Geena Rocero

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Geena Rocero
Rocero advertising for Chromat in 2018
Born1983 (age 40–41)[1]
Manila, Philippines
NationalityAmerican
OccupationModel
Years active2002–present
OrganizationGender Proud

Geena Rocero (born 1983)

United Nations Headquarters, the World Economic Forum, and the White House.[4]

Early life

Geena Rocero was born in

San Francisco, California, at age 17. In 2005, she moved to New York City,[7] and she became a U.S. citizen in 2006.[8]

Career

Rocero takes the stage in Vancouver to come out as transgender on International Transgender Day of Visibility, March 2014

Rocero was discovered by a

NEXT Model Management and spent 12 years modeling for international swimsuit and beauty editorials, earning herself a large fan base.[9]

She made history as the first trans woman to be part of the Iconic 2020 Playboy Playmates of the Year. Rocero Playboy article is nominated for a 2020 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Magazine Article.[10]

In 2014, Rocero was featured on the fifth anniversary cover of C☆NDY magazine along with 13 other transgender women:

Leyna Ramous, Dina Marie, Nina Poon, Juliana Huxtable, Niki M'nray, Pêche Di, Carmen Xtravaganza and Yasmine Petty.[11]

Adding to her résumé in 2015, Rocero became Executive Producer of "Beautiful As I Want To Be", a digital series for Logo focused on transgender youth.[2] The show spotlights young trans people, and pairs them with a coach or mentor in the trans community. In the first episode, Zeam, a young trans man and artist, is paired with Caitlyn Jenner.[2] Jenner in the episode mentions Rocero as "the first trans person I ever met".[12] Rocero has also been featured on Jenner's show I Am Cait.[13]

In 2016 Rocero and

Playmate of the Month for August 2019. She was the first openly transgender Asian-Pacific Islander model to pose for Playboy magazine.[15]

Rocero made her directorial debut for the 2021 four-part documentary series "Caretakers," highlighting Filipino-Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]

Activism

In 2014, Rocero launched Gender Proud, "an advocacy & awareness campaign that aims to advance the rights of all transgender individuals".

TED talk in Vancouver, Canada.[17] On September 19, 2014, excerpts of Rocero's TED talk were featured on NPR's TED Radio Hour podcast.[18]

Rocero is the founder of Gender Proud, which is a media production company that tell stories about transgender and what it means to be gender nonconforming. Rocero and her production company have produced and presented "Beautiful as I want to Be", which talks about transgender youth. Another film is called" Willing and Able", which talks about transgender employment and athletes. The two-film won a GLAAD Media award. She's a board member of NY LGBT Center and An Ambassador for The Stonewall.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Davis, Allison P. (April 3, 2014). "Transgender Model Geena Rocero on Her TED Talk". New York. Retrieved July 1, 2014. the 30-year-old
  2. ^ a b c "Supermodel Geena Rocero's Powerful New Show Beautifully Spotlights Trans Youth". MTV News. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  3. ^ Megan Friedman (November 23, 2015). "Transgender Model Geena Rocero Wants to Be on the Cover of 'Sports Illustrated'". Elle. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  4. ^ 200 Women: Geena Rocero, December 2019, retrieved January 29, 2021
  5. ^ Rocero, Geena (March 31, 2014). "Model: Why I came out as transgender". CNN. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  6. ^ a b ""Gender Proud envisions a world"". Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  7. ^ "TED Speaker Geena Rocero Model and activist". TED. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  8. The Huffington Post
    . April 1, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  9. ^ "Transgender Model Geena Rocero Gives Inspiring TED Talk About Coming Out"
  10. ^ "Gender Proud – Geena Rocero, Model and Founder". Future of StoryTelling. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  11. ^ "Laverne Cox, Carmen Carrera, Among 14 Trans Stars On "Candy" Magazine Cover". NewNowNext.
  12. ^ "Beautiful As I Want To Be: Caitlyn Jenner Mentors Zeam | Beautiful As I Want To Be | LOGOTV". LOGOTV. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  13. ^ "Caitlyn Sits Down With Trans Activist Geena Rocero on I Am Cait". E! Online. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  14. ^ "Tracey Africa and Geena Rocero Cover Harper's Bazaar". Nymag.com. September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  15. ^ "Model and Producer Geena Rocero Makes History as a Playboy Playmate of the Year and Celebrates Sixth Anniversary of her Iconic TED Talk on Trans Day of Visibility". GLAAD. March 31, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  16. ^ Rocero, Geena. "Geena Rocero". Gold House. n.d. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  17. ^ "Geena Rocero's TED talks"
  18. ^ "How Do You Reveal A Life-Changing Transformation?"
  19. ^ "Geena Rocero". Gold House. Retrieved May 4, 2022.

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