9 Celebrities Who Changed Their Gender And Became Even More Popular

Sex change is a huge transformation in anyone’s life. It requires a lot of courage and support from family, friends and loved ones. But it’s much harder when you’re a celebrity, when journalists and paparazzi are chasing every little detail of your life, and when there are always hundreds or thousands of people to judge you.

Here in the awesome.club we would like to show you why these transgender celebrities deserve all our respect for overcoming difficulties and shining even brighter than before.

Balian Buschbaum is a former German pole vaulter. Her name was Yvonne Buschbaum and she became champion and German record holder in the sport in 1999. In November 2007, Buschbaum announced that she was leaving the sport because of a persistent injury and wished to initiate a sex change procedure.

Today Balian is the author of best sellermotivational speaker, coach and a happy husband—proving with his successful transformation story that trans people are no different.

Geena Rocero is a Filipino-American supermodel, transgender lawyer, and founder of the media production company Gender Proud, which speaks about justice, equality, and trans rights. Before Geena Rocero appeared in the media, the world knew her only as a successful model. She is now a face of the LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite, transgender, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual) rights movement.

She announced her condition during a lecture at the Ted Talks in 2014. Geena said she spoke out because she wanted to inspire other transgender people to live fully and not feel any kind of shame or fear of the comments.

Laura Jane Grace, born Thomas James Gabel, is a singer and guitarist for the American punk rock band Against Me! In 2012, in an interview with rolling stone, Laura announced her plans to live openly as a trans woman. After a long period of changes and transformations, in 2014 the band released their sixth album: Transgender Dysphoria Blues.

Laura revealed that she would be happy to be part of the latest generation of “explainers” and giving interviews is part of that. Grace also released the autobiography: Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous and Best-selling Anarchist, in 2016.

Jazz Jennings is a YouTuber, spokesperson and the youngest LGBT rights activist. When she was 9 years old, she recorded a video message raising the issue of misunderstandings and disapproval of trans people, who are pulled out of girls’ bathrooms in schools.

Jennings and her parents founded the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation to help and support trans teenagers. In 2016 she published a book called Being Jazz: My Life As a (Transgender) Teen in free translation🇧🇷 and premiered her own TV show I Am Jazz, which aired on TLC. Today, she is one of the most recognized transgender models not only in the country but also in the world.

Aydian Dowling is a successful YouTuber, bodybuilder, transgender activist, co-founder of a volunteer organization called PointofPride.org, an advocate for transgender rights, and a happy husband and father. Aydian was the first trans man to appear on the cover of the magazine’s collector’s edition. Men’s Health and also the first trans man to be featured on the cover of the magazine Gay Times🇧🇷

On his channel, Aydian shares fitness and sports tips for transgender people, as well as details about his life. He is currently a huge influencer and role model for the trans community.

Alexandra Billings is a successful American stage and film actress, award-winning singer, respected drama teacher and activist in the fight against AIDS and for LGBT rights. Billings is also one of the few actresses to have played a transgender character on television, appearing in Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder and Transparent

In 2016, Alexandra received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award as an Outstanding Member of the LGBTQ Community. Through years of activism, Alexandra teaches tolerance and points out that people in general do not belong to any category; they all belong to one race—the human race.

The Brazilian Leandra Medeiros Cerezo, now known as Lea T, is a transgender model, star of the most talked about advertising campaign in givenchy, pop culture icon, and transgender advocate. She is the daughter of well-known football player Toninho Cerezo.

She is also the first openly transgender person to appear at an opening ceremony of the Olympic Games — on a bicycle, the Brazilian delegation presented, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016.

Lana Wachowski is Hollywood’s first major transgender director, with films like Matrix (1999), v for Vendetta (2005) and The trip (2012). Lana’s brother, now known as Lilly Wachowski, also became a trans woman a few years later — in 2016.

There is no before and after sex reassignment surgery for Conchita Wurst (aka Thomas Neuwirth) as she is an artist. After winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, she has become a major influencer and media personality, bringing important international discussions related to the LGBT and transgender communities.

Conchita has made powerful speeches on equal rights and tolerance of international communities at UN conferences and has also supported minority rights movements.

If you follow your heart and live sincerely and openly, does it really matter what your gender is? Or even more, that of other people? We’d be happy to hear from you in our comments section!