On one hand…
Fashion house Givenchy caused a stir when it announced a transsexual model is working for the brand.
Lea T, 28, was a backroom assistant at the prestigious house of Givenchy - but now the Brazilian bombshell is appearing in its autumn/winter advertising campaign. She’s also modelling for Italian Vanity Fair and posing naked for French Vogue (see photos here) ‘in the name of all my transsexual friends’.
The leggy brunette, born Leandro Cerezo, said her ongoing transition from man to woman angered her Catholic family and brought her extreme loneliness. But despite the hurdles, she said the ‘war in her head’ was worth fighting.
‘The choice,’ she said in an interview in Vanity Fair, ‘is between being unhappy forever or trying to be happy.’
On the other hand…
A Sudanese court ordered 19 Muslim youths flogged in public for dressing up like women. They were convicted under laws that forbid ‘indecent clothing’. The men were homosexuals attending a same sex marriage. Northern Sudan is governed by Islamic law, which forbids homosexuality.
The punishment of 30 lashes was carried out immediately after the sentencing while hundreds of people looked on. The youths must also pay fines ranging between 500 and 1,000 Sudanese pounds (about AUD$230 to AUD$460).
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