LGBTQ+ goodwill ambassador for EU cross-dresses as bearded Virgin Mary for magazine cover
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The European Union's LGBTQ+ Goodwill Ambassador cross-dressed as a bearded Virgin Mary for a same-sex rendition of the Holy Family draped in the colors of the transgender flag.
The activist posted the photos to his Instagram on Wednesday. "If we ignore the fact that Jesus wasn’t white, we could believe the Virgin Mary had a beard, why not?" he captioned his post.
An additional photo depicts Simonetti, still dressed as the Virgin Mary, with a man in a pink robe embracing him from behind."Feeling very proud and honored to be on the cover of the December issue of such a queer institution as SIEGESSAULE MAGAZIN," Simonetti added. "Special thanks to my friend @akwantu for playing Josef in our newly interpreted holy family photo using the trans Pride flag as inspiration."
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