Kim Petras has discussed her rocky road to stardom, from being seen as a “joke” in her home country of Germany to being dismissed as “gay club music” by the U.S.
music industry.Last month, the pop icon became the first-ever trans artist to perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade after earning the same distinction at the MTV Video Music Awards in September.Petras, 29, gained fame after being featured in a documentary 15 years ago about her journey to becoming one of the youngest people ever to medically transition in Germany.Although the documentary and subsequent TV appearances gave Petras international media coverage, she told BuzzFeed News that she was portrayed as “a spectacle rather than an ambitious teen who wanted to be a.
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