8.19.2008

And just as I was about to post on queers in the Olympics

Here comes an article about the "Tranny Olympics", and I can't decide if it's offensive or hilarious. Possibly both. Hilarisive.

“Beijing is so over, it's all about the tranny Olympics,” said Patty Island, who, like many of the competitors, declined to give his real name.

Spectators packed a east London pub this week to witness “drag queens” (men dressed as women) — like the 6-foot-7-inch Island in his pink stiletto shoes — and a few "drag kings" (women dressed as men) compete in the limbo, the wet T-shirt contest and the 100-meter high-heel sprint.