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Geena Rocero (born 1983) is a Filipino-born American model, TED speaker, and transgender advocate based in New York City. Rocero is the founder of Gender Proud, a media production company that tells stories of the transgender community worldwide to elevate justice and equality.
Nov 7, 2023 · With her groundbreaking 2023 memoir, Horse Barbie, Rocero recounted her rise from pageant queen in the Philippines to a career in fashion and trans advocacy in the United States.
Nov 1, 2023 · Geena Rocero Is Writing Her Truth. With her groundbreaking 2023 memoir, Horse Barbie, Rocero recounted her rise from pageant queen in the Philippines to a career in fashion and trans advocacy...
May 30, 2023 · A candid new memoir by Geena Rocero, a model and producer who started her career on the pageant circuit in her native Philippines, recounts the pleasures and pitfalls of living openly.
Jun 6, 2023 · In 2022, her directorial debut Caretakers, a PBS docu-series on the lives of Filipinos in care work, was nominated for four Emmy awards. With Horse Barbie, Rocero makes perhaps her most consequential announcement yet: she is ready to be fully herself, big, bold, and irreverent.
Geena Rocero found success as a fashion model — but kept her birth gender a secret for nearly a decade, fearing what others would think. All […] Continue reading
Jun 16, 2023 · Nearly a decade after coming out in her viral TED Talk, the trans model and advocate is detailing her journey to self-acceptance and joy.