"Drag is what I do. Trans is who I am."

When Peppermint was announced for this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, it marked the first time a contestant came onto the show as an out trans woman. In this week’s episode, Peppermint came out to her fellow queens as transgender, opening up a meaningful dialogue about identity, performance and gender.

But Drag Race has embraced the trans community from the very start.

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