10 Good-looking Men Who Were Born Female

Buck Angel

This adult film star and transsexual model has become one of the biggest names in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community, however the road to that success was tough after struggles during the age of 16 with gender dysphoria.

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Since 2007, Angel has moved one to embrace the male side and become a "Transsexual Performer of the Year" while also building a brand as a writer, educator and owner of a film production company.

Balian Buschbaum

Born as Yvonne in 1980 in German, the former pole vault competitor announced retirement in 2007 and would quickly announce the desire to seek the surgery to switch genders.

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After a name change a year later, Buschbaum would pursue a career in modeling and acting.

Loren Cameron

One of the top American transgender activists is also known for work as a photographer and model that involve lesbian and transgender bodies while documenting his own transition between genders.

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The focus of his portfolio is to provide the resource for transsexuals to eliminate the view that regular viewers might have about the transgender world.

Ian Harvie

This American comedian has used his own experiences in being a transsexual as part of his act's material.

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His work has found enough success for him to be on the stage with Margaret Cho and others who have helped Harvie become one of the most noticeable names in the LGBT community in pop culture.

Lucas Silveira

The Canadian-born musician is the first openly transgendered man to be in a rock band to sign to a deal with a major record label with the Cliks.

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Since then, he has been the band's singer, guitarist and main songwriter while also developing a solo album that has since been released to the public.

Katastrophe

Rocco Kayiatos, best known by his stage name Katastrophe and sometimes in later releases as Rocco Katastrophe, is an American hip-hop recording artist.

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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he began competing in poetry slams in 1997. After winning the 1998 Youth Speaks poetry slam, he went on tour with Sister Spit's Rambling Road Show tour. As a teenager, Kayiatos had poems on four compilation CDs. He is widely credited as the first openly transgender singer in the hip-hop genre and he often incorporates his identity as a trans man into his work.

Thomas Beatie

Beatie became a big name as one of the most well-known pregnant men after having lived his life as a woman until his mid-20s.

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While taking male hormone therapy, Beatie kept his female reproductive organs so that he and his wife could have children, because his wife was not able to conceive. This has led to him having two more children before going back to full gender reassignment therapy.

Ryan Sallans

After being born a female, this LGBT advocate and speaker has made a number of trips to the U.S. involving changes the community feels is needed in the country's health care system.

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The transition of genders was completed in 2005 and has since been a guest on Larry King Live and other television shows and publications.

Andreas Krieger

After years of competing for the East German shot put team, Krieger also had been subjected to steroids without knowing, which added more male features in appearance and attitude.

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After retiring from competition in 1990, Krieger would have the surgery to become a man and has gone on public record that he wishes he could have come to this identity on his own without the steroids.

Chaz Bono

Born to one the famous music duo of Sonny and Cher, Chastity Bono would first open up as a lesbian at age 25 and would later learn about how she was actually a transsexual.

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This led to having a few operations and would be a full man two years later. Since then, Bono has been received well by the public that included competing on the reality dance competition Dancing With the Stars.

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