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Explainer: the difference between being transgender and doing drag

  • Written by Joanna McIntyre, Lecturer in Screen and Media Studies, University of the Sunshine Coast

Australian icon Barry Humphries has been widely criticised for again making anti-trans statements. In an interview, Humphries said that being transgender is “a fashion — how many different kinds of lavatory can you have? And it’s pretty evil when it’s preached to children by crazy teachers.”

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