Once in the shadows, transgender beauty is now in the forefront of American popular culture. Done are the days where iconic models with huge contracts, like Tracey Norman, have to hide their truth. Transgender role models like Janet Mock, Justin Vivian Bond, Leigh Ashley, Laverne Cox, and many more, are garnering mainstream attention. Nevertheless, there are still major hurdles to true understanding and acceptance of safety and basic human rights.In this issue, we feature the ever so beautiful Isis King and Arisce Wanzer, the stars of Oxygen’s reality show “Strut”, produced by Whoopi Goldberg. “Strut” is a reality show featuring the rst transgender modeling agen- cy, Slay. We chat with these ladies and get the scoop on their once explosive rivalry, their love lives, the obsta- cles and joys of being transgender women of color and of course their new web series “Fish Tank”, which covers it all.
