Line #27 Creator/GiaGunn

Context Creator / GiaGunn

Go To


1	%%
2	%%Per this ATT https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=114200&type=att, we do not include real/legal/birth names for drag queens unless they use those names professionally (e.g. unless they are are credited under them for acting, music or other work). In this instance, Gia changed her name when she transitioned and we are not listing her birth name.
3	%%
4	%%
5
6
7	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tt3no2ik_2.jpg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:350:"I don't jump guns. I ''am'' the boom boom gun, honey."]]
9
10	'''Gia Gunn''' is the stage name of '''Gia Keitaro Ichikawa''', a Japanese-American drag performer, model and recording artist. She is best known for her appearance on the sixth season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' as well as its spin-offs, ''The Switch Drag Race'' and the fourth season of ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race: All Stars''.
11
12	At the age of five years old, Gia began training in the art of performing traditional Japanese dance and kabuki; a talent she showed off during ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race: All Stars''. She has also won various drag pageants including Miss Roscoe's 2013 and Miss Diosa 2013.
13
14	In 2014, Gia was cast in the sixth season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'', where she gained a following for her catchphrases, her voguing and her shady sense of humour. She was eliminated in tenth place after her "Snatch Game" performance as Creator/KimKardashian failed to impress the judges.
15
16	In 2016, Gia began taking hormones and came out publicly in 2017 as a transgender woman. She has been outspoken about her views towards Creator/RuPaul for his views on allowing transgender and bio-queens to compete on ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' and his views on transgender issues in general.
17
18	Gia was announced as a contender on ''The Switch Drag Race''; the Chilean version of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''. She earned a total of ten challenge wins but ultimately placed runner up.
19
20	In 2018, Gia was cast in the fourth season of ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race: All Stars'' and is only the third transgender queen who has come out ''before'' the competition to appear on the show (the first two being Monica Beverly Hillz and Creator/{{Peppermint}}). Gia was eliminated in the third episode, again for a poor "Snatch Game" performance.
21
22	Gia has her own Website/{{YouTube}} channel where she regularly posts. She released a series in 2018 entitled, ''30 Days in Transition'', which documented her life as a transgender woman and the different aspects of transitioning. She also frequently appears on WOWPresents' channel with other ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' alumni.
23
24	! Selected Filmography:
25	* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' (2014)
26	** ''The Switch Drag Race'' (2018)
27	*** ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race: All Stars'' (2018)
28	* ''30 Days in Transition'' (2018)
29	* ''The X Change Rate'' (2019)
30
31	! Discography:
32	* ''Bring Out The Gunnz'' (2015)

Context Creator / GiaGunn