Lauren Chan Makes History as the 'First Out Lesbian' on the Cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit

I was too, but then again it says she's the first to be on the COVER of the swimsuit issue. So out of a few dozen models in the swimsuit issue any given year, only a very select few of them are going to be a front cover model, and the same highly recognizable models are often on the cover multiple years. I notice a lot of the big name models are married to male soccer/football stars, musicians, etc... so it's actually not that shocking to me that it would take this long for an openly lesbian model to be on the cover.

Congrats to Lauren Chan, seems like she worked very hard for this and she's doing what she can to be a voice for inclusivity and positivity. The photos look great.