Spillin' The Tea: Gender Pronouns & Trans Representation in Entertainment | Billboard 

Take notes on Bob: when it came to trans issues she was listening and never spoke over any girl/person in the room, being the only cis male. God I love Bob so much

Comparing this Gia Gunn with season 6 Gia Gunn made me realize how much she’s grown up and how eloquent and smart she actually is! She don’t jump guns, she IS the boom, boom gun!

God bless Bianca Castro for speaking about her experience.

THIS is the type of media I want to see of transwomen!

Jiggly’s story is so heartbreaking... I am so sorry for what she went through... And the worst part is..... it’s someone’s reality. Right now. There’s a trans person somewhere in the world who’s going through the same thing with no one to turn to... Stay strong and safe sisters...!

Peppermint is the role model so many of us need. Kind, considerate, well spoken, intelligent, and incredibly empathetic. She doesn't speak down to anyone but wants to take people by the hand and show them what's up. Probably my favourite Drag Queen of all time.

Peppermint is so woke and well spoken. ILH.

It feels almost surreal to me to hear a male-yes, a drag queen but one who identifies as a cis male-speak with such understanding and compassion. I know there are good guys out there but Bob brings such a spirit of acceptance, respect and love.

Wow what an important episode... thanks Jiggly for opening up and sharing your story.

This needs to become an official show. It is really important for our community to discuss these issues.

Gotta say--I thought Gia's question to Jiggly in the middle of her (Jiggly's) story about being attacked was awkward, rude, and more than a little inappropriate. Applause for the very sensitive and professional way Peps effectively took over at the end-somebody needed to. And I'm not the only one-Bob herself brings this very point up on a podcast.

Fun Fact: Gia Gunn had 10 minutes of air time for Season 6 Episode 1. She's so iconic.

This is 100%better then "The View" love these ladies !!!!!

can this be a weekly thing? please /:

Wow, Gia maintained the same pose for 37 minutes straight 🤣

As a gay man I feel that trans rights are the absolute most important because it is the epitome of equality. It is an intersection of LGBT rights, racial equality, and feminism (the equality of sexes). It is what will be reached when everyone is able to desexualize each other and their circumstance. Seeing beyond appearance to only visualize who anyone is at heart, what they stand for, and who they are as a human being.

Bob is honestly such a mom, the way she instantly took the tissue paper out of her bag for Jiggly

Peppermint is a trans queen so eloquent with her words

Aja getting sliiiightly offended at 7:39 when bob called Pep's club kid runway the best look of the season hahahajsjsjjs

Bob is so thoughtful.

I just want to hug Jiggly right now ❤ thank you for sharing your trauma with us Jiggly. All these Queens are so intelligent and we'll spoken. This needs to be a regular show, they not only entertain us and make us laugh, but they educate us as well, we need that in this world today.

Jiggles said something SO IMPORTANT about the "LGB brothers and sisters" being stronger allies to the trans community. Like, heck yes!!! As much as I don't know personally the experience of being trans being cisgender myself, I do have the experience of being a queer person so *empathy* is always the key. Education and respect and also, calling out transphobia when necessary. Love that.

I’m super new to watching all these and all I can say is they’ve educated me so much and made me laugh like never before I love allllll them!!! AND THESE LOOKS! The girls are HERE AND THEY ARE KILLING IT

I think the reason why some men and women are so terrified by transwomen is because by perusing this part if their identity these women have given up their male privilege. They've abandoned a position of power to be themselves and that takes such incredible courage. I am a ciswomen and it can be so hard and I cannot image how much harder it is to be a transwomen. It is so terrifying for these people to see someone so brave that they have to do whatever it "correct" the situation. And don't forget that women can just as brutal as men. As for prostitution if you research it part of the reason it became illegal was to take away power from women and lgbtq people who could make a lot of money from it and have a lot of influence because of it. Just like with weed it was a deliberate move to restrict and persecute minorities. If porn is legal then prostitution should be too and at least that way the workers would be protected by law and they could get a trade union and everything. And instead of blaming the survivors we need to blame the persecutors who think that they have the right to rape and murder people. Instead of adding more bullsh*t to the dresscode they can sit everyone down and teach them what respect is.

This is the Bianca we all deserve. Keep it up Bianca Castro, I love you.

I really want them to keep this cast. So much knowledge and you can tell they are all really invested in the topics. It's not just a few people carrying the episodes. They all give great input. I've walked away from each of their episodes learning something.

Y’all picked 5 of the best! They clearly respect each other so much and I think they are radiating soooo much positivity #billboard

This is such a GREAT cast for Spillin' the Tea! So funny and important conversations, this have to be a regular thing!

Peppermint... you are so beautiful, smart, humble and so god damn funny!!! You deserve the world :) x

Can we just appreciate how much more respectful this room is of each other than the last spill the T girls. You can tell everyone has an opinion and it’s respected and acknowledged by everyone. So happy to see 3 Transwomen from who became famous Drag Race having these discussions together. Also the fact that there’s a lot of non white opinions is very refreshing, I am white myself but it’s great to see different perspectives of minorities.

This is great, but Gia's comment to Jiggly about taking some responsibility for her being attacked is problematic in itself. Jiggly being taken advantage of was not her fault and did not deserve to have that experience. Just because you are a sex worker, does not mean that you deserve to be raped or that you asked for it somehow. That comment was uncalled for and shows Gia to be a slightly judgemental & ignorant. Thank goodness Peppermint jumped in and defended her with words of wisdom and understanding.

More of this content! It’s like a better version of the view! Serious discussions with a splash of humor

Thank you Billboard for showcasing these stories.

Pep is so elegant and humble. She is such an inspiration, as are all other speakers on this panel.

Bob the drag Queen thank u for your intelligence I love u

These POC queens are talking the real deal 👏🏼👏🏼

Another vid?!! Y'all spoiling us😭 I love these queens sm❤️❤️

Peppermint talks so elegantly and carries herself like a legend she is. QUEEN.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make this a series. Bringing up different Queens with different subjects to talk about real issues, and of course have a fun ki-ki. This video was fascinating.

Damn, can we have this panel discuss everything, ever? They're so well spoken, insightful, and overall excellent.

With the rise of so many notable trans women (Laverne Cox, Jenner, Drag Race girls, and many others) I can't help but wonder where the trans male representation in media is. Obviously this episode is specific to trans women but in the media in general. I've seen a number of shows with a trans female character or actor, but never a trans male. Is it because there are way more trans women than trans men? Is it because there is more social stigma attached to being a trans woman than trans man? Just trying to understand. Great episode!

Notice how long Jiggly didn't participate in the conversation before she shared her story, I can just imagine her building up the courage to actually say something. That must have been so difficult for her. I just, admire her for her strength and bravery in that moment.

Thankful for sex worker visibility. Thankful for this content! It must have taken so much strength for Bianca to share her experience, doing exactly what folks are talking about in his vid. Using what privilege she carries as a Drag Race alum to increase awareness, destigmatize and shed light on some of the most pressing issues in the community.

'All Hail Gia Gunn' 💅 💙

I hate that Gia's first question of Jiggly opening up and telling that harrowing tale is - "Do you take responsibility for putting yourself in that situation?" She is so tone deaf and sometimes callous. Listen girl and just shut up if your first inclination is into victim blaming.

I'm so triggered about still having to wait those 4 hours. But the cast this time was soo great - can't wait who will be on the next one.

Aja's reaction to peppermint 1st celeb crush is me , lol 🤣🤣

I want this group of people on a consistent show. Give them their own show!

Peppermint and jiggly got the same shoes on¡

The shade Gia threw at Shad. 😂😂😂

Pep's body is soooo beautiful

Thank you Billboard for giving these amazing humans this opportunity and platform to speak their minds and share their stories. This was amazing to watch.

What an amazing episode holy hell. This conversation is SO important for many queer youths. Ps. Does anyone know the song that plays for the intro?

My first celebrity crush was Christopher Meloni, when I was a teen I used to stay wake until late to watch Oz and hope to have a glimpse of that D.

OMG THANK YOU FOR GIVING US MORE FROM THIS CREW !!!!! really enjoying watch this show

"that wasn't a shadow that was a black man" BOBSJSJSNSB I CAN'T BREATHE

Jiggly's story brought me to tears, as did Bob reaching into her purse and pulling out a napkin to give her.

"They don't care". My heart broke.

Wowpresents should make a new series with these girls and them talking about topics like this... instead of seeing Kimora basically talk about how she doesn’t know anything 🙄

Gia, Bianca and Agnes educating the masses perfectly! More of this content please!

All I see is 5 woke queens people lgbt or not MUST listen to understand. PREACH!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS !

20:41 "Can you just reilliterate..." I love Gia. lol

I love how eloquent and well spoken Peppermint is. I loved how when she was talking about broadway Aja, Bob, Gia and Jiggly weren’t interrupting her. She just has this presence of controlling the room with her knowledge. I love Pep!

''you know they have a thing called manga wich is a japanese anime porn'' 3:25 omg I'm dead

Make this a regular thing, PLEASE 😣😍

i love the way peppermint speaks and the cadence of her voice its so pretty

So much love to jiggly, stay strong❤

I love Jiggly so much, she's incredibly brave for speaking up

The honesty in these conversations are amazing. These few videos are more important than another episode of RPDR. More of this please!

Amazing what you can learn/appreciate from a diverse panel. How long till we get another video?

love jiggly here ! never seen her so open before but her story was heart breaking and i hope she is doing better now

these kinds of conversations are absolutely necessary. we need more of this from spillin the tea. they all did a phenomenal job.

It totally broke my heart when Bianca repeated: “THEY DON’T CARE!” with tears on her eyes. 💔😭

Omg!!! I'm dying when she said Austin St. John(MMPR) that's my first too.

Thi was a very moving episode. Keep on making them, but stop with the whole "premiere" thing. if we wanted to entertain and inform ourselves under a schedule, we would watch TV.

There's something so cool about Gia Gunn! I love the fact that she's multicultural. I was shocked to learn she can speak Spanish so well (The Switch). And then of course at the beginning of this video "Kawaii desuyo. Genki desuka." My native language is Spanish, and I learned Japanese for 4 years, so it's really cool seeing someone being so multicultural.

Jiggly is so strong 💓

29:30 Bob spilling the real T, yes honey!

Please, make this weekly. Jiggly´s story really broke my heart and now I´m crying because this is how a lot of our sisters and brothers are living, I can´t even try to think why people can do things like that, its so important to speak about it, hope you can make this for a longer time now

I want Gia to be my best friend and tell me “correct” after everything I say

If one of those raggedy drag race drama channels try to exploit Jiggly's story for views, I'm throwing hands.

Love them all and their stories. Bianca (Jiggly) seems to have grown so much since her season and I love her even more!!! And Peppermint is insightful and incredible as always!

Gia: peppermint so let’s just re-illiterate... Me: I think you mean reiterate?

at 17:18 bob looks like she's so intensely listening to gia's story and it's so cute

I’m so happy with the trans awareness that was provided in this episode. And I’m happy the three trans girls were all wocs too. Thank you Jiggly/Bianca for sharing your story because there are TOO many girls who share that same experience. And of course some of them are not alive to tell the story😔. We definitely need to have these conversations, not just on Billboard but bigger platforms as well.

So informative! I would love to see more of them😍

I love listening to them. Thank you so much. ❤️

Thank you for having these discussions!

Billboard, let’s do more and more of these! So good!

Finally an intelligent and informative conversation! I enjoyed this episode immensely. Keep it up.

never stop these videos! so so so good!

Miss Peppermint was on Pose too! Yes, only 1 episode however, She did Amazing. I wish someone would have mentioned it tho. She's so respectful & humble, so she probably didn't want to bring it up herself. I love Pose! God Bless Ryan Murphy & all the show's Creators for including So many Ballroom & LGBTQ+ people for the roles.

These cant come sooner !!! We love this group of queens !!! 💜💛💚💙💖

This was such an emotional episode. Such an important and amazing segment. Please keep this. Keep this cast. I'm so grateful for being able to listen to them and their experiences, this is enriching. All my love for them, specially Jiggly who shared something very traumatic. You are amazing ♥

all such beautiful people, thank you Jiggly esp for sharing that narrative

Best video I’ve seen in a while. Thank you Bianca for your story.

This series is so incredible! I just admire all of them and their bravery!

Honest, Powerful, Touching...This platform is the perfect setting to be the fly on the wall. Thank You, All.

gia was excellent hosting this!!!! get it girl!!!!!!!!!!!!