The Truth About RuPaul's Drag Race's Gottmik

As the first transgender man to be featured on RuPaul's Drag Race, Kade Gottlieb is honored to educate the public on gender identity in a way some haven't seen before. "It might be one of the best days of my life hearing RuPaul say those words," Gottmik told the Today show's TMRW. "She's going keep

As the first transgender man to be featured on RuPaul's Drag Race, Kade Gottlieb is honored to educate the public on gender identity in a way some haven't seen before. "It might be one of the best days of my life hearing RuPaul say those words," Gottmik told the Today show's TMRW. "She's going keep pushing boundaries and she's learning and growing just like every single one of us. So I just can't believe that I am here to help be part of her journey with that."

He addressed that some may scratch their heads as Gottmik transitioned from female to male, yet performs in drag as the typical gender for the sex he was born with. "So many people all the time, even when they're nice, are kind of just confused by it because it is [a] different concept I guess," he explained. "But to me, it's so weird that a lot of people can't wrap their heads around it because... I'm literally just a man in a wig ... like every single other guy that's there. Just because before you even heard of me or met me I was born a girl once upon a time, it, like, blows your mind or is too much for you and you can't handle it? That actually is what is a little confusing to me." Hopefully, Drag Race will be the kind of platform that would have benefitted Gottlieb when he was a kid. 

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