2014-7-24 Model Andreja Pejic comes out publicly as a transgender woman, shares her experience with media and Facebook fans ✍

She told GLAAD:
"To all trans youth out there, I would like to say respect yourself and be proud of who you are. All human beings deserve equal treatment no matter their gender identity or sexuality. To be perceived as what you say you are is a basic human right."

She also posted a selfie on Facebook with a message to her fans:
"As a transgender woman I hope to show that after transition (a life-saving process) one can be happy and successful in their new chapter."

她告訴 GLAAD:
"我想告訴所有的變性者,要尊重自己並且為自己感到驕傲。不管你的性別或性傾向為何,所有人都應該得到平等的待遇。這是一個身為人的基本人權。"

她也在臉書發佈了一則消息給她的Fans:
"身為一位變性女性，我希望展現經歷轉變後（這個過程拯救了我），在人生展開的新篇章活得快樂和成功。"

Pejic has received international attention modeling men's and women's collections on runways and in ad campaigns. She began modeling in 2007, and since then has been named to the Out 100 and received a NewNowNext award for style. She has been on the covers of Elle, New York, and many more, and walked the biggest international runways. In 2013, she co-starred in David Bowie's music video, "The Stars are Out Tonight," alongside Tilda Swinton.

在男女模的領域理,Pejic已獲得全球的關注。2007年展開模特生涯,並入選OUT百大人物以及在NewNowNext獲獎。出現現在Elle的雜誌封面,紐約,甚至走上了國際大秀。2013年與Tilda Swinton參與了David Bowie的新專輯MV"The Stars are Out Tonight"。

Pejic is one among many trans models finding growing acceptance as visibility of trans people in the media increases. In 2008, Isis King made headlines as the first trans woman model to compete on America's Next Top Model. In 2010, model Lea T came out to the world as transgender in French Vogue. In January of this year, a Barney's New York ad campaign featured all trans and gender non-conforming models. Earlier this year, supermodel Naomi Campbell spoke out at the GLAAD Media Awards in support of Carmen Carrera and other trans models.

2008年, Isis King是第一位參與美版超模生死鬥的變性女模。2010年,模特Lea T在法國版Vogue像世人告白她的變性歷程。
今年1月,Barney的紐約廣告由變性者和性別認同模特演繹。今年稍早時,超模Naomi Campbell在GLAAD典禮上公開支持Carmen Carrera和所有變性模特。

As blogger and advocate Monica Roberts has pointed out, the way was paved by trans models like Caroline Cossey, Tracy Africa Norman, and Roberta Close in previous decades, and now models like Ines Rau, Arisce Wanzer, Valentijn De Hingh, Geena Rocero, and many more are a growing presence in the fashion world.

Show your support for Andreja by commenting on her Facebook, Instagram or tweeting @andrejapejic

在Andreja的Facebook、Instagram 或 tweeting表達對她的支持吧!

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