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| Delia on Let’s Make A Deal |
I don’t watch Let’s Make A Deal everyday, but since my first sighting, I have seen another contestant on the show who I believe was trans-something. She used a feminine name (Delia) and looked like a woman, but she was very tall (a few inches taller than the show’s host, Wayne Brady, who is a six-footer) and her voice raised doubts about her birth gender.
When Delia had to make a deal by choosing curtain 1, 2 or 3, she prefaced her selection by saying that she had been married to her wife for 25 years. And when Delia won the “Big Deal,” her wife joined her on the stage and looked like a cisgender woman, just a lot shorter than Delia.
I don’t know if Delia is a crossdresser or transsexual, but my trans radar was sounding loudly and I am sure she is trans-something.
Everyday there is nothing but bad news on the trans front and it is very disheartening. So it did my heart good to see a trans-person appear as a contestant on a popular television show and be treated as just another contestant and not a freak.
That’s good news!
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| The Flag Sisters In 1977, a leading Italian television host invited three actors - Tito Le Duc (a Mexican), Mauro Bronchi (an Italian) and Neil Hansen, a boy from Perth, Western Australia - to appear in drag on his new variety show. They thought it would be the end of their acting careers. It wasn't. In a twinkling of the eye, The Flag Sisters were Italy's hottest act. With countless TV appearances, feature films and national tours, they were high flying and adored, the paparazzi forever snap-snapping at their high heels. They brought joy to millions of fans at a time when Italy was on the verge of nervous breakdown, the Red Brigades and other radical groups bringing terror to the streets. (Source: IMDb) |
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ReplyDeleteI wish I could have seen those episodes. It's nice to know that LMAD treats people like us with respect.
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As a Perth Femulator I was interested to see Neil Hansen is a local boy.
ReplyDeleteMore info can be found here: https://www.outinperth.com/tea-with-miss-katherine-neil-hansen/
When I was young, seeing guys in drag was the only reason I watched LMAD. That, and Truth or Consequences would sometimes have stunts like dressing up an audience member and sending him out to do something in public.
ReplyDeleteYup. She's a friend of mine (her and her wife). Yes, she is transgender (not that that matters). She is also an actress, a DJ, and an awesome person.
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