Miss Universe's First Openly Gay Conttant Came Out Days Ago: 'I Jt Started a New Chapter'

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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

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 *

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.

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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.

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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. 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.

MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT IS OM A UNTRY WHERE SAME SEX RELATNSHIPS ARE ILLEGAL

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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.

Though the law is not wily enforced, the untry’s penal allows urts to punish gay sex wh prison Shugart, print of The Miss Universe Organizatn, told People the group was “honored to give a platform to strong, spiratnal women” like Htet. 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 CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'

Miss South Ai won the Miss Universe crown, but was also a w for the pageant's first openly gay nttant. * gay miss universe *

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....

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"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. 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.

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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.

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. 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.

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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. The next year, Swe Z Htet beme the first gay nttant to pete for Miss Universe. She reprented Myanmar, a untry where homosexualy is illegal.

MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'

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.

” It was a wonrful and important moment but last night was also many ways a w for the pageant’s first openly gay nttant — Swe Z Htet, the reigng Miss Myanmar. For starters, she is the first openly gay nttant the petn’s 67-year history.

She’s also om a untry where homosexualy is still illegal. Genr-fluid Miss Universe nttant on havg a ‘gay ra’ and why Bhutan should be seen as an LGBTQ-iendly untryLandlocked Bhutan, known for s ornate monasteri, betiful forts and dramatic landspe, is steeped vout Buddhist culture. Last year, the Himalayan untry crimalised homosexualy and this year is enterg a nttant the Miss Universe pageant for the first time – one who is Chon was born Nagaland, northeast India, to a Bhutane mother and a Tibetan Khampa father.

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