'RuPaul's Drag Race' News: Courtney Act Dishes On Season 6 Controversy, 'I Don't Think It Was Intentionally Meant To Be Offensive' [VIDEO]
RuPaul's Drag Race has had a couple controversies going on where one of the former queens spoke up on the situations on what she really thinks about them.
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During Season 6 of the drag race, there was an episode where the queens participated in a "Female vs. She-Male" game where they would look at closeup body parts on people and determine if it was actually a woman or if it was a man dressed as a woman. Courtney Act, who was a contestant during that season, revealed her thoughts on the incident that got people angry, something she didn't think was the intention.
"I thought it was probably a little ill thought out," Act told Washington Blade, published on Wednesday. "I don't think it was intentionally meant to be offensive, but I guess the thing about transphobia, homophobia, any kind of phobia, is that it often stems from ignorance not from intentionally trying to put someone down."
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The queen then talked about the Facebook incident that's taking place where people can't use alias names, including drag queens. Act said that it didn't affect her since she has a drag page as well as her male page, but it can affect others who need an alias for protection.
"For drag queens who have a public persona, I think a fan page makes more sense but I think for people who have a personal page in their name, I don't see why that shouldn't be possible too," she said. "I think there can be an opportunity for people to register with Facebook privately their real details and then have a profile in a performance name."