Born Jacques Charles Dufresnoy in 1931 (Paris France), he went on to reinvent himself as Coccinelle (means Ladybird in French) as a female impersonator appearing at the famous Travesti club Madam Arthurs, but ...
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Publicity stunt or civil rights triumph?
In a recent interview, Jenna Tackalova, the 6'1" Canadian beauty that forced Donald Trump and the Miss Universe Pageant to change the pageant rules to allow her to compete, stated that "Like I always say, my family didn't understand, so why would I expect anybody else to understand and then they got to know me and they loved me."
In an article on CNN it said that "in an interview with CNN several hours before showtime, the 6-foot-1 blonde Canadian seemed a bit weary, because the spotlight is still squarely on her gender transformation."
Will either a win or loss in the Miss Universe pageant tonight by Jenna Talackova affect people's perceptions in the mainstream about seeing transsexuals without the labels, or will she forever be the "transsexual pageant contestant"?
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