The covers are raffled to Laith Ashley, the transgender model that has made the great leap from Instagram to the New York Fashion Week
GAYLES.TV.- From time to time it is gratifying that we break a scheme in our noses, especially if the result of the break is to enjoy the priceless appeal of someone like Laith Ashley, a transsexual psychologist who, after living 24 years as a woman, decided to make the transition and become one of the most successful transgender models on the catwalks and in social networks.
Study psychology in the Fairfield University in Connecticut and is the star of the Slay Agency, the first to represent transsexual and transgender models. Since she started her career on the catwalk, she has walked for brands such as Adrian Alicea or Gypsy Sport, triumphing in the Fashion Week in New York. Of the social networks, where his followers grow without ceasing, he has jumped to the cover of magazines like "Out" or "Attitude".
Ashley, of Dominican origin, was born in New York City and her childhood as a girl was not easy. At the age of five, she began to feel that something did not quite fit between her body and the consciousness of who she was and as a teenager, at 17 years old, she declared herself homosexual to her family despite not having finished identifying as a lesbian. Two years later, at 19, she recognizes herself as transgender and decides to start the process of change. Her family's reaction to the news was one of absolute support, and Laith began a two-year testosterone treatment. Finally in 2015 and when she was 24 years old, she decided to undergo sex change surgery. In an interview with "Daily Mail" Ashley confessed to having been very scared at first, “It took me six years from identifying as trans until I finally made the change. Once the initial fear was over, nothing could stop me. I have never felt so comfortable as now. When I see myself in the mirror, I am satisfied with the image. It's how I want to introduce myself to the world. It's me".
Instagram Laith has been the trampoline that has finally launched him to fame, although the boy has his own opinion on the social network: "Instagram only captures a small moment in time. All you can see is a photo or a short video that can be interpreted in any number or ways. I am more than a model in a photograph. Someone who cares about people. I'm a dreamer. I imagine a world where people are more kind and understanding, a world where people are not taking advantage of one another. " And in his case it does not remain in a simple declaration of principles, because Ashley has collaborated in various LGTBI events as an activist with faces as popular as Laverne Cox or Whoopi Goldberg and has offered its image for campaigns against homophobia and to contribute in the fight for the eradication of HIV.
A great discovery for the weekend!
Sources: Gay Universe, New Woman
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Uffff the sex change does not exempt you from your sexuality or transformation, be it physical or mental ... I respect the way you look at yourself, the reflection you show, but the truth itself is in you, even when you cannot see it, but through the soul !! All Luck