LA TIMES - "One of the contestants on the upcoming season of "America's Next Top Model" is transgender, according to Us Weekly. "My cards were dealt differently," Isis, a 22-year-old former receptionist, told the magazine in its current issue. The model describes herself as "a woman born physically male."
"We applaud Tyra Banks and the CW for making this historic visibility of transgender people possible," Neil Giuliano, president of GLAAD, told Us."