Ines Rau has been the talk of the soccer world since she was spotted with PSG forward Kylian Mbappe back in May 2022. Kylian Mbappe has had a fair share of rumored partners in the past. So, why Ines has all the eyes on her? Probably because her being a transgender person has something to do with it.
Although Mbappe and Ines haven’t answered any of the rumors, covered by the media outlets, their pictures together on the Cannes beach and yacht were self-explanatory. Ines and Kylian looked very comfortable with other and their relationship looked certain. Amid the rumors of them being together, some media outlets talked about their breakup as well.
The PSG star had some glares from the soccer world upon the surface of his pictures with the 32-year-old supermodel. Although Mbappe had support from the wider community, a lot of judgment was thrown his way. Ultimately it didn’t seem to work out between them as Mbappe has reportedly moved on from Ines to be with Belgian model Rose Bertram.
Ines Rau talks about the transition to a female
Ines Rau went under a gender reassignment surgery in 2006, when she was only 16 years old. Actress Caroline ‘Tula’ Cossey inspired Ines to go for the surgery. She appeared as the first-ever transgender model in Playboy Magazine back in 1991. She wrote a book ‘I am a Woman’, which was the sole inspiration for Ines.
Ines Rau became the first ever transgender model to become the Playmate for November in 2017. Upon becoming the playmate, she couldn’t believe that it was actually happening.
The supermodel has sat for quite a few high-profile interviews after this. The problem she has with the media coverage and in general that they emphasize her being a transgender more than a normal human being. Ines also said that it is a ‘cliché’ that the movie castings tend to cast transgender people in transgender roles only. She aspires to act in movies as a woman but not a transgender.
Ines Rau has become the first openly transgender Playmate in Playboy magazine’s 64-year history https://t.co/IxkbhnH3nH pic.twitter.com/xh2i5ghWrJ
— billboard (@billboard) October 19, 2017
Rau talked to the Konbini YouTube channel about her first time working with Playboy magazine and dealing with her sexuality reveal, “Playboy [magazine] heard about me and approached me in New York with an offer that I definitely accepted. So having accepted that offer meant I had to come out to the society as a transsexual person. Yes I had to deal with transphobia”, talking about her first time announcing her sexuality to the wider world.
Ines talked about attending TV and radio interviews, “What annoys me the most is that, the interviews I do, they talk about my old sex and me having the operation and becoming a transgender. But the operation doesn’t reflect me or as a person who I am. I am a little annoyed that I am only seen as a trans person”. All the 32-year-old model expects from society is that to be treated with equality like everyone else.