Trans history has been made! Rounding out Transgender Awareness Week, Philly-based Naiymah Sanchez has been named the The Trans Laureate, the world’s first Transgender Laureate. Her voice. Her vision. Her laurel crown. Congratulations! Equalpride, the publisher of Out, is proud to be the media sponsor of the Bernadine Casseus Transgender Laureate program. 🏳️‍⚧️✨️ 🎤: Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière | Out Magazine

Roberta Close was “the most beautiful woman in Brazil”. But she had a secret that was considered taboo. When the model openly came out as transgender, the entire world lost their mind. For society in the 20th century, it was impossible that a brunette woman, 1,79 meters tall, with long black hair, shapely legs and a doll face had been born male. Despite the hundreds of transphobic attacks she received, Roberta stayed true to herself and managed to go down in Brazilian LGBT history with a daring

Labour MP Nadia Whittome has spoken about the Labour government's treatment of transgender people at a trans vigil in aid of Transgender Remembrance Day on November 20 in London. | PinkNews

Nguyen Huong Giang makes history—Vietnam’s first transgender Miss Universe contestant. Proud is an understatement. 🇻🇳✨ | Oskee Recabar