Believe it or not, these
ten men were originally born women. They have all undergone surgeries and
embraced their new sexuality, and guess what, they are all successful,
handsome, and accomplished in their chosen fields.
1. Buck Angel
Adult filmmaker and transsexual Buck Angel is now an icon in the LGBT
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community.
His secondary sex characteristics began to develop at around age 16.
Unaware of treatments for gender dysphoria, he lived for years as a female
professional model, dissatisfied with his identity and existence. Eventually,
Buck Angel came to terms with his sexuality, became an adult film performer and
the 2007 winner of the Adult Video News Award 'Transsexual Performer of the
Year'.
He currently works as an advocate, educator, lecturer and writer, and
runs his own production company.
2. Balian Buschbaum (Yvonne Buschbaum)
Balian Buschbaum was born in 1980 as Yvonne Buschbaum, and he is a
former German pole vaulter. Though he was the second best female pole vaulter
in Germany, in 2007 Buschbaum announced his retirement due to a persistent
injury. He also expressed his desire to begin gender reassignment therapy. In
2008 he officially changed his name and underwent gender reassignment surgery
to become a man.
3. Loren Rex Cameron
Loren Rex Cameron is an American photographer, author and transsexual
activist. His work includes portraiture and self-portraiture which consist of
lesbian and transsexual bodies; he documented his own physiological transition
from female to male. Cameron's photography captures images of the transsexual
body that 'provide an affirming visual resource for transgendered people and to
demystify the transsexual body for the non-transgendered viewer.
4. Ian Harvie
American Ian Harvie is a stand-up comedian who often uses his
transsexuality as material in his act. He has performed with Margaret Cho and
many other notable celebrities and is a well-known fixture in the LGBT pop
culture community.
5. Lucas Silveira
Born in Canada in 1979, Lucas Silveira made history being the first
openly-trans man to be in a rock band which was signed to a major record label.
Silveira is a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for The Cliks, he has
also released a new solo album which is available now.
6. Katastrophe
Rocco Kayiatos is known as Katastrophe, an American hip-hop rapper and
producer. Kayiatos is widely credited as the first openly transgender singer in
the hip-hop genre.
7. Thomas Beatie
Thomas Beatie gained international attention for being the one of the
world's most visible "pregnant" men. Born female, Beatie lived his
life as a woman until his mid-twenties. He then began taking male hormone
therapy but decided to retain his female sex organs so that he and his wife,
who could not conceive herself, could have children together using donor sperm.
Beatie has since had three children and is back on his male hormones.
8. Ryan Sallans (Kimberly Ann Sallans)
Ryan Sallans was born as Kimberly Ann Sallans, and he is now an LGBT
rights advocate and public speaker who travels the U.S. to educate people about
transgender issues and changes to the health care system. He underwent his
transformation from female to male over the course of several years and
completed his transition in 2005.
9. Andreas Krieger
Andreas Krieger was a German shot putter who competed as a woman on the
East German athletics team. From his early teens he was given anabolic steroids
without his knowledge, which lead him to become more and more masculine in
appearance and attitude. Krieger retired from the sport in 1990 and underwent
sex reassignment surgery in 1997.
10. Chaz Bono (Chastity Bono)
Chaz Bono was born Chastity Bono, the daughter of famous American
performers Sonny and Cher.
Chastity came out as a lesbian when she was 25 before realizing that she
was actually transgender. Chaz underwent a sex change operation over the course
of two years and is now happily living his life as a man.
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