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Gender

Part of the difficulty about this article is it is about both Brian Firkus, and his stage persona "Trixie Mattel". Therefore we need to be careful about who the article is discussing, a real person or a fictional creation, and the gender identity of the person discussed. It is confusing when a paragraph starts discussing Firkus, then later references "she" with no explanation. Firkus has identified as gay, not transgender, and it is misleading the reader to therefore reference him as "she".

I appreciate that there should be scope to call "Trixie" she, but there needs to be a clearer division between discussion of Mattel and Firkus.

Are there any other similar cases in Wikipedia that could be used as guideance? --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 10:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(Note: Abusive anonymous comment removed. --DanielRigal (talk))

Women absolutely can be and are drag queens, just like anyone of any gender as a fact. Drag performers often use the pronouns of the gender they are expressing while performing, which frequently do not match the pronouns of the gender they are outside of drag. When referring to Brian, use he/him; likewise, when referring to Trixie, use she/her. This should not be so difficult to readers of this page to cause actual confusion, nearly all referential media employs the same model of switching genders where required. If you are attempting to standardize someone's gender expression in alignment with their daily lived gender, you are objectively unqualified to edit this page or any other similar page on this topic. Krotius (talk) 21:30, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite right but that comment you were replying to was abusive and probably just trolling. I have removed it because it is best not to feed the trolls. --DanielRigal (talk)

Source re: Billboard charts

https://www.billboard.com/photos/8463635/drag-race-queens-charts-record ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:02, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Page was vandalized by subject of the article

This page experienced a slight vandalization by Trixie for a video gag. --Skfd (talk) 22:48, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ClueBot reverted it the same minute, though. Funnily enough, the username created in the video was not actually the one to make those edits. Armadillopteryx^talk 08:40, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Because it was not actually her. She edited before May 8 according to video, but the edit here happened on May 10. Sebastian James what's the T? 13:16, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Background

Did Brian go to school in Crivitz or in Milwaukee? --Orange Mike | Talk 22:19, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Citation for CEO status

I saw that there was a 'citation needed' about Trixie being the CEO and founder of Trixie Cosmetics.

The company website has an 'About' page that states Trixie as the founder^[1] and the homepage quotes Trixie as being the 'Founder & CEO'^[2] at the bottom of the page.

Are these sufficient citations? NatKingCrosby (talk) 00:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think something external to the company would be best but that's definitely better than nothing. --DanielRigal (talk) 13:41, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

Merger proposal

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

Since no comments were left after more than three weeks, this discussion has been closed, and I will effect the merger. Shoestringnomad (talk) 05:06, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I propose that Trixie Motel be merged with Trixie Mattel. Trixie Motel has only just been announced, with few details, and it is too early to merit its own article. Per WP:TVSHOW, "a television series is not eligible for an article until its scheduling as an ongoing series has been formally confirmed by a television network or streaming provider." Discover+ has not formally confirmed the series. I hope that this series proceeds and merits its own article, but I don't believe an announcement by Firkus on his persona's Twitter account is cause for a separate article. Shoestringnomad (talk) 04:28, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Birthplace

I was going through the edits history and it is true that technically Trixie wasn't born/raised in Milwaukee, but Wausaukee as was the previous edit before rolled back by Armadillopteryx source: https://milwaukeerecord.com/music/trixie-mattels-this-town-video-captures-the-sweetness-and-darkness-of-rural-wisconsin/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mare Micksen (talk • contribs) 23:16, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA edit

Over the next couple of days, I'm going to attempt to edit the article to get it to GA standard. Does anyone have suggestions for improving the article quality significantly? Thank you shanghai.^{talk to me} 16:21, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pronouns

CC @Discospinster:

I'm trying to find the source of Mattel's "Proud Radio" podcast interview: I know that it exists, but it seems that every instance of the official video or audio source has been wiped from the internet. However, I did find proof that Mattel is fine with any pronouns because a Trixie fan account reposted the segment on Twitter (archived it here just in case). However a Twitter video for a source is kind of weak, and I've been trying to find traces of this podcast episode or YouTube video.. I can't find anything. What can we do? shanghai^{talk (they/them)} 05:21, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

cc @Drmies:

Podcasts and tweets by the subject himself are a completely acceptable source for stuff like birthdays, his own ethnicity / racial heritage, etc per WP:BLPSELFPUB. If you aren't familiar with the subject matter, a large majority of his content is video and audio, where he has an entire podcast and a YouTube channel with a million subscribers. I do agree that some of the sources may be questionable which I'll get to removing- but to remove all tweets or podcast episode sources when a large majority of Mattel's content about her own life is audio & video based, is too much. rogueshanghai^{chat (they/them)} 05:06, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the thing, User:RogueShanghai: if content isn't verified by proper secondary sources, is it proper to include that content? And this revert just isn't acceptable: "with a majority of her music being solo written" isn't good English, her own podcast cannot possibly verify "making them the first drag queens to be New York Times bestselling authors", your "tweak" of that NYT bestseller string makes for poor and redundant linking, the "Trixie Mattel Goes Undercover" video link is redundant because there already is a proper secondary source, and it's the same with the "My birthday is August 23rd" tweet and the "ForeverDog & Moguls of Media" link (which is a spam link to boot).
Yes, I am very familiar with SELFPUB, but the last three examples I gave from that one edit of yours are prime examples of Wikipedia:Citation overkill. Maybe you are not familiar with that. So I don't think you need to talk down to me about not knowing BLP and citation policies: I have been around the block here a few times, and I'm wondering if you understand, for instance, the importance of secondary sources: "a large majority of his content is video and audio" is completely irrelevant, since that's primary sourcing, and we use secondary sourcing. I cannot tell whether you reverted yourself in later edits since I don't have the time or the interest to go through all of them, and the summaries don't clearly indicate what's going on, but I sure hope that you will look a bit further than just the ONE guideline. Drmies (talk) 14:41, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Drmies: When it comes to content that is very relevant to the subject matter, such as her birthday or racial heritage, using primary sources are definitely acceptable because they are from the subject matter herself. My edit summaries show that I later removed the completely unusuable sources and stuff that wasn't backed up by sources. I also removed the "solo written" sentence and the podcast claiming to be the first drag queens to be NYT best-selling authors.

The Vanity Fair second source does not specify the specific birth date of the subject matter, only the year. Per WP:CALC, calculating a person's age using different sources is acceptable. I wasn't even the one who originally added neither the August 23rd birthday tweet, nor the podcast episode source, I only tweaked them to fall in line more with the prose. If you look at the references section, you'll see that a majority of the sources are secondary, not primary anyways- my only issue is that you removed all of the primary sources when some of those primary sources for basic stuff like birthdays or vegetarianism are definitely acceptable. No need to be so headfirst- I'm not attempting nor have a desire to "talk down" to you at all. Thank you. rogueshanghai^{chat (they/them)} 14:56, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Main photo

I love how the photo is a screen cap from a copyrighted Nexflix YouTube video with a false Creative Commons license so that the Wikipedia copyright paranoia police don't instantly delete it, and absolutely nobody, including Trixie herself, cares. I hope this trend continues across Wikipedia, and we can finally see the day where copyright paranoia goes straight in the dumpster, where it belongs. Taric25 (talk) 23:50, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Trixie Motel Coming to HBO Max

Trixie's reality show Trixie Motel is coming to HBO Max on December 14, 2022 according to Trixie and David Silver's Instagram Stories and Twitter accounts. It is also stated on the HBO Max website that they will be adding the series to their streaming platform. [1]https://www.hbomax.com/collections/whats-new Gracied123 (talk) 21:01, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

CoverGurlz

https://www.logotv.com/news/nq5ew5/rupaul-teases-covergurlz-2-new-album-with-season-7-queens-on-instagram

---Another Believer _(Talk) 02:07, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Source

https://ew.com/trixie-mattel-canceled-shows-mental-health-struggle-8623441

--Another Believer _(Talk) 22:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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