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Happy Pride Month! YouTube star and transgender activist Gigi Gorgeous chats with her bff Gottmik, the drag performer, makeup artist, and first transgender male to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race, about friendship, sex, and all things trans. Actor and Miss Gay USofA pageant winner Aurora Sexton interviews the two icons with thoughtful humor and plenty of tea.

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CW: Profanity, consensual deadnaming and discussion of hate crimes. Get into it!

PHOTO: Gigi Gorgeous, Aurora Sexton, and Gottmik at the Chop Shop at the Chicago Humanities Spring Festival in 2023.

PHOTO: Gottmik and Gigi Gorgeous at the Chicago Humanities Spring Festival post-event book signing and photo op at the Chop Shop in 2023.

Gigi Gorgeous & Gottmik, The T Guide: Our Trans Experiences and a Celebration of Gender Expression―Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond

Learn more about the many trans/queer icons that were name dropped:

Courtney Act, Laith Ashley, David Bowie, Lina Bradford, Candis Cayne, Sasha Colby, Divine, Jazz Jennings, Hayley Kiyoko, Adam Lambert, Amanda Lepore, Sarah McBride, Kim Petras, Alok Vaid-Menon, John Waters

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