Fil-Am multimedia star Bretman Rock graces Playboy

Bretman Rock made waves as the first LGBTQ representative for the magazine

We stan a confident and historic queen like Bretman Rock, Known for posting videos on YouTube and Vine on beauty and make-up, the 23-year-old Fil-Am social media star has a sizable following. He went on to launch his own make-up line, which he promoted via his popular viral make-up lessons. Currently, Bretman is seen on YouTube in an MTV reality show. In addition, he starred in the YouTube Originals series about his outlaw posse. He graced the cover of Gay Magazine in 2019 with his stunning good looks.

He is also known as Bad Bunny and is from Puerto Rico. In July of 2020, he became the first male to appear alone on the cover of Playboy, a men's lifestyle magazine known for portraying seductive women and founded by Hugh Hefner, who died. Playboy's decision to feature a male on the cover is "massive" For Playboy to have a male on the cover is a huge deal for the LGBT community, for my brown people community and it’s all so surreal," Rock told the publication. A total 'is this even f***ing happening right now?' type of vibe." Playboy Mexico published the first cover featuring a transgender lady, Victoria Volkova, last year. Besides Roberta Close, Caroline "Tula" Cossey, Giuliana Farfalla, and Geena Rocero, Volkova also appeared in numerous editions of the magazine. The first publicly trans Playboy Playmate was Ines Rau, a French model, in November of last year.

 

Rock's participation on Playboy's cover was lauded by the group's head of talent, Anthony Allen Ramos, who called it a "strong step forward in the ongoing trend towards greater diversity and inclusion in fashion and modeling."

 

To NBC News, Rock has previously expressed his hope that he'll be able to use his stardom to help bring more visibility to LGBTQ people in the media.

 

 


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