{"id":10337,"date":"2024-07-24T13:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/candis-cayne-advocates-for-lgbtq-rights-at-la-dragcon\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:01:38","slug":"candis-cayne-advocates-for-lgbtq-rights-at-la-dragcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/candis-cayne-advocates-for-lgbtq-rights-at-la-dragcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Candis Cayne Advocates for LGBTQ+ Rights at LA DragCon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2024 Los Angeles DragCon, Candis Cayne highlighted the urgent need for continued LGBTQ+ activism, emphasizing that the fight <!--more--> for rights and protection is far from over. Known for her groundbreaking role as Carmelita Rainer on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Dirty Sexy Money,&#8221; where she became the first transgender actress to play a recurring transgender character on primetime TV, Cayne has made a significant impact both as an actress and as an advocate. Born in 1971 in Maui, Hawaii, and initially gaining fame as a drag performer in New York City\u2019s club scene, Cayne has consistently used her platform to champion LGBTQ+ rights and inclusivity. At DragCon, she reiterated the importance of perseverance in the ongoing struggle for equality, stating, &#8220;For a while there we thought we were done and it was all going uphill, but it&#8217;s not done and we have to get back to fighting.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nFollow us Online &#8212;- <a href=\"http:\/\/whatstrending.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/whatstrending.com<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook &#8212;- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WhatsTrending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WhatsTrending<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram &#8212;- <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/whatstrending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/whatstrending<\/a><br \/>\nTikTok &#8212;- <a href=\"http:\/\/tiktok.com\/whatstrending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/tiktok.com\/whatstrending<\/a><br \/>\nNewsletter &#8212;- <a href=\"https:\/\/whatstrending.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/whatstrending.beehiiv.com\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#candiscayne #dragcon #celebrities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2024 Los Angeles DragCon, Candis Cayne highlighted the urgent need for continued LGBTQ+ activism, emphasizing that the fight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}