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'''Kim Petras''' is an aspiring [[Germany|German]] [[Teen pop|teen]] [[pop singer]]. |
'''Kim Petras''' is an aspiring [[Germany|German]] [[Teen pop|teen]] [[pop singer]]. She creates electronic dance pop music and is signed to independent record label Joyce Records. She has also been the subject of extensive worldwide news media reporting regarding her [[transgender]] medical history in the context of her young age. She is currently studying fashion design and hopes to have a career in the fashion industry.<ref name="telegraphsrs">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=World's youngest sex-change operation |accessdate=2009-02-27 |work=[[The Telegraph]] |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/4511986/Worlds-youngest-sex-change-operation.html |date=2009-02-04}}</ref> |
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==Music Career== |
==Music Career== |
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In 2008 she released two more of her compositions, this time produced by Görg. The first, ''"Last Forever"'', was released online and became popular on [[YouTube]] and [[Myspace]].<ref name="recorddeal">[http://www.austriantimes.at/index.php?id=8693 World's youngest transsexual gets record deal] - austriantimes.at (18 Sep 2008)</ref> A few months later in September 2008, she released her first commercially available CD single, ''"Fade Away"'', into the German market.<ref>[http://www.amazon.de/fade-away-Kim-Petras/dp/B001F09ZA0 "Fade Away" single on Amazon.de]</ref>. The title track from the single was also made available for download worldwide via a number of online electronic music retailers. |
In 2008 she released two more of her compositions, this time produced by Görg. The first, ''"Last Forever"'', was released online and became popular on [[YouTube]] and [[Myspace]].<ref name="recorddeal">[http://www.austriantimes.at/index.php?id=8693 World's youngest transsexual gets record deal] - austriantimes.at (18 Sep 2008)</ref> A few months later in September 2008, she released her first commercially available CD single, ''"Fade Away"'', into the German market.<ref>[http://www.amazon.de/fade-away-Kim-Petras/dp/B001F09ZA0 "Fade Away" single on Amazon.de]</ref>. The title track from the single was also made available for download worldwide via a number of online electronic music retailers. |
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Joyce Records has announced plans to release a debut album |
Joyce Records has announced plans to release a debut album for which Petras is currently working on new songs.<ref>[http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=269588216&blogId=484159900 MySpace blog post re new songs] (April 20, 2009)</ref> |
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On April 17, 2009 the previously free promotional track "Last Forever" was made available on iTunes Germany. |
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==Early Life== |
==Early Life== |
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Kim Petras was born |
Kim Petras was born on the 27th August 1992.<ref name="aboutme">[http://kimpetrasonline.com/en_aboutme.html Official site - About me]</ref> Her parents have said that from the age of two, she began insisting she was a girl. It slowly became apparent this was "not just a phase"<ref name="ananova">[http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2181027.html World's youngest transexual, 12] ([[Ananova]])</ref> and so her parents tried to be supportive but made her wear gender neutral clothes in public.<ref name="vontimzukim">[http://www.stern.de/tv/sterntv/613719.html "Von Tim zu Kim - Im falschen Körper geboren ("From Tim to Kim - Born in the Wrong Body")] - television story on [http://www.stern.de/tv/ Stern TV]</ref> Eventually her parents sought professional help but struggled to find people who were knowledgeable on the subject. In time they found Dr. Bernd Meyenburg at [[Frankfurt University]] who was head of a clinic for children and had studied transsexuality since the 1970s.<ref name="ananova" /> |
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In 2006, Kim, then aged 13, made her first significant media appearance in a story on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317022/ Stern TV], a German television current affairs show.<ref name="vontimzukim" /><ref name="vontimzukim2">[http://www.stern.de/tv/sterntv/586670.html "Von Tim zu Kim - Im falschen Körper geboren"] (pictures)</ref>. In it she describes her "gender transition" and the medical treatment she received at the Endokrinologikum (Hormone Center) in Hamburg by Dr. Achim Wüsthof. However it wasn't until the following year, aged 14, that Kim gained worldwide attention from the news media. This came about after she appeared in a German television documentary<ref>[http://www.stern.de/tv/reportage/:Reportage-VOX-Mann-Frau-Menschen-K%F6rper-/624510.html "Mann oder Frau?"] - television documentary on [[VOX (TV channel)]] show Stern TV-Reportage</ref> and a talk show<ref>[http://www.stern.de/wissenschaft/mensch/586766.html Kims Kindheit im falschen Körper] ("Kim's childhood in the wrong body") (German) - [[Stern (magazine)|Stern]] (2006)</ref> in a push to get permission for early [[Gender Reassignment Surgery]] at age 16. According to German law, a person must normally be at least 18 to be allowed to undergo this kind of surgery. |
In 2006, Kim, then aged 13, made her first significant media appearance in a story on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317022/ Stern TV], a German television current affairs show.<ref name="vontimzukim" /><ref name="vontimzukim2">[http://www.stern.de/tv/sterntv/586670.html "Von Tim zu Kim - Im falschen Körper geboren"] (pictures)</ref>. In it she describes her "gender transition" and the medical treatment she received at the Endokrinologikum (Hormone Center) in Hamburg by Dr. Achim Wüsthof. However it wasn't until the following year, aged 14, that Kim gained worldwide attention from the news media. This came about after she appeared in a German television documentary<ref>[http://www.stern.de/tv/reportage/:Reportage-VOX-Mann-Frau-Menschen-K%F6rper-/624510.html "Mann oder Frau?"] - television documentary on [[VOX (TV channel)]] show Stern TV-Reportage</ref> and a talk show<ref>[http://www.stern.de/wissenschaft/mensch/586766.html Kims Kindheit im falschen Körper] ("Kim's childhood in the wrong body") (German) - [[Stern (magazine)|Stern]] (2006)</ref> in a push to get permission for early [[Gender Reassignment Surgery]] at age 16. According to German law, a person must normally be at least 18 to be allowed to undergo this kind of surgery. |
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Kim Petras is an aspiring German teen pop singer. She creates electronic dance pop music and is signed to independent record label Joyce Records. She has also been the subject of extensive worldwide news media reporting regarding her transgender medical history in the context of her young age. She is currently studying fashion design and hopes to have a career in the fashion industry.[1]
Music Career
In 2007, as a bit of fun, Kim Petras uploaded home videos of herself singing, onto the internet. Her videos, which included some of her own compositions, were seen by German music producer Fabian Görg. He subsequently signed her to his independent record label, Joyce Records.[2]
In 2008 she released two more of her compositions, this time produced by Görg. The first, "Last Forever", was released online and became popular on YouTube and Myspace.[3] A few months later in September 2008, she released her first commercially available CD single, "Fade Away", into the German market.[4]. The title track from the single was also made available for download worldwide via a number of online electronic music retailers.
Joyce Records has announced plans to release a debut album for which Petras is currently working on new songs.[5]
On April 17, 2009 the previously free promotional track "Last Forever" was made available on iTunes Germany.
Early Life
Kim Petras was born on the 27th August 1992.[2] Her parents have said that from the age of two, she began insisting she was a girl. It slowly became apparent this was "not just a phase"[6] and so her parents tried to be supportive but made her wear gender neutral clothes in public.[7] Eventually her parents sought professional help but struggled to find people who were knowledgeable on the subject. In time they found Dr. Bernd Meyenburg at Frankfurt University who was head of a clinic for children and had studied transsexuality since the 1970s.[6]
In 2006, Kim, then aged 13, made her first significant media appearance in a story on Stern TV, a German television current affairs show.[7][8]. In it she describes her "gender transition" and the medical treatment she received at the Endokrinologikum (Hormone Center) in Hamburg by Dr. Achim Wüsthof. However it wasn't until the following year, aged 14, that Kim gained worldwide attention from the news media. This came about after she appeared in a German television documentary[9] and a talk show[10] in a push to get permission for early Gender Reassignment Surgery at age 16. According to German law, a person must normally be at least 18 to be allowed to undergo this kind of surgery.
The publicity generated from the 2007 TV appearances resulted in many news articles describing her gender transition at age 12 and describing her as the "world's youngest transsexual". However, the very basis of this claim is inaccurate as Gender Identity Disorder is often diagnosed in early childhood and is pre-existing before diagnosis. In addition children much younger than 12 had transitioned even at that time. However Kim Petras may have been one of the youngest people at that time to receive female hormone treatments.[11][12][6]).
In September 2007 she was a model for a nationwide chain of German hair salons.[13]
Kim turned 16 in 2008, and announced in a November 2008 post on her blog that she had recently completed her Gender Reassignment Surgery[14]. The story hit the news media on February 4th 2009 [15] and appeared in newspapers worldwide, even making the front page of some. A common theme of these articles is that Petras may be the youngest person in the world to have had sex reassignment surgery, although there has been no verification of this claim.[1]
Kim is very adamant that her gender has always been female. In an interview about her surgery she stated "I was asked if I feel like a woman now - but the truth is I have always felt like a woman - I just ended up in the wrong body". [1]
External links
References
- ^ a b c "World's youngest sex-change operation". The Telegraph. 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ a b Official site - About me
- ^ World's youngest transsexual gets record deal - austriantimes.at (18 Sep 2008)
- ^ "Fade Away" single on Amazon.de
- ^ MySpace blog post re new songs (April 20, 2009)
- ^ a b c World's youngest transexual, 12 (Ananova)
- ^ a b "Von Tim zu Kim - Im falschen Körper geboren ("From Tim to Kim - Born in the Wrong Body") - television story on Stern TV
- ^ "Von Tim zu Kim - Im falschen Körper geboren" (pictures)
- ^ "Mann oder Frau?" - television documentary on VOX (TV channel) show Stern TV-Reportage
- ^ Kims Kindheit im falschen Körper ("Kim's childhood in the wrong body") (German) - Stern (2006)
- ^ "Unhappy as a boy, Kim became youngest ever transsexual at 12" - The Daily Telegraph (Feb 2, 2007)
- ^ "Mistakes in God's Factory" Der Spiegel (Jan 26, 2007)
- ^ Fotoshooting mit Kim im Unisex Bonn 01.09.2007 - unisex-friseure.de
- ^ Gender reassignment surgery blog post (Nov 26, 2008)
- ^ "UK Sun article on Kims surgery"