PHOTOS – Who is Ines Rau, the first transgender woman playmate for Playboy ? – Gala

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Ines Rau is the first transgender woman in the history of Playboy to be chosen to pose on the cover of the magazine and to obtain at the same time, the status of coveted ” playmate “.

“Standing on the right side of history “. This Thursday, October 19, the magazine Playboy , has revealed that he would devote his coverage of the month of November dummy transgender Ines Rau. A first in 64 years of existence for the monthly, and a pride for this French girl of 26 years. ” During the photo session, I thought of all those difficult days of my childhood. And now, everything that happens to me fills me with joy. I said to myself : ‘Is this that I’m really going to be a Playmate ? Me ? It is the most beautiful compliment that I have ever done. It’s like getting a gigantic bouquet of roses “, she entrusted the title founded by Hugh Hefner.

Inès Rau was born in 1990, mother, franco-moroccan and a father of algerian. Of the parents who have always supported her transition, it starts at the age of 16 years. “They have been very well accepted. I am very lucky , “she said on the set of Hi Earthlings! 2014. This transition, Ines Rau has lived as a reincarnation. So much so that it sometimes happened to forget that it had been a little boy.”I spent a long time without saying that I was trans, I enchaînais the dates and I almost forgot. I was afraid of never finding a boyfriend and being seen as someone weird“, she confides to the magazine that she has already had the opportunity to ask 3 years ago.

In the Face of the mixed mind of the public, Cooper Hefner, son of Hugh Hefner is now at the head of Playboy, has justified his choice in the columns of the New York Times : “His selection is in line with the philosophy of the brand. She is very beautiful and has a remarkable personality. It is the right thing to do. We are at a time where the gender roles are changing. “”I’ve seen a lot of hate comments, says his side Inès Rau. It makes me even more proud and happy to have done so, because it is necessary that attitudes are changing. It has to be.“

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— Playboy (@Playboy) October 19, 2017

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