facts first presents 15 celebrities you
didn't know were transgender number one
Alexis Arquette Alexis comes from a
famous family her brother is David
Arquette and her sister is Patricia
Arquette Alexis got her start in the
business when she starred as a teen with
an indeterminate sex in down and out in
Beverly Hills since then she has starred
in many television shows and movies some
of her most famous roles were in the
movie blended getting back to zero and
Lords of Dogtown
she also gets starred in several
television shows one of them being her
sister-in-laws series friends with all
of the television and movie credits she
has under her belt she is the most
famous for a documentary that was made
about her life it was shown at the 2007
Tribeca Film Festival and was called
Alexis Arquette she is my brother the
film received excellent reviews number 2
Janet mock Janet mock started out as a
sex worker at the age of 16 when she
discovered that life on the street was
not the life for her she went to the
University of Hawaii at Manoa and got
her Bachelor of Arts in fashion
merchandising soon after she attended
New York University to get her Master in
Arts and journalism during her college
career she found the time to undergo
gender reassignment surgery in Thailand
she was only 18 at the time eventually
she became the editor of People magazine
in 2011 she shocked the media world when
she revealed that she is a trans woman
after leaving People magazine she wrote
a book which was published in 2014 the
name of the book is redefining realness
number three Laverne Cox many people
consider Laverne Cox to be a transgender
superstar over the last few years she
has become a huge hit she is starring in
the Netflix hit series orange is the new
black as Sofia perset she has also made
a few transgender firsts she is the
first openly transgender person to be
nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award
she's also the first transgender person
to be featured on the cover of Time
magazine when she's not filming she's
been work
as an activist to prevent violence
against transgender women she does not
apologize for who she is and she uses
her fame to help other transgender
individuals number four Isis King Isis
King was born a male when she was in
high school she came out as gay however
she did not believe that gay was the
accurate term to describe her as she
began to discover more about herself she
realized that she was transgender and
had gender reassignment therapy in 2009
Isis is the first openly transgender
individual to appear on America's Next
Top Model she appeared on the 11th and
the 17th cycle of the show since
appearing on the show she has been on
talk shows featured in several magazines
and has used her influence to help other
transgender women she's also making a
name for herself in the modeling world
number five Chaz Bono Chaz Bono was born
Chastity Bono to parents Sonny and Cher
chastity originally came out as a
lesbian when she realized that she did
not consider herself a lesbian she
underwent gender reassignment surgery in
2008 since then Chaz has been an
activist and a leader in the LGBT
community he became a spokesman for a
Human Rights Campaign he also served as
the director of GLAAD the Gay and
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
number six Caitlyn Jenner up until two
years ago Caitlyn was known as Olympic
gold medalist Bruce Jenner as Bruce
Caitlyn's life was well documented on
the E hit series Keeping Up with the
Kardashians two years ago Caitlyn
transitioned openly for the world to see
her debut was when she was on the cover
of Vanity Fair magazine it was the first
time that the world saw her as a woman
she's also doing her own television show
on E called
I am Cait she is currently one of the
most recognized LGBT celebrities in the
world she works with other transgender
women as well as women who are
struggling with transitioning she also
won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for
transitioning into the strong and
independent woman that she is today with
such grace number 7 jazz Jennings jazz
Jennings is one of the youngest openly
transgender people in the world
she was born a male and was diagnosed
with gender identity disorder at a very
young age with the support of her family
and friends she was able to transition
she's a huge youtube star and has her
own show called I am jazz the show shows
the struggles that she has while she
struggles with her gender in high school
she is very active in the LGBT community
she is the head of an organization which
helps transgender children like herself
called trans kids purple rainbow
foundation she also heads up a
subdivision of the group which makes
rubber mermaid tails and models them the
group does this to get financial support
the name of the subgroup is purple
rainbow tails number eight Candis Cayne
Candis Cayne started out as a drag
performer when she was asked about the
transgender movement she decided to
transition in 1996 she started her
acting career playing a transgender
mistress on the hit television show
Dirty Sexy Money at that time she was
the first and only recurring transgender
person on television since then she has
appeared in several television and
reality television shows she's also made
some appearances on Caitlyn Jenner's a
reality series I am Cait number nine
Carmen Carrera
Carmen became a household name after
appearing on season three of RuPaul's
Drag Race at the end of the season she
came out as transgender since then she's
been working hard for AIDS awareness
she's a gorgeous woman and many have
seen that this is why there is a
petition being signed for Victoria's
Secret
to make Carmen the very first
transgender angel number 10 Kyle alliums
Kyle is a former college basketball
player for George Washington
University's women's team he was the
first openly transgender player in the
NCAA division-one due to his visibility
from basketball he's become an advocate
for transgender students who have been
bullied Laverne Cox another famous
transgender person on this list worked
with Kyle on a documentary called
the t-word since then he travels to
schools universities and colleges around
the world to offer support to
transgender and to create awareness when
it comes to bullying number 11 Jenna
Talackova Jenna was a Canadian model
television
and transgender person she had a dream
of becoming Miss Universe Canada 2012
according to organizers of the contest
including Donald Trump she would have to
be disqualified because Miss Universe
must be a natural-born woman Jenna did
not take this lying down
she forged a legal battle against Donald
Trump and the other organizers she won
her case in court and she was allowed to
compete in the contest she made it to
the top 12 in the competition and was
awarded Miss Congeniality by her peers
number 12 Fallon Fox Fallon is the first
openly transgender fighter to
participate in mixed martial arts she
was born a boy and in 2006 had gender
reassignment surgery in Thailand in 2013
she came out publicly as a transgender
many people believed that because she
was born a male that she would have an
unfair advantage over her female
competitors this belief has since been
proven wrong due to the fact that she
has more estrogen in her system than her
competitors who were born women half
Fallon is an activist for transgender
people and athletes also she was
inducted into the National Gay and
Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame which is a
tremendous honor number 13 Amanda Lepore
Amanda is a singer performer and model
she was born a boy but says that for as
long as she can remember she knew she
was a girl she said that as a child she
wasn't sure why her parents were
dressing her in boys clothes in her
teens she began to transition she
started making costumes so that she
would look good while transitioning when
she was 17 years old her life changed
greatly not only was she married but she
also had her gender reassignment surgery
soon after she moved to New York City
where she became a very popular figure
in the nightlife scene she is modeled
for several famous publications
including ponytail tush damn and French
Playboy number 14 Alisha Liu Alisha Liu
was born a male named Zaha when she was
18 years old she had gender reassignment
surgery following her surgery she became
famous by starring in different
television shows in Taiwan and China
until 2010 it was not known that she was
transgender it came out when
former classmate posted her graduation
photo online which was taken before she
transitioned after the photos were
leaked she held a press conference to
confirm that she was transgender she
stated that coming-out has only made her
career and her life better number 15
Lili Elbe likely you didn't know that
Lili started the transgender movement
decades ago
Lili OB was born I arm oh Glenn's Web
Jenner she was the first person to
undergo gender reassignment surgery 1930
she travelled the Germany to a series of
surgeries that were strictly
experimental at the time in total she
had three surgeries unfortunately there
were complications and Lily passed away
before she died however she was able to
legally change your name and her gender
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