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Carmen Xtravaganza
Carmen Inmaculada Ruiz (9 April 1961 – 4 August 2023), known as Carmen Xtravaganza and formerly as Carmen St. Laurent, was a Spanish-born American model and singer. A house mother of the House of Xtravaganza, she was featured in the 1990 documentary film ''Paris Is Burning''. Biography First years and ballroom scene Xtravaganza was born in 1961 to a Spanish mother and an American father in Rota, Andalusia, Spain, the location of the United States' Rota naval base. She later shared having first expressed her wish to transition when she was five years old, and began formally taking hormones at the age of 16, by which time she was living in Washington, D.C., in the United States. At age 18, Xtravaganza underwent sex reassignment surgery. By 1981, Xtravaganza was living in the Meatpacking District in New York City, where she worked as a sex worker. During this time, she first started attending the city's ballroom scene, performing with the House of St. Laurent. In 1985, X ...
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Rota, Andalusia
The town of Rota is a Spanish municipality located in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Its surface area is 84 km2 and is bordered by the towns of Chipiona, Sanlúcar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa María. It is located near the city of Jerez de la Frontera and is 36 kilometers away from the provincial capital, Cadiz. It had in the year 2009 28,516 inhabitants, with a density of 339 inhabitants / km2. It belongs to two associations, the Association of Municipalities of Cadiz Bay along with the municipalities of Cadiz, Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María, San Fernando, Chiclana and Puerto Real; and the Association of Municipalities of the Lower Guadalquivir that comprises municipalities of Northwest Coast of Andalusia. Located along the Bay of Cádiz in the Atlantic Ocean, it is halfway between Portugal and Gibraltar, is predominantly a tourist town, a vacation/holiday destination for travelers from all over Europe. During the low season, its main business act ...
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Trans Women
A trans woman or a transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity, may experience gender dysphoria, and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy and sometimes sex reassignment surgery, which can bring relief and resolve feelings of gender dysphoria. Like cisgender women, trans women may have any sexual orientation. The term ''transgender woman'' is not always interchangeable with ''transsexual woman'', although the terms are often used interchangeably. ''Transgender'' is an umbrella term that includes different types of gender variant people (including transsexual people). Trans women face significant discrimination in many areas of life, including in employment and access to housing, and face physical and sexual violence and hate crimes, including from partners; in the United States, discrimination is particularly severe towards trans women who are members of a racial minority, who of ...
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Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBT advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series ''Orange Is the New Black'', becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for ''Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word'', making her the first trans woman to win the award. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on U.S. broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBSs ''Doubt''. Cox appeared as a contestant on the first season of VH1's reality show ''I Want to Work for Diddy'', and co-produced and co-hosted the VH1 makeover television series '' TRANSform Me''. In April 2014, Cox was honored by GLAAD with its Stephen F. Kolzak Award for her work as an advocate f ...
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Yasmine Petty
Yasmine Petty is an American model. Petty mostly works as a runway and editorial fashion model in addition to having worked as an actress and photographer. Petty has modeled at international events such as New York Fashion Week, Italian Vogue, and Life Ball. In 2014, Petty was featured on the fifth anniversary cover of ''C☆NDY'' magazine along with 13 other transgender women – Janet Mock, Carmen Carrera, Geena Rocero, Isis King, Gisele Alicea (Gisele Xtravaganza), Leyna Bloom, Dina Marie, Nina Poon, Juliana Huxtable, Niki M'nray, Pêche Di, Carmen Xtravaganza, and Laverne Cox. Petty studied photography at the International Center of Photography in New York City and fashion design at De Anza College in Cupertino, California Cupertino ( ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 57,82 .. ...
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Peche Di
Peche Di is a transgender model, dancer, actress, videographer, and modeling agent. She started the first transgender modeling agency in the U.S., in New York City. Di was born in Bangkok, Thailand. After winning several pageants, entered '' America’s Next Top Model'' competition in New York City. In 2014, Di was featured on the fifth anniversary cover of ''C☆NDY'' magazine along with 13 other transgender women. Di founded Trans Models NYC, a modeling agency focusing on transgender representation in modeling, in May 2015. See also * LGBT culture in New York City * List of LGBT people from New York City References {{DEFAULTSORT:Di, Peche Transgender female models Peche Di Peche Di is a transgender model, dancer, actress, videographer, and modeling agent. She started the first transgender modeling agency in the U.S., in New York City. Di was born in Bangkok, Thailand. After winning several pageants, entered ''Americ ... LGBT people from New York (state) Year of birth mis ...
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Niki M'nray
__NOTOC__ Niki may refer to: People * Niki (given name) * NIKI (singer), Indonesian singer and songwriter * Niki DeMar, American singer * Niki Etsuko (1928–1986), Japanese author of mystery fiction Places * Niki, Hokkaido, a town in Japan * Niki, Greece, a village in Greece Other uses * Niki (airline), formerly a passenger airline based at Vienna Airport in Austria, which ceased trading in 2017 * Operation Niki, a Greek airlift operation during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 * Niki Rotor Aviation, a Bulgarian aircraft manufacturer * , a Greek cargo ship in service 1920-37 * Niki and Gabi, an American singing duo * Niki and the Dove, a Swedish indietronica group * niki.ai, an Indian ecommerce platform See also * Nike (other) * Nikki (other) * Nicki (other) Nicki is a given name, and may refer to: Film and television * Nicki Aycox (1975-2022), American actress best known for her roles as Syl on the series ''Dark Angel'' and Stella V ...
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Juliana Huxtable
Juliana Huxtable (born December 29, 1987) is an American artist, writer, performer, DJ, and co-founder of the New York-based nightlife project Shock Value. Huxtable has exhibited and performed at a number of venues including Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Project Native Informant, Artists Space, the New Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, and Institute of Contemporary Arts. Huxtable's multidisciplinary art practice explores a number of projects, such as the internet, the body, history, and text, often through a process she calls "conditioning." Huxtable is a published author of two books and a member of the New York City-based collective House of Ladosha. She is on the roster of the talent agency Discwoman, a New York based collective and talent agency that books DJs for parties and events around the world. She previously lived and worked in New York City, and has been based in Berlin since 2020. Early life and education Huxtable was born in ...
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Nina Poon
Nina may refer to: * Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname Acronyms *National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq * Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology * No income, no asset, a mortgage lending concept *"No Irish need apply", an anti-Irish racism phrase found in some 19th-century employment ads in the United States Geography *Nina, Estonia, a village in Alatskivi Parish, Tartu County, Estonia * Nina, Mozambique, a village in the Ancuabe District of Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique United States * Nina, West Virginia, an unincorporated area in Doddridge County, West Virginia *Nina, Texas, a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas * Nina Station, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana * Ninaview, Colorado, an unincorporated area in Bent County, Colorado Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Nina'' (1956 film), a 1956 West German film * ''N ...
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Dina Marie
Dina ( ar, دينا, he, דִּינָה, also spelled Dinah, Dena, Deena) is a female given name. Women * Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (1929–2019), Queen consort of Jordan, first wife of King Hussein * Princess Dina Mired of Jordan (born 1965), Princess of Jordan, wife of Prince Mired bin Ra'ad * Dina Asher-Smith (born 1995), British sprinter and British 100m & 200m record holder * Dina Averina (born 1998), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Dina Babbitt (1923–2009), Czechoslovakian-born American painter and Holocaust survivor * Dina Lowinger (born late 2000s), Famous Australian socialite * Dina Bélanger (1897–1929), Canadian beatified Catholic nun, mystic and musician * Dina Chandidas, a medieval poet of Bengal * Chhan Dina (born 1984), Cambodian painter and sculptor * Dina Bonnevie (born 1961), Filipina actress * Dina Carroll (born 1968), English singer * Dina Doron, Israeli actress * Dina Eastwood (born 1965), American reporter, news anchor and reality TV star, ex-wife of Clint Eastw ...
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Leyna Ramous
Leyna Bloom is an American actress, model, dancer, and activist. She has attracted press as a trailblazer for transgender women in the entertainment and fashion industries. In 2019, Bloom made her feature film acting debut in '' Port Authority'', which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. She has modeled for several brands and fashion designers, including Jeremy Scott, and has appeared in magazines such as ''Vogue India'' and ''Sports Illustrated.'' Early life Bloom was born in Chicago, Illinois to a Filipina mother and an African-American father. Bloom's father later supported her decision to transition. Career Acting In October 2018, ''Deadline Hollywood'' announced that Bloom would star opposite Fionn Whitehead in Danielle Lessovitz's first feature film, '' Port Authority'', which is backed by executive producer Martin Scorsese. In 2019, Bloom made her feature film acting debut in '' Port Authority'', directed by Danielle Lessovitz, which premiered at the Cannes ...
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Gisele Alicea
Gisele or Gisèle may refer to: Persons * Gisele (given name) * Gisele, mononym of Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen See also * Giselle (other) '' Giselle'' is a ballet. Giselle may also refer to: * ''Giselle'' (film), a film based on the ballet * Giselle (given name), a given name and list of people with the name * Giselle (Japanese singer), member of Aespa * Giselle Rosselli (b. 1990 ...
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Isis King
Isis King (born October 1, 1985) is an American model, actress, and fashion designer. Most widely known for her role on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show ''America's Next Top Model'', she was the first trans woman to compete on the show, and became one of the most visible transgender people on television. Biography King was assigned male at birth but has stated that "mentally and everything else" she was "born female." She has stated that people might refer to her as "transgender" or "transsexual", but she prefers the phrase "born in the wrong body". While in high school, King came out as "gay" but later felt that it was not an accurate label for her. King has an associate degree in design and illustration from the Art Institute of Philadelphia. King moved to New York to begin her transition from male to female, but didn’t earn enough money to afford rent and because her family opposed her transition. As a result, she moved ...
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