I have fond memories of him. I grew up with him and drag queens on our local TV. Obviously it's not that there wasn't a veil of homophobia and transphobia around them, but I definitely feel like over here it's usually the case that gender non conformance is so politicized that you can only exist in marginal alternative media if you don't live up to a specific image that the boomers who still watch TV expect.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I only know about him because he would show up in ads promoting his late-late night show (which I couldn't watch coz it aired at like 2 am). Growing up it would've been unthinkable to show anything non-gender conforming on regular hours on TV. The only time was when Betty la fea had Don Armando cross dress as a punchline.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No Druxila Divine over there? Dang.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The name rings a bell but I don't think she was ever a thing where I'm from.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Divine was a very big drag queen in the US, we got our own version who basically just stole her whole thing? I don't know honestly, I only have some vague memories myself.

[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Nothing like going into the living room talking to be greeted by shushes, everyone's around the TV listening intently to 'el mentiroso' for their horoscope like an absolutely major world-shattering announcement gonna drop, and my luck near everyone, even my grandma was a Sagittarius, so whatever I needed to say was gonna wait a good long min while you could hear a mouse fart. I had a bit of a crush on him when I was little tho, lol.