“This is so important”: The Kelly Clarkson Show praised for celebrating Transgender Awareness Week
The Kelly Clarkson Show has been praised for celebrating the touching coming out story of a trans woman. On 13 November, the Emmy Award-winning talk show kicked off Trans Awareness Week as the host interviewed Jenna Tea, a trans woman from Utah who came out to her loving and supportive grandmother in a viral video. “Every time I hear [your grandmother’s voice] I cry.
It was the most beautiful thing, it was so sweet,” Clarkson told Tea, who appeared via dial-in, before asking: “When did it happen?” “She’s always been super supportive of me.
First I came out as gay, and then I came out as a drag queen,” explained Tea, “hence all of the clothing behind me!” Tea revealed that her grandmother attended all of her drag performances, which was “so beautiful to watch”. “One day”, however, “I went to her house and I was wearing a dress and the topic came up.
She just started saying all of those sweet things, and so I pressed record.” Following their conversation, Clarkson shared that Tea will receive a donation of $1000 from Precise by Pilot “to buy some more beautiful things”.
