For the first time in Playboy history, a transgender model has become the girl of the month. For the first time, a transgender will become Playboy's "Girl of the Month". Milonov vs Playboy girl of the month transgender
According to the website, Ines Rau underwent gender reassignment surgery at the age of 15. Now the girl is 26, and she has already managed to appear on the covers of many fashion magazines and take part in glamorous photo shoots. The girl began her modeling career in New York, and then moved to France. Ines Rau will not only decorate the spread and the issue of the new issue of Playboy with her photographs, but will also give a detailed interview on the pages of the edition. This happens for the first time in the long history of the publication.
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V social network Instagram appeared a preview of the transgender model, and a short opinion about beauty from the lips of Ines Rau herself. According to the girl, "a naked body should not be something forbidden, and should be accepted in society, it does not matter whether the body is male or female." In a few hours, the publication on the Playboy account got almost 40 thousand likes.
In a small preview on the Playboy website, the transsexual said that she has long lived with the idea that she is a girl, goes on dates, and even forgot about gender reassignment surgery. At first, Ines Rau was afraid of her rejection by others, and then she realized that the most important thing is to be who you are and to accept yourself. According to the site, the girl also writes books and has already taken part in the filming of the film.
For the first time in 64 years of Playboy magazine's existence, transgender model Ines Rau became the girl of the month.
The 26-year-old model has previously filmed for the magazine. For example, two years ago there was a special issue dedicated to the progressive understanding of transgender.
Ines Rau. Photo: playboy.com
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REFERENCE. Playmate is a female model featured on the centerfold of Playboy as Playmate of the Month. The center-spread of the magazine features a nude photograph of her, as well as short biography and basic data such as date of birth, height, weight, size, etc. At the end of each year, one Playmate of the Year is selected out of twelve Playmate of the Month.
- On September 28, it became known that the legendary founder of Playboy magazine Hugh Hefner died at the age of 91.
- In June, Playboy stars recreated their iconic covers to prove that women can be sexy at any age.
- On February 14, the son of the founder of the Playboy empire Hugh Hefner Cooper, who is also the creative director of the publication, announced that the legendary magazine would again publish photographs of nude models.
- In October 2015, it was reported that the most popular American men's magazine, Playboy, would no longer publish photos of fully nude women.
State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov appealed to the leadership of Roskomnadzor with a demand to prevent the distribution and sale of the Playboy magazine circulation in Russia, the cover of which depicts a man who has changed his sex.
Earlier it was reported that Milonov had proposed, so the news that a transgender would appear on the cover of this magazine caused a response from the deputy.
Milonov urged Playboy to change information policy
"The very fact of the appearance of a man who has performed certain surgical interventions on himself, thanks to which he began to remotely resemble a woman, is already an attempt to propagate deviation, a disrespectful gesture towards the traditional majority," the deputy said in a statement.
In his opinion, the distribution of such a magazine in Russia "would mean the fall of the next bastion of morality in Russian society."
At the same time, Milonov emphasizes that Playboy "must change its information policy in Russia and prevent the appearance on its pages of propaganda of homosexuality, sex reassignment surgery and other deviations on the verge of mental disorders."
The deputy also notes that this magazine in general "has never been distinguished by high moral standards, but nevertheless it stood on the positions of heterosexual, natural relations between a man and a woman."
This trend was disrupted by the circulation with the transvestite on the cover, and therefore he should not get on the shelves of Russian stores, the statement says.
"If the publishers persist, then Playboy may become undesirable for any kind of distribution by the magazine in our country," concludes Milonov.
Hefner's memory transgender
Earlier it became known that the editorial board of the popular men's magazine Playboy announced that for the first time in history, the "girl of the month" of this publication will be a transgender. This "honor" was awarded to 26-year-old French model Ines Rau.
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Rau will appear on the centerfold of the magazine's November-December issue, which will also feature an in-depth interview with her. The cover of the issue will be dedicated to the memory of the founder and permanent publisher of the magazine in September 2017 at the age of 91.
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The model, whose photographs have already appeared in the magazine in May 2014, said in an interview that during a photo shoot for Playboy she recalled her difficult childhood. Rau compared the title of "girl of the month" to the most beautiful compliment in her life, like a giant bouquet of roses.
Rau, who is of North African descent, changed sex at the age of 15. She built her modeling career in the USA, performing as dancers with local DJs, one of which was the famous David Guetta. Her pictures have appeared in many fashion magazines, including Vogue.
The very first transgender person in history to hit the pages of Playboy was in 1991 the model Caroline Cossi, who also starred in the James Bond films.
This is not Ines's debut in Playboy - in May 2014, the Frenchwoman appeared on the magazine's website in the Evolution project on gender identity. In an interview last week, Rau admitted that being on the project has made a big difference in her life.
Ines is not the first transgender model to appear on the cover of Playboy. In 1991, Caroline Tula Cossi, a trans woman from Britain, became one of the magazine's heroines. She starred for extras in one of the James Bond films, but then she did not yet openly talk about her being a man in the past.
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Her story was unearthed by one of the tabloids - he posted an article about Caroline under the headline "The Bond Girl Is Really A Guy." Caroline was horrified that her secret was revealed, and even tried to commit suicide, but later embarked on the warpath with stereotypes.
In 1991, Caroline released her second autobiography, My Story, in which she detailed the nuances of her transition. In September of the same year, she appeared on the pages of Playboy in a series of photographs "Transformation of Tula".
A future issue of Playboy will focus on legendary magazine founder Hugh Hefner, who died last month at the age of 91.
Today, Ines is a world-famous model, whose photographs have graced the covers of magazines such as Luvre, Vogue and many others.
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Ines Rau was born in Paris. She was a boy at birth, but had sex reassignment surgery at the age of 16, inspired by the story of Caroline Cossi. After that, Rau lived with a female identity, but did not reveal that she was born a boy. Only at the age of 24 did Ines decide on a revelation.
At the age of 18, Rau left for Ibiza, where she met the famous French DJ David Guetta. In 2013, she posed for the first time nude with American model Tyson Beckford for the centerfold of OOB, a French fashion magazine. In 2014, Rau became the second transgender model in Playboy and the first to speak openly about her transformation.
In October, Hugh's son Cooper Hefner announced that Rau was named Girl of the Month in the November-December issue.
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Ines loves to try on different images, but admits that, whoever she is, whatever mood she is in, the awareness of her own sexuality is for her a part of her personality. “I like to be sexy, but sexuality is my sense of self. I don't know if I can say that, but I feel sexy all the time. "
Ines emphasizes that she is not just a "glossy picture", the model is fighting for the rights of minorities and for the rights of women and even more. “I will always fight for LGBTQ people and for women's rights,” she says, “but the most important thing for me is the environment. No topic touches me as much as the topic of global warming. I was created to fight for the planet: for the forest, for the animals, for the air. If I become famous, this battle will be the most important for me. "
In her latest interview with Playboy, Ines revealed which guys she likes. “I prefer original, subtle guys. Reliable. I don't like crushing ones. The guy should be confident, but refined, with excellent manners. I also easily fall under the charm of the Americans. "
Ines admitted that she is a “party girl”, it is important for her to meet new people, attend new events, especially those where people are not as constrained as usual, where they are relaxed and ready to communicate.
Of music, Ines prefers hip-hop and "house", but enjoys listening to both classics and opera. Rau thinks they are good for the soul.
“Nudity should not be taboo,” Rau said. “Nudity means a lot to me. I underwent surgery to become what I want. Nudity for me is the triumph of a person who has broken down barriers. This is not about sexuality, but about the beauty of the human body, male or female. Nudity doesn't lie. "
In connection with the release of the next issue of Playboy, the editor-in-chief of the German edition Florian Boitin said that the appearance on the cover of Giuliana Farfalla is a perfect example of how important the struggle for the right to self-determination is.
It is worth noting that the photo of a transgender woman in Playboy is not a sensation either for the magazine or for its readers, the overwhelming majority of whom are men. Because Juliana Farfalla, 21, isn't the first transsexual to pose for Playboy.
The famous French transgender model Ines Rau even became the girl of the month in last year's November issue of Playboy. Moreover, she proudly stated that the founder and long-term owner of the magazine Hugh Hefner, shortly before his death in September last year, had chosen the issue in which her photographs were published. Reader reactions have been mixedly positive. By the way, Ines Rau first undressed for Playboy in 2014. But she is not the first beauty who was born a man to appear for the magazine.
Context
37 years ago, in 1981, the American edition of Playboy published photographs of an English model, later one of the most famous transsexual women in the world, Caroline Cossi. Cossi had a small role in the twelfth film about British super agent James Bond "For Your Eyes Only". She was noticed by the staff of "Playboy" and invited as a model. Then the yellow press "exposed" her, reporting that the Bond girl in the past was a boy named Barry Kenneth Cossi. But Caroline successfully worked in the modeling business, and later wrote an autobiographical book about the life of a model, transsexual actress called "I am a woman."
Against discrimination
It should be noted that Playboy has always opposed any kind of discrimination and xenophobia. In the 1960s, for example, Hugh Hefner posted a centerfold photograph of 20-year-old African American Jennifer Jackson.
Many Americans applauded Playboy's boldness, but was immediately followed by a flurry of criticism of the magazine from the right-wing, who called for a boycott of the popular magazine for men. Unsuccessfully.
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner was a vocal advocate for the rights of sexual minorities. In 2012, he published his article on the pages of the magazine, in which he called on the US authorities to recognize same-sex marriages and equate them with heterosexual ones. Three years later, this text appeared again on the pages of Playboy. The reason was the decision The Supreme Court USA on the legalization of homosexual unions as same-sex marriage.
Juliana in the jungle
But back to Juliana Farfall. She first appeared on German TV a year ago during the casting for Heidi Klum's TV show "Germany's Next Top Model." Juliana was immediately noticed and she was invited to shoot for fashion glossy magazines, not only in Germany, but in other countries.
In an interview with the private German television channel RTL, Juliana does not hide her pride that her photograph has appeared on the cover of the German edition of Playboy, although she suggests that readers will be especially critical of her. "And surely there will be those who will point the finger and say: look, by these signs of the structure of the body, one can assume that this ex-man", says Juliana.
Juliana Farfalla, 21, has never made a secret that she was once a man and was named Pascal Radermacher. And emphasizes at the same time: "The desire to become a woman did not arise in me all of a sudden. As far as I can remember, I have always felt myself in someone else's body."
At the age of sixteen, she performed the first of a series of gender reassignment surgeries. Juliana is a woman today. She is not only a successful fashion model, but also a participant in television projects. On January 19, the TV show Dschungelcamp starts, an analogue of the TV project known in Russia as "Big Brother", only the heroes live in the Australian jungle, Juliana will be one of the participants in the show. So German TV viewers will be able to see her every evening for two weeks. And who knows, maybe she will become Germany's first transgender jungle queen.
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