{"id":7042,"date":"2023-11-03T22:13:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T22:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytransgenderdate.com\/blog\/?p=7042"},"modified":"2024-08-04T07:03:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T07:03:17","slug":"kim-petras-first-openly-trans-person-with-a-billboard-top-1-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytransgenderdate.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/kim-petras-first-openly-trans-person-with-a-billboard-top-1-hit","title":{"rendered":"Kim Petras, First Openly Trans Person With A Billboard Top 1 Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kim Petras has recently made history as the first openly transgender person<\/strong> to have a Top 1 Hit on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>. It was made possible by her collaboration with Sam Smith, an openly nonbinary<\/a> singer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The song that reverberated from American speakers throughout the Fall of 2022\u2019s was no other than their hit song, Unholy<\/a><\/em>. The message is about the infidelity of a family\u2019s patriarch who enjoys partaking in lascivious unholy<\/em> things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After hearing Kim\u2019s voice for the first time, an influx of questions asking Who is Kim Petras<\/em> flooded the internet. Keep reading to get to know more about the successful transgender pop star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim Petras\u2019 Humble Beginnings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Childhood<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The 30-year-old beauty was born on August 27, 1992<\/strong>, in Cologne, Germany. She can speak several languages and she\u2019s mostly fluent in German and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like her, her mother works in the arts as a choreographer and an artist. Her father is an architect and she only has one sibling, a sister who\u2019s also singer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kim Petras – Instagram @kimpetras<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

She expressed early signs of being transgender at the early age of two. Her parents shared that she insisted that she was a girl at a young age. Being supportive parents<\/strong>, they dressed her in gender-neutral clothing as a kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after, they sought professional help in Germany to address her transgenderism. Luckily, they found Bernd Meyenburg who was the head of the children\u2019s clinic at Frankfurt University. His knowledge about transsexuality goes back to the 70s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most of the information about Kim Petras when it came to education is negative memories<\/strong>. She shared that her teachers kicked her out of the class for expressing her femininity by wearing female clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the age of 10, she was bullied in their school\u2019s playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transition<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For the ones who are asking, is Kim Petras trans<\/em>, yes, she is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most worrying symptoms of gender dysphoria<\/a> was that when she was five, she got a pair of scissors expressing her want to cut her former male genitalia off. She also expressed her panic when she started growing a beard during her puberty years.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kim Petras – Instagram @kimpetras<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Her transition isn\u2019t like any other as hers was widely broadcasted. At the age of 14<\/strong>, during a talk show, she announced her then-impending plan to undergo gender-reaffirming surgery<\/a>. News outlets in Germany turned her into a media sensation brought upon by the novelty of anyone undergoing the surgery at a very young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, she was below the minimum age of 18 at that time which resulted in the news spreading like wildfire\u2014even gaining international media attention. At that time, she was touted as the \u201cworld\u2019s youngest transexual\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Career<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Her journey in the entertainment industry didn\u2019t start with music. She first took modeling gigs back in 2017<\/strong> and her photos were used on different chains of hair salons in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008 was the beginning year of her music career. She released the singles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n