Swe Z Htet om Myanmar, where homosexualy is crimalized, me out as gay shortly before Sunday's Miss Universe petn Atlanta, Geia.
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- MISS UNIVERSE CELEBRAT S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT
- 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'
- FIRST OPENLY GAY MISS UNIVERSE CONTTANT SPEAKS OUT
- FIRST OPENLY GAY MISS UNIVERSE CONTTANT SPEAKS OUT
- MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT IS OM A UNTRY WHERE SAME SEX RELATNSHIPS ARE ILLEGAL
- MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'
MISS UNIVERSE CELEBRAT S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT
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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.
MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
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. * gay miss universe couple *
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.
MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'
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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.
FIRST OPENLY GAY MISS UNIVERSE CONTTANT SPEAKS OUT
21-year-old Swe Z Htet mak history as the first openly gay Miss Universe nttant. * gay miss universe couple *
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. 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.
FIRST OPENLY GAY MISS UNIVERSE CONTTANT SPEAKS OUT
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. 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.
The queer muny is helpg the happy uple rg their a tweet on Wednday, the LGBTQ+ anizatn GLAAD shared a Gay Tim article about the news, along wh the ptn, "Congratulatns Mariana Varela and Fabla Valent! 21-year-old Swe Z Htet, who is the reigng Miss Myanmar, me out as a lbian jt days ago and purposely timed her revelatn to align wh the is the first openly gay nttant the Miss Universe petn and she’s hopeful that her public g out will rult posive chang for her untry — back her untry of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), homosexualy is a crime. 29, the day she me out about her sexualy, she took to her Instagram page to share a gay pri flag along wh the word “proud.
MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT IS OM A UNTRY WHERE SAME SEX RELATNSHIPS ARE ILLEGAL
Htet is the first openly gay nttant the Miss Universe petn and she’s hopeful that her public g out will rult posive chang for her untry — back her untry of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), homosexualy is a crime. — 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.
MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'
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.