular season.</p><p>In the past seasons, transgender women queens have not disclosed their sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression (SOGIE).</p><p>The first to come out was Kylie Sonique Love during the second season’s reunion. She, later on, won the sixth installment of the All Stars. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/02/21/rupauls-drag-race-us-crowns-first-trans-woman-queen">&#x27;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&#x27; US crowns first trans woman queen</a></li></ul><p>Meanwhile, Maddy Morphosis will be the first heterosexual queen ever to grace the “Werkroom.” </p><p>They will be joined by other queens: </p><ul>	<li>Alyssa Hunter </li>	<li>Angeria Paris VanMichaels</li>	<li>Bosco</li>	<li>Daya Betty</li>	<li>Deja Skye</li>	<li>Jasmine Kennedie</li>	<li>Jorgeous</li>	<li>June Jambalaya</li>	<li>Lady Camden</li>	<li>Orion Story</li>	<li>Willow Pill</li></ul><p>The show’s 14th season will premiere on January 7, 2022.</p><p>World of Wonder earlier announced that the Philippines will be having its local franchise of the hit reality TV series.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/17/21/drag-race-philippines-begins-casting-for-debut-season">‘Philippines, start your engines’: ‘Drag Race Philippines’ launches casting call for debut season</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1718168" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

The “RuPaul's Drag Race” franchise is moving forward anew as it revealed the first trans women and straight male contestants in the competition's regular season.

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ US casts first openly trans women, straight male contestants

Josiah Antonio,

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Published Dec 06, 2021 10:51 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 07, 2021 05:15 AM PHT

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