Rio Carnival Taboo Broken: First Trans Woman To Lead Parade

Camila Prins says she first realized she wanted to be a woman at a Carnivalparty at age 11, when, like the other boys, she was allowed to dresslike a girl as part of the burlesque festivities. Now, in the finalminutes of Saturday, she became the first transgender woman to lead thedrum section of a top samba school in either of the renowned Carnivalparades put in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. – Washington Post (AP)