It would be fair to see that the hateful anti-trans rhetoric against Dylan Mulvaney has tried to create a turbulent year for her. And all because she partnered with Bud Light for a one-off sponsored post on social media. The collab was followed by a backlash from conservatives, leading to calls to boycott Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch, and a deluge of harassment aimed at Mulvaney.

But it is the Holiday Season and Mulvaney decided she wanted to make something special for Christmas.  That ‘special’ is a cover of Elvis Presley’s “Blue Christmas” today, along with an accompanying video co-starring trans writer, actor, and model Kristofer Thomas as her love interest.

The video for the song, directed by Nick Laughlin and filmed at the iconic Brooklyn queer dive Metropolitan, finds Mulvaney drinking alone at the bar before hooking up with a handsome stranger (Thomas).

Mulvaney also teased what might be ahead in the new year: “I definitely think there’s room for more music in my future, and this felt like a fun way to take my audience there,” she said. “One can never wear too many hats.”

P.S. Earlier this year  Mulvaney was Attitude magazine’s first-ever Woman of the Year award she  said  at the time receiving such recognition from the UK-based LGBTQ+ publication “means so much more