10 Beautiful Transgender Women You Need To Know Now
10 Fashionable Transgender Women You Need To Know Now - Page 5
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Slowly but surely, certain parts of the world, namely Hollywood, are becoming more inclusive to the transgender community. With the influx of trans murders happening, it is refreshing to see the success and advocacy work that they can do with their platform. In the words of Laverne Cox, “Trans folks are simultaneously more visible than we have ever been before and the rates of violence against us are not decreasing. We must be able to hold both these realities at the same time.”
There are a plethora of trans women who are changing the game. Whether they’re modeling, acting, authoring books, speaking on panels etc, they are out here and we need to know about all the ways they’re making this world more phenomenal. Here are 10 transgender women you need to know now.
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Janet Mock
Writer and direct Janet Mock gave us Pose, a show based around the New York City Ballroom Scene. She used a predominantly transgender cast and made episodes that highlighted the struggle of coming out, being disowned, becoming HIV positive, and so much. Shows like this help educate the world on what members of the LGBTQ community endure.
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Indya Moore
India Moore is a force to be reckoned with. The transgender, non-binary model, who goes by the they/them/their pronouns, has one of the most unique, beautiful faces. Via their breakout role on Pose, the model/actress has used their platform to be an advocate for social justice, afro Latinx, and the LGTBQ+ community. Let’s not forget the fact that they is the first transgender model to grace the cover of Elle magazine. As the caption under this photo on their Instagram account, the model wrote, “Thanks to @iancogneato & @calvinklein – here is my Poly gender flag inspired dress. Like gender, there are many ways to wear a dress. There are many women, There are many ways of a woman, There are many ways to be a woman, there are many ways to not be a woman. I am non binary, my pronouns are they them and theirs. Thank you.”
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Leyna Bloom
Leyna Bloom is a sultry runway model that has a smile that will light up any room. She was the only transgender model of color to be casted in Tommy Hilfger x Zendaya’s runway show and she was the first trans woman of color to grace the pages of Vogue India.
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MJ Rodriguez
MJ Rodriguez’s role on Pose is exactly what the world needs. She defines unconditional love, which is what people in the trans community needs to experience. Outside of the show, Rodriguez has a thriving modeling career. More recently, she can be found on the cover of Out magazine.
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Fatima Jamal
Fatima Jamal, better known as fat femme, has presented a strong voice for plus size, trans women in the modeling industry. Her goal is to redefine what beauty looks like. Via her instagram page she wrote, “it’s not that i never thought that i’d be a “model” because this moment was always possible in my mind. it has always been about challenging the lens of others and shifting what is considered beautiful and expanding it. what’s truer than true is that confidence is transformative and i’ve undergone serious mirror work — and continue to — to manifest moments like this and so many others.”
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Isis King
Isis King stepped on the scene as the first transgender woman to land a spot on America’s Next Top Model. Although she didn’t win her season, she’s went on to rip the runway, do some print modeling, and she recently made an appearance in Ava DuVernay’s film, When They See Us.
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Juliana Huxtable
Juliana Huxtable on the ones and twos! The writer, artist and DJ is in high demand. She has dabbled in some modeling for brands like Chromat, DKNY, and Kenzo. The multifaceted woman is also the author of two books.
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Arisce Wanzer
Arisce Wanzer is a model and actress that knows how to work the camera. You’ll mostly see her strutting down the runways of New York, Miami, Latin, and LA Fashion Week. She also had a beautiful fashion spread in Vogue Germany.
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Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox has positioned herself as the voice of the LGBTQ+ community. In most posts to her Instagram account, she aims to educate, advocate, and dispel stereotypes about the trans community. As we mourn the loss of yet another trans woman, Cox took to her IG page in remembrance of her life. “It’s pride month, an historic one. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, (an act of resistence against state sanctioned police violence against the LGBTQ+ community in 1969), another black trans woman has been found murdered. Trans folks are simultaneously more visible than we have ever been before and the rates of violence against us are not decreasing. We must be able to hold both these realities at the same time. Both things are true. Chynal Lindsey will not be celebrating #pride with us this year. Once again we find ourselves enraged, afraid for our own safety and deeply sad at the passing of another of our sisters. RIP #ChynalLindsey ,” she wrote.
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Dominque Jackson
Come through, cheekbones! Dominique Jackson has always been an advocate for her community. In addition to being a source of education through acting, the tall, melanated beauty has done some modeling. You can catch her on the second season of Pose, slaying the ballroom scene and living her best, expensive life.
