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1977-10-22 · United States · Female

11 series in the catalog

Madison Hinton, known professionally as Ts Madison, is an American entertainer and actress. With the reality show The Ts Madison Experience, she became the first Black transgender woman to star in and act as executive producer of her own reality series. She has acted in films including Zola and Bros, and she has been a permanent judge on RuPaul's Drag Race since season 15.

Life and career

A native of Miami, Florida, Madison rose to fame in 2013 after going viral following the release of a Vine clip titled "New Weave 22 Inches”. The video features her exposing her nude body. During this time, Madison was starring in adult films and running a successful production company. On the LGBTQ&A podcast, Madison said she started doing sex work after being fired from multiple jobs for being trans. Madison is a trans woman.

Madison signed a recording contract with Pink Money Records in 2014, releasing her debut EP The New Supreme. Madison published her memoir A Light Through the Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen in 2015. She appeared with Ellis Miah and RuPaul on the song "Drop" in 2016, and collaborated with Todrick Hall on the song "Dick This Big" in 2021.

Madison has had smaller acting roles, such as in Zola and The Perfect Find on Netflix. Madison also appeared in Bros, which was billed as "the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio". Madison has made multiple appearances as a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, later becoming a rotating regular judge from season 15. In 2019, Silky Nutmeg Ganache impersonated Madison in the Snatch Game episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 11, winning the challenge.

In 2021, The Ts Madison Experience debuted on We TV, making Madison the first black trans woman to star in her own reality show. Madison was also an executive producer on the series.

Madison's voice is sampled on the song "Cozy" on Beyoncé's 2022 album Renaissance, for which Madison received a Grammy Participation Certificate, as the album won the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album.

As a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race season 15, Madison was part of the team that won the 2023 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Competition Program.

On March 31, 2025, Madison opened the TS Madison Starter House, a re-entry home in Atlanta for formerly incarcerated Black trans women. The opening coincided with the Trans Day of Visibility. Madison is creating a docuseries about the program.

Books

A Light Through the Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen (2015), self-published by CreateSpace

Podcast

Outlaws with TS Madison (2025, through IHeartRadio’s Outspoken Podcast Network)

Awards

In 2019, Madison was named to Out's list of 100 influential LGBTQ people. In 2022, Madison and Dominique Morgan were chosen as the Grand Marshals of the NYC Pride Parade.