‘Drag Race’ star Amethyst comes out as trans
July 9, 2024A well-loved contestant from season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race has provided an update on her gender identity.
Amethyst, who joined season 15 as one of the numerous queens with a significant TikTok following, posted a handwritten note to her social media followers on Saturday. Accompanied by the caption “1 month” and a trans flag emoji, the note revealed that she had been “struggling severely” with gender dysphoria recently.
“It’s something that I’ve always concealed in the back of my mind, and through the years has slowly crept its way to the front,” she wrote. “Last year was when things really started to hit me hard and this mental warfare has really just escalated since then. I let it get to a point where it was eating away at me and affecting everything in my life.”
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Amethyst then disclosed that she has been undergoing hormone replacement therapy for a month and now feels significantly better, according to ‘Them’.
“Even in this short amount of time, the comparison to how I felt just a few months ago is night and day,” she said. “It’s a different sense of happiness that is slowly but surely bringing back my self-assurance, and every day it gets easier to look in the mirror.”
Amethyst also announced that she will be using the name “Amy” out of drag, which originated from an interaction with her season 15 sister Malaysia Babydoll Foxx.
“I know it’s somewhat reminiscent of my drag name but true story – she was the first one to call me that,” Amethyst wrote. “The first time she did I had this little lightbulb moment.”
“I feel a lot of pressure to pick the perfect name but in the meantime, this is a comfy placeholder for me,” she noted in the letter.
Amethyst’s tweet announcing her gender transition came a day before she revealed that she would be releasing a new album, Amy, on July 19th.
She also asked for support from her followers and fans to help fund her facial feminisation surgery, sharing a link to her GoFundMe page (which includes the full text of her handwritten note). As of press time, the fundraiser has raised over $3,200 (approximately £2,500).
Several Drag Race alumni extended their congratulations to Amethyst on her announcement, including season 9 contestant Cynthia Lee Fontaine. “My sister congrats on living your truth,” she wrote. “I am so proud of you.”
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