As part of the legacy that Hugh Hefner left behind him, there are those who do not believe he was a sexual liberator, but a manipulator. Their image may be seedy and outdated, but Playboy’s latest move will dispel any haters that think the magazine isn’t progressive.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/Playboy\/status\/921155850269536256<\/p>\n
Transgender model Ines Rau has been announced as the first ever transgender Playboy cover star.<\/p>\n
Here are some photos of the French model, hand picked by Cooper Hefner himself.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Babm7B1gsZt\/?hl=en&taken-by=supa_ines<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXr_Mx5AQK9\/?taken-by=supa_ines<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BWKkQSigPQR\/?taken-by=supa_ines<\/p>\n
Having transgender models on the pages of the magazine is nothing new for the 64 year old magazine, but Ines will be the first playmate to grace the iconic cover.<\/p>\n
How will this news go down with Playboy readers? We’ll have to see. At its peak, Playboy saw 7.2 million readers a month, now with only 500,000, it may be at risk of pushing away its audience. But honestly, if they hadn’t said anything, we wouldn’t have known Ines was transgender anyway.<\/p>\n
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Written: Michael Ward\u00a0 Subbed: Charlotte Racher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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