This is the future. We are living in a time when finally, all our blinkered views on sexual and gender norms are being thrown out the window. It's not an easy time, that's for sure, and there are plenty of people intent on holding on to the status quo, whether it's with unkind words or brute force. But in the transgender community, there's so many wonderful people who are fighting the good fight. Many of them work behind the scenes, but there's also so many trans celebrities in the spotlight. These are their courageous stories, and you will not believe your eyes when you see the last celebrity in this list...
When Caitlyn Jenner, a reality show star and a former Olympic champion, gave her last interview as Bruce Jenner and announced her transition, her courage made thousands of people think “Wow!” Celebrities who openly speak about their feelings and emotions they experience before, during, and after a transition inspire other people to feel confident with a similar self-identity.
Their breathtaking confessions teach others to love and accept themselves the way they are and feel safe to come forward and share their feelings with the world.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.