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.
Contents:
- MISS UNIVERSE CELEBRAT S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT
- MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
- THE BIGGT CROWN TEXAS BELONGS TO MISS GAY USOFA
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 beauty pageant *
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.
MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
* gay beauty pageant *
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.
Gay World was Wilbert Tg Tolento, reunts Rodgil Flor of the Kagandahang Flor bety mp, which handl all the trag needs of the Philippe legate to the Mr. Gay World stage. It was a good start for the Philipp arguably the most prtig gay pageant the world.
THE BIGGT CROWN TEXAS BELONGS TO MISS GAY USOFA
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Gay World and way back before Tolento was part of 2009, he has been nsired as a magnate of sorts of pageants for gays and bisexuals the untry. “Wilbert Tolento is nsired to be the Donald Tmp of pageants for gay men, ” says Ryan Soto, one of Tolento’s long-time llaborators. In 2003, Soto and Tolento started a bath hoe and entertament lounge bs lled the Fahrenhe Cafe and Fns Center, which beme an exclive meetg place and membership club for gay men.