“I want to stand up for all the little Ricks who have been rejected by their family so they can be whatever they want to be.”
Kollé says she aspires to be a role model for the queer community.
Reactions to Kohli’s win have been divided. Some wonder if “men are getting better at women’s beauty pageants now,” while others congratulate the winner saying it’s a great choice. The pageant’s organizers supported the decision, saying it was “an important step forward for diversity and inclusion in the world of beauty pageants.”
Will “progress” come?
German media covering yesterday’s Miss Holland election say beauty pageants are not the only place where transgender people are at the top. Saskia von Barken, one of the finalists in this year’s “Miss Germany” pageant, recalled that at the age of 5 she was not born a boy, but a girl. From the age of 11, she began hormone therapy and underwent gender reassignment surgery as an adult.
Source: welt.de, niezalezna.pl
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