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Jenna Talackova
Jenna Talackova (born Walter Talackov on October 15, 1988) is a Canadian model and television personality, who gained media attention in 2012 when she successfully waged a legal battle to be allowed to compete in the Miss Universe Canada after being initially disqualified for being transgender.
Early life.
Talackova was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father is Czech, and her mother is a member of the Babine First Nation, from the Lake Babine Nation in British Columbia.
She experienced gender
for not being a "naturally born female", Vancouver resident Jenna Talackova successfully becomes the first transgender woman to compete in a Miss Universe pageant. She does not make the Top 5, but is one of four contestants awarded the title of "Miss Congeniality".
- November: Twenty LGBT officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police release an online video as part of the international It Gets Better Project.
- December 6: Bill No. 140 of the 61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia known as the Transgendered Persons