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A thread of famous personalities who came out as #TransGender .
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#TransLivesMatter )
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#CaitlynJenner
She's the parent of #KylieJenner and #KendallJenner . She's an Olympic gold medalist. After 23-year-long marriage with #KrisJenner , which ended formally in 2015. Caitlyn completed sex reassignment surgery in Jan 2017
She's the parent of #KylieJenner and #KendallJenner . She's an Olympic gold medalist. After 23-year-long marriage with #KrisJenner , which ended formally in 2015. Caitlyn completed sex reassignment surgery in Jan 2017
#BülentErsoy
She's a Turkish singer & has published more than 30 albums, she gained international notoriety in April 1981 after having sex reassignment surgery in London by a British plastic surgeon. She kept the name "Bülent" even though it is a typically masculine name.
She's a Turkish singer & has published more than 30 albums, she gained international notoriety in April 1981 after having sex reassignment surgery in London by a British plastic surgeon. She kept the name "Bülent" even though it is a typically masculine name.
Lili Elbe born as Einar was a danish painter. Around 1908, Einar became a model for his wife's work when an actress failed to show up for a session. She underwent surgery in 1930 & died from complications involving a uterus transplant. Watch "The danish Girl" to know her story.
#JazzJennings
She's a 19 year old YouTuber. Jazz's a transgender woman, known for being one of the youngest people to be identified as transgender. She has her own reality show "I am Jazz" in which she talks about her experiences and coming out. She's so beautiful, isn't she?
She's a 19 year old YouTuber. Jazz's a transgender woman, known for being one of the youngest people to be identified as transgender. She has her own reality show "I am Jazz" in which she talks about her experiences and coming out. She's so beautiful, isn't she?
#LaverneCox
She's an American actress. Cox became the first openly transgender person to appear on the cover of #Time & #cosmopolitan magazine. She has a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds. She's won a daytime Emmy & woman of the year in 2014 by #Glamour magazine.
She's an American actress. Cox became the first openly transgender person to appear on the cover of #Time & #cosmopolitan magazine. She has a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds. She's won a daytime Emmy & woman of the year in 2014 by #Glamour magazine.
#LaxmiNarayanTripathi is an Indian transgender rights activist and a bharatanatyam dancer. She is the first transgender person to represent Asia Pacific in the UN in 2008. She was a contestant on #BiggBoss in 2011.
#CarolineCossey is a British model and has appeared in 1981 #JamesBond movie "For Your Eyes Only". Bec of her appearance in the film, she was outed as transgender by British tabloid #NewsoftheWorld that she's a boy. She responded by releasing I Am a Woman, her first autobiography
#andrejapejic is an Australian model. In late 2013, Pejić underwent sex reassignment surgery. Before that, she was known as the first completely androgynous supermodel. She has appeared in the movie "The Girl In The Spider's Web"
Balian Buschbaum born as Yvonne Buschbaum is a former German pole vaulter. Balian competed in women's pole vaulting before his gender transition. In 2007, he announced his retirement due to an injury & desire to begin gender reassignment.
Ryan Sallans was born as Kimberly Sallans. He's now a #LGBT rights advocate and public speaker who travels the U.S. & educate people about trangender issues. He underwent his transformation from female to male over the course of several years & completed his transition in 2005.
Andreas Krieger was a German shot putter who competed as a woman. From his early teens, he was given anabolic steroids without his knowledge, which caused body chemistry issues. He retired & underwent surgery in 1997. He said if he wasn't drugged he could've discovered his gender
