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[stephaniec]

Transgender Model Makes History By Becoming Men's Health Cover Star

http://www.healthaim.com/transgender-model-makes-history-becoming-mens-health-cover-star/45397

Health Aim/By Renu Rangela   03/14/2016

"Transgender model Ben Melzer has created history by becoming the first of his kind to be on the cover of Men's Health. The transgender model won a reader's poll to make it to the cover of the magazine. He will be on the front of the German edition of the macho magazine."

[traci_k]

Model Ben Melzer Is Making History in Europe as First Transgender Model on Men's Health Cover

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/model-ben-melzer-making-history-europe-first-transgender-model-men-n540186

NBC News
by Andy Eckardt
Mar 17 2016, 4:34 am ET

MAINZ, Germany — At age 18, Yvonne Melzer was convinced that she "was stuck in the wrong body."

Just over 10 years later, today's Benjamin Melzer is making history as the first transgender man in Europe to appear on the cover of a men's fitness magazine.

Melzer, 29, is appearing on the limited edition collector's cover of Men's Health magazine in Germany after entering a competition that included votes from readers and social media users.
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nice to see more traditional outlets coving this story in a respectful manner.