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Lolita Cortes, one of the most controversial figures in Mexican reality shows for her role as an iron judge, was invited to participate in the Iconic Drag Fashion Week program, where she declared herself a queer and bisexual person.
The musical comedy actress was broadcasting her criticism of “Enchanteé Irazú”, a non-binary gender contestant, when she revealed:
“I am a queer person. Of course I am queer, I go completely out of what the social canons are asking for. I am a person who is completely tattooed, who loves piercings, who is bisexual, I am queer.
Before confessing her gender identity and her sexual orientation, the former judge of The Academy expressed to the participant that she might be queer and, true to her style, ended her criticism by assuring that the participant was “making a fool of himself.”
Lolita Cortés’s confession and the suggestion she gave the participant caused members of the LGBT+ community to begin attacking the so-called Iron Judge for “suggesting a gender identity” as if it were something that might be changed from one moment to another.
“Lolita Cortés mentions ‘you might be queer’ as if she were recommended to change her wig,” wrote one user on Twitter, while another added: “It’s not that I doubt that she’s queer, it’s reducing it to such specific physical details, what didn’t fit me.”
In addition, netizens accused her of not understanding “nothing of what it means to be like that” and of “pigeonholing a gender into stereotypes” and claimed: “being queer is not being one way, Mrs. Cortés”,
It should be noted that on more than one occasion Lolita Cortés has spoken out in favor of same-sex marriage, but the way in which she confessed her sexual preference provoked a debate regarding the stereotypes that exist in queer and gender non-binary people due to lack of knowledge or ignorance. Some even questioned the reason for his appearance on the show.
“Queer” is a word that describes a gender and sexual identity other than heterosexual and cisgender. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people can perhaps identify with the word “queer” without directly associating it only with their sexual orientation.