Friday, 20 October 2017

Photos: Playboy features first transgender playmate, Ines Rau

French model Ines Rau has made history as the first openly transgender model to become a Playboy playmate.
The upcoming issue of 'Playboy' will feature a transgender model as the Playmate of the month - the first time this has ever occurred inside the pages of the men's magazine.
It was revealed this week that Ines Rau had landed a spot in the magazine's much-coveted centerfold, with the beauty of French-North African descent earning the title of November 2017 Playmate of the Month.
She is seen in the iconic bunny ears and a white angora sweater in one image and wearing nothing but a G-string as she poses with a string of lights wrapped around her bare breasts in another photo. 
The 8-page spread, plus pullout centerfold, features a total of seven pictures of Rau.
And for the centerfold, Rau is photographed completely naked except for a pair of red velvet heels as she lies on the ground, thus covering up everything except for her rear.
Rau also makes it clear that she has no time for her transphobic critics, stating: 'If I want to get a sex change it's between myself and my body. I could hide it, but I don't, because I respect people.'
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Beauty: Ines Rau is the Playmate of the month for November 2017, making the French model the first transgender woman to appear in the magazine's centerfold (Rau above in the magazine)
Dare to bare: Rau, 26, bares her breasts in the 8-page spread and for the centerfold is completely naked except for a pair of red velvet heels as she lies on the ground
Journey: She began transitioning when she was 16 and had gender reassignment surgery soon after
Rau has previously walked the runway for the likes of Balmain and Hood by Air and recently shot a video for 'Vogue' 
Dare to bare: ''Nudity means a lot to me, since I went through a transition to get where I want to be,' said Rau
Adjustment: 'I lived a long time without saying I was transgender,' Rau said in the pages of the magazine (above in 2015)
On top of the world: Rau stars alongside Kate Upton and Lily Aldridge in a video for 'Vogue' (above)

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