While he first came out to fans as gay in his 2009 performance "Kumar: Stripped Bare and Standing Up", Kumar made it official in his 2011 biography. Kumar has hinted at his sexual orientation and gender identity through his comedy routines and televised interviews. He has stated that he is "half man half woman", that he is "more woman than man", and that he has been called out by children as transgender. In Singaporean culture, the "drag queen" identity falls under the transgender umbrella, and a scholar from the National University of Singapore noted that Kumar was the first transgender celebrity to serve as an ambassador to the annual LGBT Pride event in Singapore called Pink Dot.