'RuPaul's Drag Race' Contestant Jasmine Kennedie Comes Out as Transgender
justjared.comJasmine Kennedie has come out as transgender. The 22-year-old RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14 contestant, whose real name is Kyle Koritkowski, took to social media on Friday (February 18) to open up about her gender identity, revealing that she has started transitioning. Click inside to read more… “Growing up I always felt different.
I never really fit the mold of what society has panned out for me to be,” Jasmine wrote on Instagram. “For the last 7 years of my life I put all of my focus on my career.
Never did I take a chance to step back and ask myself, what does Kyle want to be or what does Kyle want to do. It was always what does Jasmine need to succeed.” “I though drag was enough for me, I could take off the makeup anytime and no one would know me out of drag,” she continued. “But at a certain point in my drag career I was realizing that I was doing drag to fill the void in my own life.
I was using it to get closer to who I really am. When I was 15 I stumbled upon continental pagaentry.” Jasmine then went on to thank fellow entertainer Mimi Marks for helping her realize her true identity. “I still get chills to this day thinking of the first time I saw @mimimarks11 and her walking out for formers presentation, I was mesmerized by how confident and beautiful she was!” Jasmine wrote. “When I saw her I felt this rush of emotion through my body i couldn’t describe.
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