A trans woman from Prince George County, MD is going to be on America's Next Top Model (airing Sept. 3).  I hope that this isn't just about ratings.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403721,00.html

Well, that's good news Erika. But could you, please, if ya don't mind too much, go in and add an "a" after "getting" and before "shot" in the title. I was expecting tragedy!

Nichole

I think that's awesome! There are no men contestants on the show, so the producers are showing people that she's no different than the other girls on there. A good step, I'd say.

Yes, Nero--it looks like a sign of progress. We'll see...

I was unsure when I first saw the thread title if firearms were involved...  I guess reading the transgender news has us on edge...

Awesome. 

There's another 'mainstream' contest show with a transwoman on it, too.  "I Want to Work for Diddy," I think it's called.  It's a bunch of people who want to be P. Diddy's new personal assistant, it comes on vH1, and there's a black transwoman on it.  The last episode I watched, she was explaining to the other contestants about transsexuality, and only one of them thought it was weird [and when he voiced that opinion, the other contestants looked at him like he was an ass ].

That is totally awesome!!

My mom/sister are avid AMNT fans so I told them about the trans as soon as I read this. She's beautiful (HOT) and I offered to show them a picture, but they said they want to be surprised when the season starts so we'll see how that goes. It was actually very open of my mom, especially since I thought the wounds were too recent (my coming out was yesterday) to even mention the word trans in our house, but she was receptive.