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Trans Model Stuns In Dress Made Of Flags From Countries Where Homosexuality Is Illegal
http://www.thegailygrind.com/2016/08/07/trans-model-wears-dress-made-of-flags-from-countries-where-homosexuality-is-illegal/Trans model Valentijn de Hingh is helping to bring attention to the plight of LGBT people around the world with a stunning dress made of flags from the 72 countries where homosexuality is illegal.
“During the opening walk of euro pride in Amsterdam 2 weeks ago, 72 flags of 72 different countries where homosexuality is against the law were present, in 12 of these countries you still get the death penalty for being gay,” writes Pieter Henket, the photographer who captured the stunning dress.
“The COC (Dutch organization for LGBT men and women) collected these flags and together with Fashion designer Matthijs van Bergen and artist Oeri van Woezik they decided to make these flags into a giant rainbow dress,” writes the Dutch photographer who currently lives in New York City.
De Hingh, who became the first transgender person ever to have been represented by IMG Models, posed in the dress at the famous Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which played host to EuroPride this weekend.
“During the opening walk of euro pride in Amsterdam 2 weeks ago, 72 flags of 72 different countries where homosexuality is against the law were present, in 12 of these countries you still get the death penalty for being gay,” writes Pieter Henket, the photographer who captured the stunning dress.
“The COC (Dutch organization for LGBT men and women) collected these flags and together with Fashion designer Matthijs van Bergen and artist Oeri van Woezik they decided to make these flags into a giant rainbow dress,” writes the Dutch photographer who currently lives in New York City.
De Hingh, who became the first transgender person ever to have been represented by IMG Models, posed in the dress at the famous Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which played host to EuroPride this weekend.
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....I hope in my lifetime I see it become shorter and in my children's future - a very short list or better yet non-existent.
Traditionally, the mahu was a man who donned women's clothing (the grass skirt) and assumed women's roles in the household, such as cooking. He was well accepted. On Waikiki Beach right next to the police station, there are four giant stones that are said to represent four powerful healers from Tahiti. The chief of them was Kapaemahu. You figure it out. 
I detect the pervasive influence of the LDS church here. 
Polynesians connected with Mormons over a shared love of genealogy. 12 percent of Hawai'i is Mormon; probably more elsewhere.
