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Kim Petras
Kim Petras is from a village outside Bonn and has been publicly, matter-of-factly trans since she was thirteen - she discussed her transition on German television in 2006. In 2023 "Unholy," with Sam Smith, made her the first openly transgender artist to top the Billboard Hot 100, and the pair won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the Grammys, where she accepted alone and thanked "all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open." In January 2026 she publicly asked to be released from Republic Records, then self-released Detour four months later - Pitchfork called it her "true artistic debut." She has said, repeatedly, that she'd rather people talked about her music than her transition.
Is Kim Petras transgender?
Yes. Petras is a transgender woman and has spoken publicly about it since she was thirteen, including in her 2023 Grammy acceptance speech.
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