Trans ex-MP triumphs as Italy's newest reality TV star
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Julia Ziemer
11/26/2008
While Brian Paddick, former Lib Dem contender for Mayor of London, is baring all in the Australian jungle courtesy of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, another LGBT political figure has just won public adulation with a turn on another show.
The first transgender person elected to the Italian parliament, Vladimir Luxuria, received the most votes from viewers of the reality TV hit Celebrity Island.