Aja was temporarily banned from Twitter after hitting back at trolls online (Picture: World of Wonder)

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Aja has been reportedly kicked off Twitter after responding to transphobic comments made against them on the site.

Aja, born Jay Rivera, identifies as gender neutral, and uses the pronouns of they/them as they feel they don’t fit into the typical male/female binary.

They found their fame as one of the stand out stars of the much-loved Drag Race series, appearing in Season 9 before returning for All Stars 3.

However, online Aja got caught-up in an argument with TERFS – Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists – who believe that trans women aren’t ‘real women’ and that non-binary is not a ‘real’ identity.


The non-binary star called the attackers ‘senseless cows’ and later got removed from Twitter (Picture: Getty)

Speaking on Facebook after their account was removed, they explained their absence from Twitter and wrote: ‘I got banned from twitter because I called a girl from a group of Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists who were all saying my gender identity wasn’t real “a senseless cow”.’



‘But twitter didn’t ban the 200-300 people literally devalidating my non-binary identity,’ they added. ‘But I’m here like I might be blocked but guess what? I still identify the same way, I am well validated and alive and happy and nobody can take that.’

Aja then encouraged other people of all genders to practice feminism as ‘equality amongst men and women’ and added: ‘People keep telling me I can’t be a feminist and that trans women aren’t included in feminism. A vagina does not make a woman and neither do breasts.

Aja/Jay, who identifies non-binary, explained their Twitter absence on Facebook (Picture: Facebook)

‘That social construct of an idea is extremely over. But hey maybe it’s just me.’

Too dang right, Aja.

Their account was later reinstated, to the delight of fans and fellow drag queens who sent their support following the deletion.

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Season nine winner Sasha Velour wrote: ‘GENDER IS A CONSTRUCT TEAR IT APART.

‘Don’t let anyone tell you that you are not valid! #nonbinarybabes’

Aja later added: ’I just wanted to take the time to apologize to all the cows I offended the other day’

Metro.co.uk has contacted Twitter for comment.

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