Lorcan
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So, Barry Humphries has died.
It's weird. Dame Edna and Lily Savage, they were the first LGBTQ+ people I was exposed to. Drag queens aren't transgender, obviously, but growing up in the 80s and 90s in Northern Ireland, it's not something we generally saw. I don't remember seeing anyone transgender before I was 18, which was a long time to grow up without it.
So, while neither of them were transgender, I feel like I owe them just a bit for letting me know that, hey, this is normal. This isn't a bad thing. And it feels a bit weird that now, they're both gone.
It's weird. Dame Edna and Lily Savage, they were the first LGBTQ+ people I was exposed to. Drag queens aren't transgender, obviously, but growing up in the 80s and 90s in Northern Ireland, it's not something we generally saw. I don't remember seeing anyone transgender before I was 18, which was a long time to grow up without it.
So, while neither of them were transgender, I feel like I owe them just a bit for letting me know that, hey, this is normal. This isn't a bad thing. And it feels a bit weird that now, they're both gone.
