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 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'
MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
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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.
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.
MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'
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!