Changing sex
is a transformation for life, of course. It takes a lot of courage and support
from family and friends to take the plunge. But it's even more difficult when
you're a celebrity, when journalists and paparazzi watch you and follow every
detail of your life, and when there are always hundreds or even thousands of
people who judge you.
At ViralGog,
we'd like to show you why these transgender celebrities deserve thunderous
applause for overcoming difficulties in finding happiness.
1. Balian
Buschbaum
Balian
Buschbaum is a former German pole vaulter, previously known as Yvonne
Buschbaum, who became a pole vault champion in 1999 and held a record. In
November 2007, Buschbaum announced that she was ending her athletic career with
a persistent injury and wanted to change her sex.
2. Geena
Rocero
Geena Rocero
is a Filipino-American supermodel, a transgender lawyer, and the founder of
Gender Proud, a media company that advocates for justice, equality, and
transgender rights. Before Geena Rocero came out, the world knew her as a
model. Now she is the ambassador for the LGBTQIA community rights movement.
3. Laura Jane
Grace
Laura Jane
Grace was born Thomas James Gabel is the singer and guitarist of the American
punk rock band Against Me !. In 2012, in an interview with Rolling Stone
magazine, Laura announced that she wanted to live a full life as a transgender
woman. After a long period of drastic changes and transformations, the band
released its sixth album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues.
4. Jazz
Jennings
Jazz Jennings
is a YouTuber, spokesperson, and youngest activist for LGBT rights recognition.
When she was only nine years old, she sent a video to then-President Barack
Obama, raising the issue of transgender misunderstanding and disapproval after
being kicked out of girls' toilets. 'school.
5. Aydian Dowling
Aydian
Dowling is a successful YouTuber, a bodybuilder, a transgender activist, the
co-founder of PointofPride.org, a transgender rights advocate, and a happy and
fulfilling husband and father. Aydian was the first transgender man to appear
on the cover of the collector's edition of Men's Health magazine, as well as
Gay Times magazine.
6. Conchita
Wurst
There is not
so much before and after transformation for Conchita Wurst (also called Thomas
Neuwirth) since she is an artist we knew when he had already made his
transformation. But after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014, he
became a great media personality, bringing up influential LGBT and transgender
topics internationally.