Candis Cayne: «In Hollywood, the big award winning parts are still played by cis people»
Yagg sat down with Candis Cayne and talked about Caitlyn Jenner, her career, RuPaul and so on.
Candis Cayne was one of the Grand Marshals for Fierté Montréal this year. You could tell she was happy about it. She’s been on New York’s underground scene, along with RuPaul, Lady Bunny, Cazwell, Amanda Lepore since the nineties. Her breakthrough moment was her role in the TV series Dirty Sexy Money. She was the first transgender woman to play the character of a transgender woman on screen in such a big show. The show lasted only for two seasons. Afterwards, she served as a judge on RuPaul’s Drag U. She’s currently featured along Caitlyn Jenner in the TV show I am Cait. We met her after Community day, during the Montreal Pride. Can you tell us about your experience as a Grand Marshal for Fierté Montréal ? This has been wonderful. The people in Montreal have really embraced me. I feel at home. I’ve done a couple of press things like…
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