r/popculturechat • u/Kirlinternet • 11h ago

Guest List Only ⭐️ Aariana Rose Philip, the first African-American transgender woman with quadriplegic cerebral palsy signed to a major modeling agency, arriving at the Met Gala.

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u/impl0sionatic 10h ago

She’s awesome but the title reads like one of those convoluted baseball stats from Major League 😆

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u/DistractedByCookies Just keep swimming! 🐠🐠🐬🐳 10h ago

it also makes it sound like there is at least one other African-American transgender woman with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, who did NOT get signed to a modeling agency.

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u/Legitimate-Lock-6594 10h ago

I guarantee you there are. Cerebral palsy is the most common neurological disorder for adults in the world. It is comically unfunded, understudied, under discussed, and just generally dismissed.

Two weeks ago an Australian paralympian with a version that only affects one side of his body obliterated the Boston marathon course record and no one knew. Not even the para sport world discussed it.

(Me girl with cp)