Texas state athletic rules only allowed wrestler Mack Beggs to compete in the league for his assigned sex. SUCCESS, cause I’m gonna keep on winning. The day after Trump Jr.'s tweet, Telfer posted a photo with her teammates on Instagram with the caption, "Suck my. called the trans athlete’s success a "grave injustice" to women on Twitter. In 2019, CeCé Telfer became the first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA title. He was originally recruited as a member of Harvard women’s swimming and diving team, but was offered a spot on the men’s team after transitioning and decided to swim on the men’s team. Swimmer Schuyler Bailar is not only the first openly transgender NCAA Division I swimmer, he's also the first transgender man to compete as a man in NCAA D1 that's publicly documented. Despite the stress of how the media would portray him, Allums came out publicly at the Best Buy Classic in Minneapolis in a game against the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Nov. Kye Allums, who played for the George Washington University women’s team, was the first transgender athlete to play NCAA Division I basketball. His "Superstore" character Mateo Liwanag is a passionate sales associate who's queer and an undocumented Filipino, helped bring awareness to both the LGBT and AAPI communities for six seasons.Ĭlockwise from top left Kye Allums, CeCe Telfer, Schuyler Bailar and Mack Beggs are spotlighted as "The View" celebrates Pride Month. Lovato said gender-neutral pronouns "best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression," adding, “I’m doing this for those out there that haven’t been able to share who they truly are with their loved ones.”Īs a gay and Filipino person, "Superstore" and "Crazy Rich Asians" actor Nico Santos has been outspoken about queer Filipino representation in media. Two-time Grammy nominee and former Disney star Demi Lovato has been in the spotlight for years, but decided to publicly announce that she identifies as nonbinary, changing pronouns to they-them. In just three days, the racy music video amassed over 38 million views on YouTube.
He continues to push boundaries in the music industry with his latest release “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” where he's seen in the music video being seduced in the Garden of Eden, sliding down a pole from heaven to hell and twerking on Satan’s lap. Known for his 2018 hit "Old Town Road," rapper, singer and songwriter Lil Nas X came out publicly as gay less than a year later on the last day of Pride Month in 2019. As she shapes the way for trans characters and actors, Totah is studying television writing at Chapman University in Southern California. Josie TotahA talented actress throughout her childhood, Josie Totah first came out as transgender in a personal essay released in August 2018 and plays trans character Lexi Haddad-DeFabrizio on the "Saved By the Bell" reboot. Josie Totah, Lil Nas X, Demi Lovato and Nico Santos are spotlighted as "The View" celebrates Pride Month.