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Swe Z Htet om Myanmar, where homosexualy is crimalized, me out as gay shortly before Sunday's Miss Universe petn Atlanta, Geia. * miss universe 2016 gay *

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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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. * miss universe 2016 gay *

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.

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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. 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.

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The newly crowned Miss Universe 2016 is moured to be a lbian. If mours are to be believed, Iris uld be the first openly gay tleholr. It will only be an advancement to have an LGBT in advancg equaly. * miss universe 2016 gay *

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.

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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. 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.

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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. Havg an openly gay woman as Miss Universe would have been unprecented.

If mours are to be believed, Iris uld be the first openly gay tleholr. Genr-fluid Miss Universe nttant on havg a ‘gay ra’ and why Bhutan should be seen as an LGBTQ-iendly untry.

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Chon talks about growg up as a queer Asian person, havg a ‘gay ra’, what means to be genr-fluid and the importance of embracg your imperfectns.

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