PS: That show has also brought to the forefront a lot of controversy right now with certain words in the gay lexicon. What are your feelings about the words like "tranny" and "fish"?
F: The word "tranny" has become a big hot-button topic. It's pretty divisive, but it was a term that came from within the community that now has been branded a bad word. Transfolks who don't like the term probably feel similar to how feminists, such as myself, feel about the word "b*tch."
"Fish" is a really interesting word. We need to have a talk about who gets to use it and who doesn't. When I emerged at Trannyshack, suddenly everyone was saying "fish." And in that context, it's hilarious. But when we use it on an international scale, then anyone has access to it. And I really don't want frat boys to start using "fish." You know what I mean?
It's tough, because if none of these words ever get used, we don't get to have the conversation. I fall on the spectrum of "having the conversation."
