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'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
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. * miss universe gay 2023 *
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.
MISS UNIVERSE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT CAME OUT DAYS AGO: 'I JT STARTED A NEW CHAPTER'
Miss Universe's First Openly Gay Conttant Is Miss Myanmar * miss universe gay 2023 *
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.
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.
MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
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.
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.