GRANDE DAME

I've been on a drag roll lately. I have so many drag queens to feature and write about, I could bombard you good people with three posts a day, but it's nice to let a post marinate so people can view it. This next queen is breaking new ground. Gottmik is a fierce queen. The make up technique is different and chic...not quite clown, but not elegant either. It's fun fresh, campy, and attention grabbing. This queen also happens to be a trans man...who just happens to be a drag queen.  How's that for a twist? Even though Gottmik  identified as a male, he always thought that he could suppress it because he loved feminine things and had feminine articulations, but when he realized that men can be feminine, it all clicked. After that realization,  the acclaimed make-up artist and drag queen, Gottmik, transitioned from female-to-male. It’s time for Gottmik to share his story – one that’s not represented enough, or at all, in mainstream media – as a female-to-male, trans drag queen. I have yet had the pleasure to meet Gottmik, or Kade his male name, but there is no denying this queen has the beat face and technique down to a tee. His drag is everything from clown, runway elegant to androgynous and loud. He loves painting everything super black and white and clown-like with pops of crazy colors or crazy outfits that make an impression, and I'm here for that style. Gottmik does receive lots of confusing questions about being a queen. People cannot seem to understand how someone born female can identify as a man but still want to perform and artistically express themselves through femme drag. But Gottmik says a healthy person needs a good balance of masculine and feminine energy to survive. If your artistic outlet is drag, anyone who has anything to say just hasn’t been enlightened on the subject and is probably wishing they were brave enough to express themselves as honest and openly. Here, here gurl!!!!! I couldn't agree more. I thing it's actually healthy to express both sides of sexuality also, and could never understand the "just butch" mentality.  Drag is hard, and being trans is even harder, so anyone who is doing both is extremely inspirational to me. I had planned to feature Gottmik sooner,  but my blogger crush,  Sixpense did a feature and I didn't want to interfere with his post to closely... We always seem to be on the same wave length.. his post is here and urge you to check out his take. I have since been working the drag vine for tea, and pretty sure we can expect to see Gottmik on the next season of RuPauls Drag Race and about damn time!! Ru has said no trans would ever be featured, but technically by law Gottmik IS a man. Besides drag is drag!!  So take that. Bitch is FIRECE!