Maxime Bernier decries 'leftist logic' after Ottawa praises RuPaul's Drag Race contestant
Maxime Bernier decries 'leftist logic'
after Ottawa praises RuPaul's Drag Race contestant
People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier sent a tweet Tuesday attacking what he called the "leftist logic" that praises female impersonators while branding white people who wear dreadlocks or blackface as racists or perpetrators of cultural appropriation.
Bernier said it was illogical for drag artists wearing makeup and women's clothing to be celebrated as a source of diversity while the actions of others — notably whites who adopt some of the physical characteristics of racial minorities — are demonized as discriminatory.
The source of Bernier's angst is a tweet from the official Twitter account run by Global Affairs Canada that praised Toronto-based drag queen Brooke Lynn Hytes, who will be the first Canadian to appear on the Emmy-award winning reality program RuPaul's Drag Race. That show sees drag queens compete for the title of America's Next Drag Superstar.
"Canada is behind you as (you) strut your way towards becoming one fierce superstar!" the tweet reads.
Toronto-based drag queen Brooke Lynn Hytes
first Canadian to compete on popular reality TV program