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 IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
- "AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
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 in universe *
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MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
The show is great on s own mers, but what do for s gay relatnships and characters? (Cartoon Network) “When when I was 22, I was the target of a racist, homophobic asslt, ” said Sugar, tailg a night out walkg wh Jon-Quartey. 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.
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"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
"Grievg man"Avengers: Endgame ma the mistake of tmpetg that had the MCU's first gay character before the film me out. Phastos is also the anchise's first out gay superhero, and the pair share the anchise's first gay kiss (and one of the few kiss general the MCU) his partner Ben do not get much screen time, his stg mak a bold statement.
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