Cheshire police to hold hate crime web chat
Cheshire Constabulary will be hosting a webchat with the Chief Constable Simon Byrne and Police & Crime Commissioner John Dwyer on Thursday 14 January and we want you to get involved. The Constabulary is coming to the end of its Hate Crime Campaign, which …
Internet paedophile used mobile phone game Clash of Clans to groom boy, nine
Chilling figures reveal that almost 400 girls and boys as young as seven have been groomed via social media sites, mobile apps and chat rooms. A total of 389 incidents have been reported to Greater Manchester Police over the past three years, with more …
Video chat: Saoirse Ronan chats with us (and you) about her role in 'Brooklyn'
As a young Irish immigrant arriving in the U.S. in the 1950s, Saoirse Ronan carries the weight of the Oscar-contending film “Brooklyn” squarely on her 21-year-old shoulders. But that was the easy part of making the film about growing up and coming into …
LGBT Immigrants Often Faced Persecution in Homeland: Study
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Many lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people seeking asylum in the United States and Canada report suffering persecution and abuse in their homelands, a small study reveals. The severe verbal …
Disc and That: DVDs to see
The Mask ( already out; $19.95 ): Not to be confused with the Jim Carrey movie, Julian Roffman’s 1961 psychotronic classic ( and Canada’s first feature-length … star in the provocative new drama about a gaycouple and their best friend.
Ooka Island Brings its Learn to Read Program to The United States
NewswireToday – /newswire/ – San Diego, CA, United States, 2016/01/04 – Ooka Island … The Ooka Island Reading Team is also available via email or chat for questions. Ooka Island is offered in subscription tiers ranging from a 1-month recurring …
New FDA Blood Policy Remains Stringent
and it was most prevalent among gay and bisexualmen.The only complaint I have at this point is that it took the U.S. too long to make this policy change when other countries had done it years ago. For example, New Zealand lifted its permanent ban in 2009 …
Five Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Models Helping to Change the Face of Fashion
More and more, fashion houses and designers are challenging conventional perceptions of gender by routinely featuring transgender and gender non-conforming models in campaigns and on the runway. Today, Louis Vuitton continued the tradition, tapping 17-year-old Jaden Smith as the face of its womenswear SS16 campaign.
Smith frequently makes headlines for his on-point fashion choices, which he told GQ is how just he expresses how he feels about himself and the world.
Here are five models helping to change the face of beauty in 2015.
1. Andreja Pejic
In 2011, Pejic broke out onto the scene as a gender non-conforming model and was featured in menswear and womenswear lines for powerhouses like Jean-Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs.
Three years later, Pejic came out as transgender, and in 2015 made history as the first transgender model to be profiled in Vogue.
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4. Casey Legler
At 35 years old, Casey Legler, made fashion history after Ford Models picked her up as the first woman signed to a contract exclusive to male-modeling. She touts herself as the world’s first “femalemale model.”
“If the image of me out there in the world makes it easier for one more kid to think that there’s some [expletive] space for them, then that’s the business I’m into,” she told Australian Broadcasting Corporation News in March.
5. Tracey Africa Norman
Norman isn’t new to the industry, but no list could be complete without this trailblazer. Picked up in the mid-1970s by Italian Vogue, Norman quickly ascended through the ranks and became a house model for Balenciaga. In 2015, forty years after a career that launched her face onto Clariol hair color boxes, the 63-year-old model reemerged in a sit down with New York magazine to discuss her life as the first black, transgender model.
Who are your favorite LGBT models killing the game right now? Tell us in the comments below.