Drag Race All Stars 11’s Morphine Love Dion doesn’t like fan pressure to come out as trans

Morphine Love Dion is one of the 18 queens returning for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 11. The season 16 contestant was announced for the All Stars 11 cast on 22 April, alongside icons like Kennedy Davenport, Morgan McMichaels and Vivacious.

The announcement video saw the returning queens walking the runway in glamorous drag looks, and talking to the camera out of drag.

Morphine’s out of drag look came as a surprise to some fans, as she appeared more feminine than in her original season’s confessional looks.

“I can’t remember… did Morphine come out as a trans woman?” one asked. Another said on X: “Is Morphine trans cause oh my god that’s a woman.”

Is Morphine Love Dion trans?

Morphine Love Dion has said on multiple occasions that she identifies as non-binary, but on the more feminine side. At the time of her announcement for All Stars 11, she has not publicly come out as a trans woman.

During an exchange with season 17 queen Kori King, she said: “Kori and I are trans non-binary h***.”

While non-binary is considered part of the trans umbrella, Morphine has specifically said she’s non-binary.

In 2024, as her original season was airing, she clarified things on X after talking about getting a Brazilian butt lift (BBL) on the show.

A number of fans tagged her in a post from Dr Miami that read: “Yes men get BBLs too,” to which she replied: “Hi I love y’all [so much] but [please] stop tagging me in this. Y’all know I’m a they/them/her right? And if you didn’t know, now [you] know.”

She also clarified things with Out, saying: “I’m non-binary, more to the femme side. It’s just something I’ve personally been more comfortable identifying as for years now.”

‘I don’t think it’s cute to force or pressure someone into transitioning’

Similarly, speaking with Entertainment Weekly, she addressed comments from fans suggesting she should come out as trans, as her co-star Amanda Tori Meating had.

She said: “Even before Drag Race, every time, a beautiful trans girl would be like, ‘You’re so gorgeous. When are you starting [hor]‘mones?’ It would bother me a lot.

“Now it’s more of a joke, because they know I’m not there yet. I’m not saying I don’t want to be trans, I’m not saying I am trans – if I am, I need time for myself to figure that out.

“I’m comfortable with myself now, and I don’t think it’s cute to force or pressure someone into transitioning. I think it’s a little weird.”

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