For the first time the pageant’s history, an out gay woman will take the stage. Glamour spoke to Miss Myanmar about facg discrimatn her home untry and reprentg the LGBTQ muny on the world stage.
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- MISS UNIVERSE CELEBRAT S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT
- MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'
- MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
- MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
- MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'
- IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
- MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT IS OM A UNTRY WHERE SAME SEX RELATNSHIPS ARE ILLEGAL
MISS UNIVERSE CELEBRAT S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT
Swe Z Htet om Myanmar, where homosexualy is crimalized, me out as gay shortly before Sunday's Miss Universe petn Atlanta, Geia. * gay miss universe married *
The Miss Universe bety pageant has featured an openly gay nttant for the first time – and she hails om a untry where homosexualy is crimalized.
Htet, also known to fans as “Superman, ” reportedly me out as gay an terview posted on a pageant fom, Missosology, shortly after she arrived Atlanta for the petn.
Her g out is all the more strikg given that a lonial-era sectn of Myanmar’s penal allows urts to punish gay sex wh long prison sentenc. Anti-LGBTQ attus are prevalent Southeast Asian untri like Bnei, which nearly imposed a ath penalty for gay sex May, and Sgapore, where sex between men is punishable by jail time. The global bety pageant featurg wners om around the world to pete for the ultimate tle, weled s first openly gay nttant 2019.
MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'
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— When Deidre Downs was crowned Miss Ameri more than a ago, the ia of legalized gay marriage and Miss Ameri later marryg her same-sex partner Alabama would have been an unimagable have Miss Alabama 2004 and Miss Ameri 2005 Deidre Downs Gunn married her girliend, attorney Abbott Jon, a ceremony Saturday at the Birmgham Mm of Art. ”Some observers saw as a breakthrough, a potentially game-changg moment the fight for gay and lbian rights Ameri and one of the most nservative stat the natn. Samford was found by the Alabama Baptist Conventn, and Southern Baptists the state and natnally rema on the rerd as stnchly opposed to gay marriage.
“I thk has a huge impact bee Samford is so proud of her, ” said Br Blalock, founr of SAFE Samford, a gay and lbian alumni group which has lobbied for fair treatment and reprentatn at the school.
MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
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(Maybe this is on me for assumg a pageant wouldn’t be down wh two of s nttants havg a big gay weddg, but serly, we love to see ! )While the news of this weddg is obvly very excg to those of who happen to stan queer nuptials to an unhealthy and arguably parasocial gree, ’s also important to note the historic nature of this moment; gay marriage has only been legal Puerto Ri sce 2015 and Argenta sce 2010 (and the U. Acrdg to a study entled "The Global Divi on Homosexualy" that was nducted by the Pew Rearch Center 2013, the Philipp ranked the top 10 most gay-iendly untri the world.
That same study showed that 73 percent of adult Filipos agreed that "homosexualy should be accepted by society. When Swe Z Htet tak the stage as the reigng Miss Myanmar the Miss Universe petn on Sunday, she will be thkg of the LGBTQ muny back her untry, also known as Burma, where homosexualy remas a ago, Htet me out as a lbian and beme the first openly gay Miss Universe pageant nttant.
MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
While there is no mentn of LGBTQ rights on her b on the Miss Universe webse — and she chose the issue of preventg child abe as the e for which she advot — she posted a gay pri flag on her Instagram on Nov. It’s taken 67 years, but when 90 bety pageant hopefuls stt their stuff across the stage for the Miss Universe petn this Sunday, December 8, they will be joed by the pageant’s first openly gay nttant—and ’s about pageant world isn’t pecially known for s clivy. Last year Miss Universe had s first openly trans nttant, and this year, for the first time ever, Miss Ameri, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA are all black beg the first out gay woman Miss Universe’s history, Miss Myanmar Swe Z Htet is helpg to wre the next chapter pageant reprentatn.
They are verbally teased and beaten, and beg gay is, “punishable wh a lengthy stt prison. And she’d be makg a real splash the pageant world as the first openly gay wner to be crowned at that level. When Swe Z Htet tak the stage as the reigng Miss Myanmar the Miss Universe petn on Sunday, she will be thkg of the LGBTQ muny back her untry, also known as Burma, where homosexualy remas a crime.
MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'
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Miss Myanmar nttant Swe Z Htet ma history as the first openly gay nttant to walk down the Miss Universe nway on Sunday. Miss Universe's first openly gay nttant sttted down the nway on Sunday night spe g om a untry where homosexualy is Myanmar reprentative Swe Z Htet may not have been crowned the tle but the 20-year-old still ma history for the long-nng bety Miss South Ai won the petn, Z Htet apologized to fans on Facebook and Instagram for not makg the top 20 by wrg "sry....
"We are honored to give a platform to strong, spiratnal women like Miss Universe Myanmar, who are brave enough to share their unique stori wh the world, " wrote the group's print Pla s 67 years, not one Miss Universe nttant has been openly gay until Z Htet publilly me out jt before the petn Atlanta, Geia. Known to her fans as "Superman, " Htet told pageant fom Missosology she's been gay for five years but cid to let the world know an effort to "promote equaly" and "eedom of choice.