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Giuliana Farfalla: German Playboy cover to have transgender model | |
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The German edition of Playboy magazine will feature a transgender model on its cover for the first time. | The German edition of Playboy magazine will feature a transgender model on its cover for the first time. |
Giuliana Farfalla, 21, will be topless, a tradition for such magazines in Germany. She is well-known after featuring in a reality TV series. | Giuliana Farfalla, 21, will be topless, a tradition for such magazines in Germany. She is well-known after featuring in a reality TV series. |
Editor-in-chief Florian Boitin said Farfalla was a "beautiful example of how important the fight for the right to self-determination is". | Editor-in-chief Florian Boitin said Farfalla was a "beautiful example of how important the fight for the right to self-determination is". |
US Playboy featured a transgender model in its centrefold spot last year. | US Playboy featured a transgender model in its centrefold spot last year. |
Farfalla, born Pascal Radermacher in the south-western German city of Breisgau, said that early in her childhood she felt she was in the wrong body. She underwent gender reassignment surgery at the age of 16. | Farfalla, born Pascal Radermacher in the south-western German city of Breisgau, said that early in her childhood she felt she was in the wrong body. She underwent gender reassignment surgery at the age of 16. |
On Instagram, Farfalla said she was "super proud" of the magazine, which will be available on newsstands on Thursday. | On Instagram, Farfalla said she was "super proud" of the magazine, which will be available on newsstands on Thursday. |
Last year, she was a participant in the television series Germany's Next Top Model. Farfalla said she hoped the experience would encourage other transgender and transsexual people. | Last year, she was a participant in the television series Germany's Next Top Model. Farfalla said she hoped the experience would encourage other transgender and transsexual people. |
Having Farfalla on Playboy's cover, Boitin added, was in line with magazine creator Hugh Hefner's tradition of being "resolutely opposed [to] any form of exclusion and intolerance". | Having Farfalla on Playboy's cover, Boitin added, was in line with magazine creator Hugh Hefner's tradition of being "resolutely opposed [to] any form of exclusion and intolerance". |
French model Ines Rau made history last year by becoming Playboy's first transgender Playmate. | French model Ines Rau made history last year by becoming Playboy's first transgender Playmate. |
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