Gaye Magazine
Jul 28
4 mins read
The show, produced by World of Wonder – (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”, “Million Dollar Listing” and “Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce”), follows Madison, her mother Miss Mary and her team – which includes her manager Leggra, Che Che – personal assistant, Oliver – videographer and Craig – the showrunner as they navigate Madison’s internet superstardom and the success of her hit online show “The Queen’s Supreme Court“.
As the first Black transgender woman to star in and executive produce her very own reality television show, TS Madison sits down with us to exclusively reveal her strategic intentions behind employing a diverse, LGBT-inclusive team, persevering despite constantly being told ‘no’ throughout her career and how becoming a beacon of hope for transgender women across the globe manifested in her life.
Ts Madison’s loyal fan base, infamously known as the Maddie Mob, has watched the 43-year-old Miami native’s journey ever since she broke the internet promoting her adult entertainment career, which later transcended to her producing multiple online shows and vlogs such as her Lipton Tea Hour, the Maddie in the Morning Show, Cracking the Cold Cases, Bish Lets Dish cooking show, Ts Madison After Dark and more.
We begin our conversation with Maddie announcing that we are proud Maddie Mobsters before she rightfully declares being the “Godmother of Gaye Magazine“, as for her early support made her one of the first celebrity’s to follow and openly support Gaye’s brand and mission.
“I filmed a pilot for the show and this was going on around about the time that Caitlyn [Jenner} had her show. Everything was resting on how well Caitlyn’s show did for trans people…I was in the corner fighting saying, ‘Bitch I’m not Caitlyn Jenner!‘…You can not base transgender shows based off of Caitlyn’s stuff.
I remember them scrapping it…and they were like, ‘Oh you know we want to structure these things like Caitlyn Jenner’s stuff’ – I’m like girl, but we’re not Caitlyn, we black, we are Black!…You don’t know our story, you don’t know what happened. And we’re not rich as her. So our stories are different. so you can’t tell our project no or scrap our project because of what ever goes on with Caitlyn.
Caitlyn’s show went on to do two seasons I think it was and I tuned in. I tuned into it because I know a greenlight for a trans person is a greenlight for all of us in the LGBT community. But I also tuned in because we need to get this stuff so that they can make things happen for everybody else. And I say this now because it’s important for people to tune into my show.”
We are Black, we are queer, we are gay, we are trans! Honey, do you know how difficult that is? I’ve always lended my voice, I’ve always lended my star…my presence, to up and coming things because I know how hard it is to get somebody to see what you’re doing.
“Filming my television show I was so appreciative of every black and brown person that came through the door, everybody was so respectful, and they were so appreciative that I took that step because from what I was told by them most stars they don’t request their own…
It was important for me because I needed to be surrounded by people that understood what was going on, and I needed to be comfortable. It just felt good as a Black person to see other Black people around me that I was able to have employed, especially during the pandemic. Because a lot of people not working…we filmed this whole show during the pandemic.”
“We need a healing in Black families, we need a healing between parents and trans kids, we need healing between cis Black women and Trans Black women…and my show touches on every aspect of the healing process. And I do feel that there are gonna be a lot of people, whether they want to or not, they are going to learn something and they’re also going to have to check themselves. Even I was on the show checking myself about how I have been with my mother through my transition.”
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