• Mojo@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    No, not at the time it was made, but the modern LGBTQIA+ lexicon has moved on from it

    Fun fact: On Drag Race, Ru used to give messages to the contestants and called it “She-mail”, but they (reluctantly) stopped calling it that due to heavy viewer criticism

    Edit: I should have also said the “She-mail” thing was heavily criticized by former contestants as well, which was probably an additional factor that made the show change the name