What Is Transvestigating? Erika Kirk, Sydney Sweeney & Too Gay For The Army

About this episode

The episode explores the controversial trend of Transvestigating and its implications through two significant stories in the LGBTQ community.

What the f*ck is this new trend of Transvestigating? Two viral and controversial stories shaping today’s LGBTQ conversation unveil this new far right fad. First: the rise of “transvestigating,” a disturbing online trend where people attempt to “prove” celebrities are secretly transgender by analyzing their bodies and appearance. Second: a powerful real-life story of a straight man who claims he was forced out of the military after being accused of being gay—an accusation that changed his life...

Topics covered

• Transvestigating
• LGBTQ
• military
• celebrity culture

Keywords

• transgender
• viral stories
• far right
• body analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Too Gay For The Army

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