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OUTED AS TRANS IN 1981
TULA,
THE TALE OF
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Caroline Cossey, known as Tula, was a top model and had appeared in the 1981 James Bond film 'For Your Eyes Only' when she was outed as transgender
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British tabloid News Of The World ran the expose shortly after the release of the film with the headline "James Bond Girl Was A Boy"
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Overnight, Tula's career was destroyed and she later confessed to having contemplated suicide
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However, nothing if not resilient, Tula bounced back - in 1985, she appeared in a music video
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In 1991, Tula became the first transwoman to pose for Playboy magazine and also released an autobiography
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Tula also fought a long legal battle to be recognised as a woman and for her right to marry
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In 1989, the European Court of Human Rights legally recognised Tula as female - however, it overturned the decision the next year
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Regardless, Tula married twice and now lives with her second husband in Georgia, USA
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