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On 'backstory'

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Sep 29, 2023
  • 1 min read

If I was a cis white boy, you simply would NOT care about my backstory. This is why I think it's exploiting trans people for the benefit of cis people to make my Torch Song Trilogy. For me, what really happened was I saw my Big Smoke film and realised I sucked at acting. I love that script; that's why I'm making it into a novella. 🌿 - That's all. Start treating me as if I was Stephen Sondheim, or any cis white man, instead of presuming that I should sing for you because I'm trans, and should be thankful for the opportunity. That's a bigoted opinion, particularly from people who won't accept me if I wear a skirt or dress in public life... that's what I gather from my salaried peers propped up by state funding. 😡 NOT a drag queen. NOT able to happy if I'm only wearing dresses on-stage. That is NOT an acceptable outcome, and Mark and others will STOP offering me that 'opportunity'. That's BS. That's crap. That's people who didn't like me insulting them trying to persuade me that they like me. They don't -- they just think I could draw the gay audience in. FUCK OFF, SQUARES. Vaffanculo.

 
 

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