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Elliot Page, star of 'Juno,' came out as transgender in December 2020. He will keep his lead role as Vanya on 'The Umbrella Academy'
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Laverne Cox was nominated for an Emmy thrice for her performance on 'Orange Is The New Black' as a transgender inmate of a women's prison
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Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender in 2015 at the age of 66, formally ending her
23-year marriage to Kardashian matriarch Kim
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Filmmakers Lilly and Lana Wachowskis, who helmed the iconic 'Matrix' films, both transitioned to female by 2016
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Pakhi Sharma, known by the stage name of Bobby Darling, is a familiar face from films such as 'Apna Sapna Money Money' and several TV shows
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Born to Cher and Sonny Bono, writer-activist Chaz Bono's transition was the focus of a documentary titled 'Becoming Chaz'
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Outed by a tabloid in the 1980s, model and Bond Girl Caroline Cossey became in 1991 the first transgender woman to pose for Playboy
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In 2007, Candis Cayne became the first transgender woman to play a transgender character on the TV show 'Dirty Sexy Money'
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Supermodel Andreja Pejic showcased both male and female clothing before making her runway debut as a woman in 2015
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Model-actor-writer Hari Nef has several firsts to her name including first transgender woman on the cover of a British magazine - Elle in 2016
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