First transgender Miss Netherlands winner targeted by online hate

First transgender Miss Netherlands winner targeted by online hate

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AMSTERDAM, July 13 — Rikkie Valerie Kolle, the first transgender woman to be crowed Miss Netherlands, once saw her success in the pageant as a symbol of her nation’s openness. Then she was bombarded with hate online. Kolle, 22, said she became a target of hate speech after winning the 94-year-old…

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