Thousands of Mexicans poured into the streets to celebrate Wendy Guevara last night after the transgender former sex worker won a nationwide vote to win La Casa de los Famosos. She became the first trans person to triumph on the popular reality show, in a sign of support for transgender rights.
The celebration shut down streets in the capital city as LGBTQ+ people danced alongside fans in several neighborhoods. Dozens of other cities also saw hundreds of people take to town squares to demonstrate support for the popular social media influencer.
While Peruvian singer and former pro soccer player Nicola Procella came out as pansexual on the show last month, garnering worldwide media coverage, Guevara bested him during the finals. Procella came out to Guevara and bisexual singer Apio Quijano live on television.
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Captured on city cams, the roar of crowds across the city could be heard for kilometers.
Así se escuchó la victoria de @soywendyguevara en #LaCasaDeLosFamososMx desde el Ángel de la Independencia en la CDMX.pic.twitter.com/S2bKmo0uHW — Konrad (@soykonrad) August 14, 2023
Guevara became an influencer as she documented her life as a sex worker while still showing #TransEsBello, the Spanish translation for the popular hashtag sparked by American actress Laverne Cox, #TransIsBeautiful. Last week, Beyoncé brought the internet to tears when she used the phrase during a concert; this week, Guevara’s win brought it nationwide popularity in Mexico.
“Through different mediums, Wendy has told her story and brought awareness to the important struggles she has faced as a trans girl in a transphobic, lgbt+phobic, violent, unequal and discriminatory society,” one popular Instagram account wrote in a congratulatory post. “Trans people have always existed, but their voices and stories have been ignored.”
“Today, in a transphobic Mexico, Wendy Guevara, not only won a reality show, she won another step in the fight against transphobia.”
#DeÚltimoMinuto | Reportan festejos en El Ángel de la Independencia por triunfo de Wendy Guevara en La Casa de los Famosos. #CDMX https://t.co/2NZTslmaOd pic.twitter.com/FXhmI3IaXU — Tabasco al minuto (@Tabalminutomx) August 14, 2023
Porque así luce la zona rosa apoyando a Wendy Guevara.pic.twitter.com/myq9Hkg9k9 — ¿Por qué es Tendencia? (@porktendencia) August 14, 2023
#CDMX Reportan festejos en El Ángel de la Independencia por triunfo de Wendy Guevara en La Casa de los Famosos:
💅👑🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/FKr3479crH — Changoonga.com (@michangoonga) August 14, 2023
#LaCasaDeLosFamososMx | Fanáticos de #LCDLF y del #TeamInfierno, se dieron cita en el Ángel de la Independencia para celebrar la victoria de Wendy Guevara en el show.
📸: @Leo_vega pic.twitter.com/QA1aAvG5eE — @diario24horas (@diario24horas) August 14, 2023
¡Zona Rosa y todo México vibró con este momento! 🥹 🏳️⚧️ #LaCasaDeLosFamosoMx pic.twitter.com/YKTlnD1Sq7 — Homosensual 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (@SoyHomosensual) August 14, 2023
"Nunca una mujer trans ha ganado nada en la televisión nacional mexicana…", hasta hoy. Momento histórico para la comunidad #LGBT. Así el Ángel de la Independencia, celebrando a #WendyGanadora. #LaCasaDeLosFamosoMx pic.twitter.com/XXsVshfcEp — SanDrag Cuevas (@JuanEr_G) August 14, 2023
Gente de Mexico celebra en el ángel de la independencia el triunfo de Wendy en La casa de los famosos pic.twitter.com/0SvF2ANBQK — Indie 505 (@Indie5051) August 14, 2023
🏆 Ser la primera no es fácil, pero abre las puertas a las próximas generaciones. La visibilidad y nuestras historias importan. ¡Felicidades, Wendy Guevara! #TransEsBello 🏳️⚧️📺🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/S2Tzp6AdG4 — It Gets Better México 🇲🇽 (@ItGetsBetterMx) August 14, 2023
Wendy tiene que ver cómo festejan su triunfo en el ángel de la independencia 😭#LaCasaDeLosFamososMx pic.twitter.com/JLoRJfbCiX — ッ #𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘺 (@CourtoisKeila) August 14, 2023
cozkim on August 14th, 2023 at 20:34 UTC »
I lived in Southern Mexico for 15 years. They were so much more accepting of people as they were in so many ways. They seemed to love diversity in gender idenity. It kind of blew my mind when I returned to the states, and was reacquainted with how much people are in each other's business.
camaroncaramelo1 on August 14th, 2023 at 20:13 UTC »
Context: A trans woman won a reality show like Big Brother.
She didn't win because she was trans. It's her personality.
alexanderpas on August 14th, 2023 at 19:15 UTC »
It's shit like this that we're still going in the right direction worldwide, even if certain countries are regressing.