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'I thought about suicide': Caroline Cossey, the first transgender woman to pose for Playboy, reveals how her life fell apart after her gender identity was suddenly exposed 

The model first appeared in the magazine in 1981, a year before being outed as transgender. After attempting suicide, Caroline found her confidence again and eventually revisited the magazine in 1991, as the first openly transgender person to appear. She also explained how she saved up for sexual reassignment surgery on her own by working as a showgirl.