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RuPaul Continues 'Tranny' Debate on Twitter

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After the flames of controversy surrounding his use of the word ‘tranny’ were flamed anew following a discussion on the WTF podcast with Marc Maron, RuPaul has taken to Twitter to further defend his use of the T word.

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Buzzfeed published an article stating that Logo TV, the station that broadcasts ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ had distanced itself from the drag performer due to his use of language some have deemed offensive, and quoted a representative from the broadcaster as saying:

“These comments did not come from Logo. We are committed to supporting the entire LGBT community and will not feature any anti-trans rhetoric on our shows.”

RuPaul tweeted a direct response to the article:

 

RuPaul also tweeted a number of comments expanding on his use of the word ‘tranny’, including the following:

 

 

 

To hear RuPaul’s comments from the WTF podcast with Mark Mahon as well as more thoughts on the subject, click here.

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