Drag Race’s Cheryl Hole responds to bigots accusing her of ‘mocking women’
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Cheryl Hole has responded to bigots accusing her of “mocking women” simply for doing drag. The queen appeared in the penultimate week of heats on Celebrity MasterChef, something which resulted in her facing instant backlash from trolls on social media after she explained the importance of LGBTQ+ representation on screen. “I mean we’re in a day and age where I feel like the movement is going a bit backwards, there’s more hate crimes,” she told the BBC. “We’ve just had an attack on LGBTQ+ community in Clapham the other day.
I don’t understand what’s happening in the world and to have representation for our community, to have voices and stories heard, shows we are nothing to be feared. “We’re light, laughter and entertainment.
We’re just here for a good time and to make sure everyone is looked after.” Despite saying nothing controversial in the interview, Cheryl faced an array of homophobic hate when it was shared to the outlet’s social media. “He’s a woman now is he?
I thought he was a drag queen?” one person wrote, ignoring the fact that Cheryl was never referred to as a woman in the article. READ MORE: Man charged for homophobic attack against Drag Race star The Vivienne “How does this female impersonator fit in the LGBTQIA++++++++++?” someone else asked.
