The January 2017 issue of National Geographic was the publication's first to feature a transgender person on the cover.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

National Geographic Puts 9-Year-Old Transgender Girl on Their January Cover

This is a proud moment for transgender people everywhere.

Brittney McNamara
Dec 15, 2016 6:24PM EST

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The January 2017 issue of National Geographic will be a historic one: it is the publication's first issue to feature a transgender person on the cover.

Sitting pretty on the magazine's cover is 9-year-old Avery Jackson, a transgender girl from Kansas City. "Gender Revolution" is displayed in large type across the cover. The magazine told Attn: Avery is the first ever transgender person to be featured on the magazine's front page.

Avery is the perfect choice for this historic milestone. She's representative of the growing visibility of transgender people, and she drives the point home that being transgender isn't a choice, but just something you are. In a quote that accompanies Avery's picture on the cover, Avery says "the best thing about being a girl is, now I don't have to pretend to be a boy."
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According to Attn:, Avery's family have been outspoken proponents of transgender rights for years. Debi, Avery's mom, features her daughter's story in a YouTube video and in a GLAAD video series. Her dad told the New York Times that raising a transgender child is the same as raising any child. A parent's role does not change, he said.

Fri Dec 16, 2016: The January 2017 issue of National Geographic was the publication's first issue to feature a transgender person on the cover.

[hlthe2b]

1. That was one gutsy 9-yo. I wonder how they are doing now--7 years later?

[keithbvadu2]

2. Eve was the first transgender - by creation.

Eve was the first transgender - by creation.

For the Bible folks:::

Eve was the first transgender. Originally 100% male.

God was OK with it.

[snowybirdie]

3. Wondering why

So many transgender people are disliked by MAGA while Caitlin Jenner is welcomed to Mar a Lago with open arms?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Why? Hypocrisy. Trans are used by reich-wing as convenient moral panic to hide other activities

There's a reason the anti-trans bill is #1 on Johnson's list. It is to distract attention away from the other 11 which they don't want light shining on.